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"Right now it doesn't feel really sound out there," Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told CNBC Monday.

A growing number of tech billionaires have decided they want to use their enormous wealth to try and help humans "cheat death."

A J&J booster dose given six months out from the first shot appears to be potentially even more protective against Covid, the company added.

Millions of shoppers now use a buy now, pay later, or BNPL, service to finance their purchases. And the options are more varied than ever.

Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed on Tuesday for a holiday.

The U.S., U.K. and Australia last week announced a new security partnership that seeks to strengthen stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have accused Belarus of flying in migrants from the Middle East to then send across their borders.

The price of bitcoin dropped sharply Monday as investors began shedding risk amid an equity markets decline.

Strategists do not now expect financial contagion from the crisis at a large Chinese property developer, but they do say there could be economic impact.

Coinbase halted plans to launch an interest-earning product two weeks after it took the SEC to task on Twitter for its lack of guidance on the matter.

India's stock market could grow to more than $5 trillion to become the fifth largest in the world within three years, according to Goldman Sachs.

China, Japan and South Korea will spend an estimated $12.4 trillion to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in their transport systems, according to an ING report.

Facebook is on the defensive after The Wall Street Journal exposed how far the company has gone to prioritize profits over the health and safety of its users.

Reported U.S. deaths due to Covid crossed 675,000, Johns Hopkins data shows, and is still increasing at an average of more than 1,900 fatalities per day.

The move comes after a surge of retail investors participating in the stock market.

At least 85 U.S. citizens and 79 permanent residents have left Afghanistan since the U.S. completed its troop withdrawal Aug. 31, State Department data says.

The United States and the United Kingdom are looking to ease tensions with France after a deal with Australia that Paris described as a "stab in the back."

Strategists say the renewed sell-off in U.S. markets on Monday is in part thanks to partisan gridlock in Congress over the debt ceiling.

President Biden's plan to lift blanket entry bans on most noncitizens from more than 30 countries is expected to drive up demand for international travel.

The move comes as the oil industry faces increasing pressure to invest in renewable energy and lower its carbon emissions in the face of a changing climate.