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Preliminary findings in Public Health England's SIREN study found antibodies from past Covid infection provide 83% protection against reinfection.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, CEO Jack Twitter explained the company's thinking in banning Trump but said that's not a long-term solution.

Trump became the only U.S. president impeached twice, one week before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Mainland China reported Thursday the first new death from Covid-19 since May 2020 as authorities try to control a spike in cases just outside of Beijing.

SpaceX's satellite broadband service Starlink is now being tested in the U.K. after it was given a license by U.K. telecoms regulator Ofcom.

Germany's economy contracted by 5% in 2020, according to full-year GDP (gross domestic product) data released on Thursday.

Older and younger people have lost their jobs during the pandemic said the U.K. government's business champion for older workers Andy Briggs.

Online travel agency Trip.com is "very optimistic" about the recovery in Chinese domestic tourism in the long run, CEO Jane Sun said.

Qatar Financial Centre has targeted $25 billion of foreign direct investment inflows by 2022, its CEO Yousuf Al-Jaida told CNBC in an exclusive interview.

China's exports rose 18.1% in December as compared with a year earlier, according to customs data released Thursday.

Reports indicate that Samsung may announce three smartphones for the Galaxy S series: S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra to succeed the company's S20 devices.

New Delhi said it plans to inoculate some 300 million people in the first phase of the vaccination exercise, including health-care and other frontline workers.

Tony Han, CEO of WeRide said the funding will give the company the strategic resources to fulfill the goal of commercializing self-driving technology."

China has promised a greater focus on cleaner projects under the Belt and Road Initiative — but it has little concrete results to show so far, said analysts.

There's good reason to be investing in Chinese electric automakers, but their stock run ups have been "sensational" recently, says Michael Dunne of ZoZo Go.

The new clinical trial data shows a single shot of the vaccine "gives sustainable antibodies," Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J chief scientific officer, told CNBC.

The affected cars include Tesla Model S sedans made between 2012 and 2018, and Model X SUVs in model years from 2016 to 2018.

Malaysia's government imposed a two-week lockdown on six states and territories, while the king declared a state of emergency to curb surging Covid-19 cases.

The U.K. has introduced new measures to root out the presence of alleged forced labor in China's Xinjiang region in British supply chains.

Founded in 2013 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Affirm has become prominent in the "buy now pay later" space that offers point-of-sale loans.