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The market just posted its best quarter in decades as it snapped back from the historic sell-off triggered by the coronavirus.

Tesla just became the world's most valuable automaker.

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority has proposed the creation of a "Digital Markets Unit" to rein in big digital advertising platforms.

The national security law came into force late Tuesday, hours before Hong Kong marked the city's handover from the U.K. to China.

Hong Kong's status as a world financial hub looks to be under threat. Beijing has expedited a new national security law, which some experts warn has the potential to erode the very structure that grants the region major privileges on the international stage.

Increased uncertainty in the jobs market, caused by the economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic, makes re-entering education to boost your employment opportunities all the more appealing.

Paschal Donohoe, the Irish minister of finance, told CNBC he is "optimistic" about a digital tax agreement inside the OECD.

An experimental Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the drug giant Pfizer and the biotech firm BioNTech spurred immune responses in healthy patients, but also caused fever and other side effects, especially at higher doses, STAT News reports.

Apple has reportedly stopped updating tens of thousands of mobile games on the China App Store after coming under pressure from the Chinese government to comply with local rules.

The street party was held despite an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases reported in the Czech Republic last week.

Estonian start-up Bolt says it will roll out bike rentals in Paris from Wednesday.

Companies of all sizes are turning to renewables and technology.

The EU unveiled a list of countries whose residents can start traveling into Europe in July. The U.S. is not one of them — and for good reason.

China has asked four U.S. media organisations to submit details about their operations in the country, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday in what it described as retaliation for U.S. measures against Chinese media outlets.

The IEA's Fatih Birol has reportedly said he believes 2020 may well come to be seen as the worst year in the history of global oil markets.

The view from the head of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant is in line with IEA and OPEC projections.

The virus, which scientists are calling "G4 EA H1N1," has not yet been shown to infect humans but it is exhibiting "reassortment capabilities," Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during a hearing Tuesday.

A week-long vote on constitutional changes in Russia comes to a close Wednesday. Unlike most votes, however, the one in Russia is a foregone conclusion.

As geopolitical tensions rise over the central government's growing grip on Hong Kong, a Chinese official portrayed international criticism as irrational.

The Euro Stoxx 600 on Tuesday closed out its best quarter since March 2015, having climbed 12.59% since the beginning of April.