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Singapore and Vietnam have been successful in controlling Covid and are likely to keep the situation contained next year, said HSBC's Joseph Incalcaterra.

China wrapped negotiations with the EU on an important investment deal and talked up hopes for more, less than a month before Joe Biden is set to take office.

In a has been a mixed year for Asia-Pacific's markets as countries around the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic crippled economies globally.

The Senate has no immediate plans to vote on a House-passed bill to increase the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000.

As 2020 draws to a close, CNBC Make It looks at some of the major breakthroughs achieved this year and the positive shifts they foretell for 2021 and beyond.

Markets in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong are set to close earlier than usual on Thursday due to New Year's Eve.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday that the state has identified its first case of the new and more infectious strain of Covid-19.

Leaders of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty blasted the Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. federal media agency.

"If we have to make new vaccines, we can make them now that we've done the initial work," Sir John Bell of Oxford University told CNBC.

Stocks rose slightly on Wednesday amid renewed vaccine optimism while traders looked for clues on additional fiscal stimulus.

On Tuesday, Colorado health officials confirmed the nation's first case of a new and potentially more infectious strain of Covid-19.

Bond market traders and Wall Street experts have been signaling rising inflation from its current dormant levels.

The deposits started even as some senators tried to pass a bill that would increase stimulus checks in the year-end coronavirus relief package to $2,000.

The U.K. government has added millions of people to its strictest Tier 4 category as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

While most folks may use it to ask the weather or about sports scores, Alexa can do a lot more thank you might know.

The House of Commons, as expected, voted in favor of the agreement, and the country will emerge from its Brexit transition period with the EU late Thursday.

The culprit is said to be Russia, but equal responsibility lies much closer to home.

Investors want fintech challengers to show they can monetize their products and eventually make a profit. Experts say the space is ripe for some consolidation.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper than others and does not need to be kept at the ultra-low temperatures required by the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

The infected individual, a man in his 20s, does not have a history of traveling and is in isolation in Elbert County, officials said.