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The S&P 500 is nearing its all-time high, a level that could serve as a launch pad for bigger gains.

The announcement comes after a four-month selection process that saw at least a dozen prominent women vetted to be Biden's running mate.

The game was originally slated to come out with the launch of the Xbox Series X console, which will become available in November, Microsoft said on Tuesday. Now the video game will become available sometime in 2021.

The S&P 500 fell as declines in some of the major tech names mounted thwarted the broader market index's run to an all-time high.

The last pieces are in place for the announcement of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate, which is expected possibly as early as Tuesday.

Clinical trials of the Russian vaccine have been completed in less than two months and phase three trials are set to begin shortly.

Ghislaine Maxwell is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, obtain young girls to be sexually abused.

Boeing's net cancellations so far this year now top 860 planes as its backlog continues to shrink.

President Donald Trump was evacuated from a press briefing because of a shooting of a man outside the White House by a Secret Service officer.

The use of automatic facial recognition technology by South Wales Police was unlawful, according to the Court of Appeal.

A refinery worker in Australia has been awarded almost $200,000 in compensation by BP after being fired over a Hitler meme he shared which appeared to mock his bosses over pay negotiations.

HMD Global said Tuesday that it would use the fresh capital to invest in the development of 5G smartphones.

Former diplomats and political commentators have said the altercation in June was a "turning point" in one of Asia's most important bilateral relationships.

After decades of keeping the mainland financial market relatively closed to foreigners, the central Chinese government began to roll back restrictions on investment and ownership in the last two years.

The coronavirus pandemic has created significant new ways of doing business that could benefit both the economy and environment, according to business leaders.

Revolut blamed the mounting losses — which came despite a rise in revenue and customer numbers — on its investment in international expansion and new product offerings.

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, is already under investigation over privacy concerns by U.S., European Union and Dutch authorities.

The coronavirus has infected more than 20 million people across the world as of Monday, and killed at least 733,929, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University showed.

CEO Masayoshi Son confirmed that SoftBank is considering selling U.K. chip designer Arm or taking the company public.

It comes amid growing investor interest in sustainable investment funds in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.