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British Airways Chairman and CEO Alex Cruz will step down as the airline's chief executive, parent firm IAG announced on Monday.

Researchers said the findings reinforce the importance of effective cleaning and handwashing to curb the spread of the disease.

Speeds will be faster, but not necessarily fast enough to be a reason for upgrading until U.S. carriers finish building their networks.

The prime minister said the "very high" alert level would be applied to areas where infections were rising rapidly, and pubs, gyms, betting shops and casinos would be forced to closed.

Israel's cabinet ratified the Abraham Accord Monday, cementing the UAE as the first Gulf country, followed by Bahrain, to establish diplomatic ties with Israel.

Regulators in the EU are reportedly drawing up a list of around 20 tech giants that they want to comply with tougher rules.

Here's what to look for on Tuesday.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for work on commercial auctions.

Goldman Sachs has recommended short positions against the U.S. dollar, arguing that the risks arising from vaccine trials and the U.S. election are skewed to the downside for the greenback.

The upcoming U.S. election is being keenly watched by world leaders who have looked to President Donald Trump for favor and friendship, and who share his political ethos.

A Biden administration could provide a further boost to oil prices by making production — especially for shale — more expensive and more regulated.  

Russia has announced that human trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine have begun in the United Arab Emirates.

The OECD has warned that countries need to come to an agreement over digital tax or risk damaging the global economy further.

Lawmakers from countries within the Five Eyes alliance have urged tech firms to develop backdoors that allows them to access encrypted messages.

The unemployment rate in India was 6.7% in September, down from the April high of 23.5%, according to data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

Consumers in the world's second-largest economy clearly still have cash to spend, even if China as a whole is still recovering from the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

China's central bank moved to change a rule that means traders will find it cheaper to short the yuan, triggering some weakness in the currency on Monday after months of strengthening.

With no domestic air travel market, Singapore "can't wait around for a vaccine" to revive its aviation sector, said Ong Ye Kung, the country's transport minister.

Investors will watch the yuan's movements on Monday, after the People's Bank of China announced a rule change that made it cheaper to short the yuan.

As major businesses and institutions pledge to double down on their diversity and inclusion (D&I) agendas in the wake of international protests against systemic racism, it's becoming easier for employees to rate their efforts.