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A group of lawmakers said Tuesday that "major changes" need to be made to the U.K.'s upcoming Online Safety Bill.

Demand for oil is set to be lower than expected next year, the IEA has said, as the world braces for a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index led losses as tech shares dipped.

The omicron case was found in a traveler from overseas, who showed no symptoms but tested positive on Thursday, according to Tianjin's local health commission.

Shares of Chinese social networking giant Weibo tumbled more than 9% on Tuesday, as its operator was fined three million yuan ($471,151) by regulators.

Heng Koon How, head of markets strategy at UOB, says the move will have little impact on Asian markets.

If the Antarctic ice shelf breaks apart, the glacier's contribution to sea level rise will increase by as much as 25%, scientists warned.

The U.S.-listed Chinese stocks with the most American ownership don't include many of the big names familiar to Wall Street, according to Morgan Stanley.

Speculative trades including GameStop and AMC Entertainment were hit hard Monday, as investors dumped risky meme names after a head-turning year.

The strike came during the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which President Joe Biden had ordered in April.

The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates soon to combat a future downturn, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said Monday.

The S&P 500 declined Monday as investors remained cautious on how the omicron variant will affect the economy and what the Federal Reserve will say Wednesday.

Between ConstitutionDAO's token hitting a new high and 90% of bitcoin's supply being mined, here are five important things that happened in crypto last week.

Calling inflation "transitory" was a historically bad move for the Federal Reserve, according to Allianz chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian.

"The volume and the velocity of Hawaii's real estate market have shattered every record and historical norm previously held," said Hawaii Life CEO Matt Beall.

Inflation rose last month at the fastest pace since 1982. Five experts discuss its impact on the Federal Reserve and what it says about the economy.

Turkey's central bank has subsequently announced it will intervene directly in the foreign exchange market, selling dollars to prop up the lira.

U.K. leader Boris Johnson has confirmed that at least one patient infected with the new omicron variant of Covid-19 has died in the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he resorted to moonlighting as a taxi driver, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The meeting comes amid rising tensions in the region between Iran and its adversaries, as Tehran ramps up its nuclear development.