Diplomats from the U.S. and China spoke in the first major conversation between top administration officials since President Joe Biden took office last month.
With Spain set to test a four-day work week in response to the pandemic, experts have said it could signify a more permanent shift in attitudes to work.
Biden's National Security Council will discuss Iran before Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with the foreign ministers of Germany, France and the U.K.
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has the same level of efficiency against the new Covid variant, according to new data Friday.
The U.K. is in a "different place" to continental Europe with regards to the need for negative interest rates, Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent has told CNBC.
Ben Broadbent, the Bank of England's deputy governor of monetary policy, has told CNBC that tight borders following the rollout of vaccines will be detrimental to the U.K.'s economic recovery.