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Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," has died.

Recent economic data releases have continued to indicate the Chinese economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

In January, the U.K. said Huawei could play a limited role in its 5G networks. But the latest round of U.S. sanctions against the firm may have raised new security fears.

Lloyds Banking Group Chief Executive António Horta-Osório will step down next year after spending a decade at the helm.

Gregory Poling of the CSIS said U.S. allies are "very nervous" because China has been "pushing on all fronts" over the past few months.

Stocks in China led gains among the major markets regionally, with the Shanghai composite more than 4% higher.

Plague cases are not uncommon in China, but outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.

Investors who take a sustainable approach to allocating capital may be reevaluating putting their money into Hong Kong after the city implemented a national security law, an analyst said on Friday.

Twenty Indian soldiers died in the June 15 clash on the de facto border separating the Indian and Chinese armies.

U.S. stock futures traded higher on Sunday night as Wall Street tried to build on the momentum from last week's solid performance.

The spike in Victoria is being closely watched as the rest of the country has reined in the virus that causes Covid-19.

Books by prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures have become unavailable in the Chinese-ruled city's public libraries as they are being reviewed to see whether they violate a new national security law, a government department said on Sunday.

Some Iranian officials have said it may have been caused by cyber sabotage and one warned that Tehran would retaliate against any country carrying out such attacks.

Boeing Co and suppliers set the final number of parts it would need for the 747 jumbo jet program at least a year ago, signaling the end for a plane that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine aircraft, industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

The number of new Covid-19 cases has reached a new high at 212,326 cases in 24 hours, according to a July 4 report from the World Health Organization.

Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of new Chinese national security legislation and could boost immigration from the former British colony, top officials said on Friday.

Senior officials in Hong Kong said on Saturday they were "very disappointed" at Canada's decision to suspend its extradition treaty with the Chinese-ruled city and again slammed Washington for "interfering" in its affairs.

Silicon Valley has leaned left for decades, but heading into the 2020 election, the disparity between donations to Democrats and Republicans has never been greater.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded a record 33 sovereign ratings in the first half of this year — more than in any given year in the past.

Can history help handicap where markets head from here after the extraordinary path stocks have taken so far this year?