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Trade negotiations continue after the UK said that chances of a breakthrough are receding.

According to Alok Sharma, the U.K.'s business and energy secretary, the new target reflects both the urgency and scale of the challenge facing our planet.

"The U.K. has decided to do it a little bit differently, they've gone over it very quickly," Fauci had told Sky News earlier.

The U.S. has spoken to lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in recent weeks about a so-called "deferred prosecution agreement," the Wall Street Journal reported.

That's nearly 9% lower than what a Refinitiv Eikon poll is predicting. A survey of 36 analysts sees Brent crude to be around $49.35 next year.

The Forêts National Park been described as a space "dedicated to knowledge."

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark repo rate — the rate at which it lends to commercial banks — at 4%.

It's the first time China has launched a spacecraft from an extraterrestrial body and the first time it has collected moon samples.

Alibaba-backed AutoX said this is the first time a "completely autonomous fleet" without any safety drivers or remote operators is on the streets of China.

The Swiss bank forecast 19% in U.S. dollar returns for the MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index between now and the end of 2021, compared with 15% globally.

With major wineries and breweries with playgrounds, Western Australia is at the forefront of a trend to turn wine touring into family entertainment.   

With the exception of China and India, many emerging markets elsewhere have been mostly shunned by investors in 2020.

Richard Bernstein Advisors' Michael Contopoulos believes there's a chance the Federal Reserve may sound less dovish at the next meeting.

The additional four companies added Thursday brings the total number of blacklisted firms to 35.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Pfizer had originally planned to ship 100 million doses this year, but some early batches of raw materials failed to meet standards.

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar refused to say if his decision to put all 17 of Warner Bros. movies on HBO Max the same day they hit theaters will go beyond next year.

California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on regions of the state where Covid cases place a strain on ICU units, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

Farah's exit signals acknowledgment that the Trump administration will soon end, but the president still is refusing to concede to Biden.

Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi spoke Thursday as Congress rushes to strike a coronavirus stimulus deal and avoid a government shutdown.

Tree sales are up 29% so far in 2020, according to a survey of retailers done by Evercore ISI.