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Alphabet unit Google this month offered not to use Fitbit's health data to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns. The opening of a full-scale investigation suggests that this is not sufficient.

Germany's economy, Europe's largest, took a massive hit during the pandemic shutdowns, shrinking by 10.1% percent during the April-June period.

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock has warned that further coronavirus quarantine measures may be imposed amid fears of a "second wave starting to roll across Europe."

China's ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming has claimed the United States is trying to trigger a new Cold War with the Communist state.

The British firm is just one company working on a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Standard Chartered PLC on Thursday posted a 33% fall in its first-half profit, as the bank boosted its credit impairment charges by six-fold as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn in its main markets.

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Wednesday urged local banks to cap their total dividends per share this year to 60% of last year's amount.

Credit Suisse reported a 24% jump in net income from a year ago, despite a "challenging economic environment."

For more than six hours, members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee grilled the CEOs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook on a wide range of matters. Here's a recap.

Anheuser-Busch InBev said it was encouraged by a global beer sales recovery in June after suffering a sharp slide in second-quarter earnings and swallowing a $2.5 billion impairment charge in Africa.

As authorities seek to revive their economies from the fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, governments will need to "spend an awful lot of of money to protect and insure their economies."

UNESCO has named 53 sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. Watch five of these ancient sites digitally transform to how they once looked long ago.

The coronavirus has infected more than 17 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 667,060 people.

Volkswagen has reported an operating loss of 800 million euros ($940 million) for the first half of 2020 and cuts its dividend as the coronavirus pandemic hammered car sales.

Samsung shares rose after earlier the company said operating profit for the three months that ended in June was in line with previous guidance.

The March 2019 government document cited the storing of 16-digit card numbers and other personal information such as customer names, account numbers and national identity numbers in "plain text" in some databases.

Lower demand by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer may limit a rally in global prices, which hit a record high earlier this month, but it could also reduce India's trade deficit and support the ailing rupee.

France's economic slump may not be quite as bad as forecast and activity in the euro zone's second biggest economy could return to pre-crisis levels in early 2022, the central bank governor has said.

Vietnam, once praised for its success in containing the coronavirus outbreak, is now battling a resurgence in cases and has warned that the disease could spread wider across the country.