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Brexit is back on the agenda in the U.K. as the country starts to emerge from a three-month coronavirus lockdown.

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority has fined Lloyds Bank £64 million ($81.26 million) for failures in handling hundreds of thousands of mortgage customers in difficulties or arrears.

The firms will invest millions of dollars into research and publish annual reports on their progress in tackling child sexual abuse content.

Changes in corporate travel patterns due to the coronavirus could hit airlines hard, but it's "not all bad news" given that there are green shoots on the leisure side, said Mark Manduca of Citi.

Despite the number of new daily cases remaining high, restrictions are being lifted quickly ahead of key political events.

The coronavirus has infected more than 7.3 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 416,201 people.

NetEase launched a secondary listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China.

Stocks in Asia Pacific fell on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated on Wednesday that it would keep interest rates near zero through 2022.

The 19 finance ministers of the euro area are looking for a new president, at a time when the region is facing tough negotiations over a 750 billion euro ($851 billion) fiscal plan.

Eleven drivers for Gojek and Grab, which is backed by SoftBank Group, in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand told Reuters about their struggles amid the coronavirus outbreak, with income slashed by more than half as the pandemic batters Southeast Asia.

Germany's car manufacturing industry supports tens of thousands of jobs and exports are vital to the country's economy, but it faces big challenges and some experts fear for its future.

NetEase is a Chinese internet giant — but its name might not be so well known outside its home market.

African swine fever damaged supply so much that even with lower demand, pork prices are still twice what they were two years ago, according to Richard Herzfelder, senior advisor at GIRA Consultancy & Research.

While U.S. authorities put pressure on Chinese assets, investors remain intent on chasing opportunities in the world's second-largest economy.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to provide more than $22.8 billion in aid for semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to spur the construction of chip factories in America amid a strategic technology rivalry with China.

Gojek started in 2010 as a ride-hailing company in Indonesia and has since branched out into other business areas including food delivery, digital payments, and logistics.

"It would be good not only for the U.S. interests but also for the easy holding of upcoming presidential election," Kwon Jong Gun, director-general for U.S. affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, said in comments carried by state news agency KCNA.

Hong Kong ranked as the most expensive city to live and work overseas in, according to a new report highlighting the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on the expatriate market.

The Fed's commitment to zero rates and asset purchases was not a surprise, but a somber reminder that the economy could take long to heal.