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Oracle had been a dark horse in the competition over TikTok, with Microsoft emerging as the first known bidder.

Even with a strong IPO market, it's still important to approach any new offering with caution rather than buy into the hype, experts say.

The Abraham Accord, signed on August 13 by the UAE and Israel, marks the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Short-term thinking is causing governments around the world to make "really dumb decisions" on economic policy, according to J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.

Shares of Japan's Sony fell following a report that the company is reducing its estimated production for its PlayStation 5 gaming console.

Around the world, children are starting to return to the classroom.

Media reports in Asia have buzzed about what they label "flights to nowhere," with some airlines already flying them and others potentially about to start them.

The vaccine, developed by China's Sinopham, will be given to the UAE's frontline workers

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny posted a photograph of himself surrounded by his family in a Berlin hospital.

The IEA on Tuesday cut its forecast for 2020 oil demand growth, citing a "treacherous" path ahead amid weakening market sentiment.

Nvidia's purchase of Arm for $40 billion would be the largest semiconductor deal of all time by dollar value if it is completed.

Failing to reach a trade deal with the European Union would be more costly for the U.K. than dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Goldman Sachs economists have warned.

Companies from the U.S. and other countries have shown little interest in pulling out of China, said Chen Deming, who headed China's commerce ministry from 2007 to 2013.

The HS2 project is a huge undertaking that has been in the pipeline for many years.

Slowly but surely, ByteDance is painting a picture of how many people use TikTok in each region.

Swedish payments start-up Klarna just raised $650 million, putting its valuation over $10 billion and making it the European fintech most highly valued by investors, including VCs, sovereign wealth funds, and asset managers.

The coronavirus pandemic is showing few signs of abating with the number of new cases rising in South-East Asia and Europe in the last week but declining slightly in the Americas, according to WHO data.

As the U.K. enters its fourth round of trade talks with the U.S. this week, Washington will be looking to push its own regulatory standards on the country, and drive it away from EU's, an international trade policy expert has told CNBC.

Both firms have scrapped dividend payments on 2019 results.

Retail sales in China rose 0.5% in August from a year ago — the first positive report for the year so far — according to the country's National Bureau of Statistics.