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The Taliban will be hard-pressed to tap Afghanistan's assets after the U.S. froze the country's reserves in Federal Reserve accounts.

The Biden administration and NATO have placed the blame squarely on the Afghan national government for the stunning and swift Taliban takeover.

Palantir remains unprofitable, but its balance sheet has grown thanks to stock sales and proceeds from stock options. Now it's in investment mode.

Ford plans to expand its hands-free highway driving system to the automaker's luxury Lincoln brand beginning next year with the 2022 Navigator SUV.

Project is one of four to receive funding via the Advanced Propulsion Centre Collaborative Research and Development competition.

Tobacco group Philip Morris International on Wednesday said it had bought 22.61% of U.K.-based respiratory drug developer Vectura in a market purchase.

Facebook and TikTok have confirmed that they won't lift their bans on Taliban-related content after group took control of Afghanistan.

The market capitalization of China's Tencent and Alibaba have plummeted amid an ongoing regulatory crackdown on the tech sector by Beijing.

Baidu, known as China's biggest search engine, has focused on diversifying its business beyond advertising, toward artificial intelligence and driverless cars.

Xpeng is looking to expand production for its range of models — the G3 SUV, the P7 sedan and its recently-launched P5.

Under the Trump administration, Huawei was put on an export blacklist and cut off from key semiconductors required for its smartphones.

Under the tenure of Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, the ministry was criticized over its handling of the pandemic.

The EU will be wary of a repeat of the refugee crisis of 2015, when Syrian refugees and other migrants arrived at European borders.

New Zealand was expected to become the first advanced economy to raise interest rates, but the central bank left rates unchanged one Covid case was detected.

It comes at a time when oil and gas companies are raking in their highest profits since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced Wednesday that it would keep its monetary settings unchanged.

Analysts said countries are worried about instability, likely refugee inflows and the prospect of Afghanistan becoming a haven for terrorist activities again.

Salt Bae, who runs the Nusr-Et steakhouse chain, settled a claim by waiters over tips filed by the same lawyer now suing him in an overtime lawsuit.

Decarbonizing a broad range of sectors and industrial processes will be crucial in the years ahead.

While there is excitement about potential use cases for low carbon hydrogen, hurdles remain.