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Ireland's data regulator has reportedly sent Facebook a preliminary order to stop transferring user data from the EU to the U.S..

Huawei launched the second version of its own operating system on Thursday, pushing it to third-party device makers as it looks to find create a viable alternative to Google's Android. 

From Senegal to Ethiopia and beyond, record levels of flooding are devastating the African Sahel region, with the UN warning that the situation could worsen throughout September.

A group of experts have questioned the reliability of data published by Russian scientists on early clinical trials of its 'Sputnik V' coronavirus vaccine.

Insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London posted a first-half pre-tax loss of £400 million ($520.08 million) on Thursday, on the back of £2.4 billion in coronavirus-related payouts so far this year.

The deal marks a significant step forward in BP's strategy to slash carbon emissions.

Yum China, which operates fast food restaurants KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in China, raised $2.22 billion by selling 41.9 million shares at 412 Hong Kong dollars ($53.16) apiece.

The decline in the benchmark Jakarta Composite Index stood in contrast with gains seen in most markets across Asia Pacific.

Editor-in-chief of British GQ magazine Dylan Jones has told CNBC he's not worried about the future of print publication, despite significant challenges in advertising and distribution due to the coronavirus crisis. 

Kakao Games' shares started trading at 48,000 Korean won (about $40.48) apiece, twice the issue price of 24,000 won. ($20.24) They briefly surged to hit the daily permissible limit of 30%, last sitting at 62,400 won ($52.63) per share.

The ECB's Governing Council convenes this week to discuss its monetary policy stance and its assessment of the euro zone economy.

The internet search giant is in discussions with investors to raise up to $2 billion over three years for a new biotech firm, a person close to the matter told CNBC.

The coronavirus has infected more than 27.6 million people around the world so far, killing at least 898,200 people.

The fourth extra budget of this year comes on top of 277 trillion won ($233.66 billion) of stimulus pledged so far to prevent a deeper downturn in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has asked Malaysian prosecutors to review criminal charges against him for allegedly abetting the sale of $6.5 billion in bonds tied to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), his lawyer said on Thursday.

On Tuesday, prices of U.S. soybean futures rose to their highest levels since 2018 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that Chinese buyers purchased 664,000 tonnes, the largest daily total since July 22.

Hopes for a rebound in the fall or the end of 2020 look increasingly unlikely. Although rental prices have come down, the discounts are not steep enough yet to lure new renters back to the city.

William Lee, chief economist at Milken Institute, said the money should be spent on incentivizing businesses to increase remote working capabilities and helping the unemployed find jobs in companies with viable business models.

The cost of a U.S.-China "decoupling" would be high, but that doesn't mean Beijing won't choose to create systems that are "mutually exclusive" from the rest of the world, said Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.

Electric vehicle start-up Lucid is touting its all-electric Air sedan as a more efficient, faster and spacious vehicle than the Tesla Model S, a car the company's CEO Peter Rawlinson helped bring to market.