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Shipping carriers rejected U.S. agricultural exports in October and November, instead sending containers to be filled with more profitable Chinese exports.

The moves in stocks follow a volatile day in Wall Street which saw the S&P 500 rise 0.4% to a new record.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says its short-form video feature Shorts will expand to more markets in 2021.

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has acquired a British artificial intelligence start-up called Ariel AI which focuses on augmented reality.

Britain has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic that emerged in the country almost a year ago.

Mexican and Caribbean beach resorts scramble for Covid tests as new U.S. travel requirements take effect.

A large and "credible" carbon market is needed to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars into assets involved in reducing global emissions, according to Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.

With surging infections and associated lockdowns, the EU is now facing the challenge of vaccine shortages.

Italy is facing more political turmoil after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Tuesday, just as the country faces a severe health and economic crisis.

Google believes that hackers in North Korea are pretending to be cybersecurity bloggers and targeting security researchers on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Telegram.

Former President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, where he faces a charge of incitement of insurrection, will start in about two weeks.

The mass rollout of safe and effective coronavirus vaccines is thought to be the biggest logistical challenge the world has ever seen.

The International Monetary Fund is worried about the risk new Covid variants pose to world's post-pandemic economic recovery.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged the world's wealthiest countries to stop "hoarding" vaccines and called for an end to "vaccine nationalism."

Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a confident tone Monday when calling for world leaders to cooperate more with China.

Dubai relies heavily on tourism and has resisted another lockdown since reopening for business and tourism last summer.

UBS posted net income of $1.71 billion for the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by its wealth management and asset management divisions.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen worried that democracy has been damaged forever during Donald Trump's time in office.

British-Swedish vaccine maker AstraZeneca is fighting battles on several fronts this week.

Facebook announced it will start rolling out its Facebook News product in the U.K. on Tuesday, and will pay publishers for their content.