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Britain's public debt went above £2 trillion ($2.7 trillion) for the first time in July as the government ramped up public spending to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed on Friday.

A new website helps travelers plan for trips by collating Covid-19 information related to tourist restrictions, entrance requirements, lockdown limitations, and outbreak details for countries all over the world.

The coronavirus has infected more than 22.49 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 789,400 people.

South Korean retail investors are stampeding into Chinese stocks in record numbers, ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars into a tech sector rush far removed from punishing taxes and regulations on investment at home.

The pandemic has disproportionately hit the customer segment targeted by many aspiring digital banks, said Tamma Febrian of Fitch Ratings.

Government stimulus for infrastructure building in China has sent iron ore prices to multi-year highs this week, boosted by strong demand from the world's second largest economy even amid a global pandemic.

The final night of the DNC will also feature speeches from former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

The Indonesian rupiah has weakened by around 6% against the greenback this year, making it the worst-performing currency in Asia.

Pfizer and BioNTech surprised many industry watchers on July 27 when they announced they would conduct a large-scale study of a vaccine for Covid-19. The surprise? The vaccine that would be tested in a 30,000-patient trial wasn't the one for which the companies had presented data on July 1.

Multiple people familiar with the matter tell NBC News there is a separate federal inquiry involving a company linked to both men, GTV Media Group.

Low-cost carriers are likely to have an advantage in a price-sensitive and regionally focused air travel market, analysts told CNBC. However, one observer cautioned that the benefit can only be enjoyed when demand recovers.

Top executives at Uber and Lyft both said last week they'd likely have to suspend service in the state to comply with the injunction.

Former senior White House strategist Steve Bannon and three associates were arrested on charges of defrauding donors in a fundraising scheme for their "We Build the Wall" campaign.

Steve Bannon and numerous other people connected to Trump, either through his 2016 campaign, his presidency or his business, have been charged with crimes.

California residents and business owners are facing the horror of a pandemic and wildfires that are blanketing the state in smoke.

"We have a bizarre situation where some companies are doing very well" while "a lot of other companies are getting crushed," the "Mad Money" host said.

Director of the CDC Dr. Robert Redfield said that daily new cases still remain high and he'd like to bring that number down below 10,000 new cases per day.

Iran's show of force comes as a U.N.-imposed arms embargo is set to expire in October.

The European Commission and German biotech firm CureVac said they were in advanced talks for the supply of at least 225 million doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to EU states.