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British pharmaceutical company Synairgen claims its new respiratory coronavirus treatment has reduced the number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients needing intensive care.

The coronavirus has accelerated developments in the medical technology industry, which was evolving rapidly even before the outbreak. CNBC Make It's Karen Gilchrist speaks to three entrepreneurs to get the pulse on how they're transforming healthcare amid the pandemic.

Chinese fintech firm Ant Group has begun the process of a concurrent initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

TikTok has not shelved plans to make London its international headquarters, a source said, adding that the city is still very much an option.

European leaders will reconvene at 4pm Brussels time for a fourth consecutive day of talks on a recovery fund to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

Britain's GSK said on Monday it would invest 130 million pounds ($163 million) to buy a 10% stake in Germany's CureVac.

Sources told Reuters the broadened scrutiny of clients also applied to Hong Kong and Chinese officials who had implemented the law in anticipation of any U.S. sanctions against them.

The deals follow a previously announced agreement with AstraZeneca or the firm to produce 100 million doses of its potential vaccine being developed in partnership with the University of Oxford.

Famous destinations around the world are reopening. Here's what it's like to visit some of the top attractions in New York, London, Dubai, India and Italy.

Some countries, including the U.S., have shown "a degree of fiscal fatigue" and are considering rolling back some of the stimulus, said Shaun Roache, chief economist for Asia Pacific at S&P Global Ratings.

Online conferences are attracting larger audiences than in-person events, and may improve remote viewing options for when real-life gatherings return.

Dutch health technology company Philips said on Monday it expected to return to growth in the second half of the year, if hospitals and consumers were able to gradually overcome the first shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

Xpeng Motors started deliveries of its new P7 sedan — which is seen as a competitor to Tesla's Model 3 — this month .

A handful of virtual private network (VPN) providers have shut down their servers in Hong Kong, citing concerns over the national security law.

Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to King Faisal Specialist hospital in the capital Riyadh for medical checks, the state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said it would be better for the leaders to agree on an "ambitious" aid package to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic than to have a quick deal at any cost.

China kept its benchmark lending rate steady for the third straight month on Monday, matching market expectations, amid signs that the world's second-largest economy is recovering from the shock coronavirus pandemic.

Piyush Gupta, CEO of Singaporean bank DBS, said many businesses may not survive when governments roll back measures that are currently keeping them afloat.

Housing sales in the country plummeted at the outset of the pandemic as China's economy shut down. But official data pointed to a recovery in transactions as the country reopened.

China is due to release its loan prime rate. A Reuters poll found that it is expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady for the third straight month.