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The last time demonstrations on this scale were seen in some areas was in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

News that Beijing has ordered state firms to halt purchases of farm products could well be an opportunistic political maneuver stemming from fundamental weakness on the demand side in China, said analysts.

"Sovereign wealth funds have multiple objectives, but one of them is that they are rainy day funds, and this is a rainy day," Nomura's Tarek Fadlallah told CNBC.

The late May bull breakouts now heightens the prospects for global stock averages to push back toward significant retracement.

Ranging from 32,000 Thai baht ($1,016) to 60,000 baht ($1,904) for a two-week stay, the resorts are offering perks like doctors' consultations and meals.

TikTok, the social media app owned by China's ByteDance, apologized after a technical glitch made it look like the #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd hashtags had zero views.

Cities across America are reeling from a weekend of unrest after widespread protests erupted after George Floyd died during an arrest in Minneapolis.

Greece wants to negotiate new fiscal targets with its euro zone creditors as the coronavirus crisis pushes its debt pile to almost 200% of GDP.

As "one of three major financial centers" in the world, any damage to Hong Kong's status as a key hub will have have an impact on foreign firms as well, warned Hong Kong's secretary for commerce and economic development.

In a statement released Tuesday announcing the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to maintain its current policy settings, RBA Governor Philip Lowe said the recovery of the global economy "will get under way" if the past month's decline of coronavirus infection rates and easing of restrictions on activity continues.

The coronavirus has infected more than 6.27 million people around the world as of Monday, killing at least 375,656 people.

Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus — but behind the scenes, it was a much different story.

"In the U.S., we see how the riots were being handled by the local governments, compared to the stance they adopted when almost the same riots happened in Hong Kong last year," Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said.

India's economy grew 3.1% in January-March, its slowest quarterly pace in at least eight years, and Moody's expects a contraction of 4% in the current fiscal year.

The government is looking to revamp about $65 billion in bonds rendered unsustainable by a long recession and a currency plunge.

Southeast Asia's e-commerce giant Lazada introduced a new delivery system on April 4 that allowed the company to increase its capacity by 50%.

Compared to other funds, sustainable funds showed strong outperformance across indexes, such as the MSCI equity index and S&P 500, says Gabriel Wilson-Otto from BNP Paribas Asset Management.

The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone SE have discounts on Apple's official store on Alibaba-owned Tmall in China as part of a major online shopping festival.

Countries are moving to lift coronavirus lockdowns in time for the holidays, but social distancing will remain important this summer. Here's a look at some of the most remote retreats out there.

Any counter measures that China lobs back in retaliation for the U.S. revoking Hong Kong's special status will not likely to hurt American investors, according to Regina Ip.