Copper prices have experienced a remarkable resurgence since the late March crash, hitting two-year highs last week, and Goldman Sachs believes the rally has further to run.
U.K. house prices saw their biggest growth since 2016 in August, climbing to a record high, according to Britain's longest-running barometer of the property market.
German officials are increasing pressure on the Kremlin to cooperate in the investigation into the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
SMIC relies on American chipmaking equipment. If it were to be added to the Entity List, that could make it more difficult for the company to obtain the gear needed to develop its capabilities and hurt production.
Brexit tensions threaten the possibility that both sides will not reach a deal, which is a problem for many exporters and could ultimately shake financial markets.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said there were positive aspects in the proposed merger of Spanish lenders Caixabank and state-owned Bankia.
Tensions between the two countries in the technology space heated up over the weekend with the U.S. considering blacklisting China's largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation or SMIC.
China's dollar-denominated exports rose 9.5% for the month of August while imports fell 2.1% in the same period, data from the country's General Administration of Customs showed on Monday.
India has been recording the world's largest daily increases in coronavirus cases for almost a month. Despite over 2 million new cases in the past month and the virus spreading through the country's smaller towns and villages, the Indian government has continued relaxing restrictions to try and resuscitate the economy.
A potential worsening in the coronavirus pandemic remains the top threat to the Singapore economy, according to economists surveyed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Barr, named attorney general by President Donald Trump last year, told CNN on Wednesday that China was more of a threat than Russia when it comes to alleged interference in the U.S. elections.
Morrison said his government has struck a deal with CSL to manufacture two vaccines — one developed by rival AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and another developed in CSL's own labs with the University of Queensland.