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The apps have faced setbacks, not least because some countries refused to adopt tools created by Apple and Google.

The buildings that produce the goods we use every single day are changing.

The European Commission said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir following an accelerated review process.

The coronavirus has now infected more than 10.84 million people around the world as of Friday morning, killing at least 520,785 people.

The U.K. government is about to lift compulsory self-isolation for travelers from low-risk destinations to England starting next week.

Jean Castex has been named the new prime minister of France after Edouard Philippe unexpectedly resigned Friday.

Intel is investing $253.5 million in Indian telco Jio Platforms in exchange for 0.39% of the company.

The Berlin-based company, which runs platforms for food delivery in 44 countries, said second-quarter orders rose 94% compared to a year earlier.

The plunge in euro zone business activity caused by lockdowns imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus eased sharply last month as more businesses reopened and people ventured out, a survey showed on Friday.

The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney are among more than 1,500 musicians who have signed a letter to the British government, asking for it to help save the live music industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Jack Dorsey's Twitter has teased the option to edit tweets — but only if there is widespread use of face masks.

Alibaba has fired the head of its fast-growing livestreaming business for allegedly engaging in nepotism and accepting gifts, according to an internal memo seen by CNBC.

Lemonade more than doubled in value in its first day of trading on Thursday, a week after Chinese software company Agora did the same.

The move will neither deny those firms access to American capital markets nor hurt China's growth, said Peterson Institute for International Economics.

These luxury cabins are designed for groups of families and friends who want a safe and secluded holiday that is as posh as a resort – but without all the people.

The Rohingya are among the world's most persecuted ethnic minorities — haunted by the past and denied a future.

Taiwan has opened an office to help those from Hong Kong resettle. It comes as China passes a new national security law in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is one of the world's densest cities. Public transit is often packed. There are even direct flights from Wuhan. Yet, the city managed to handle the outbreak with a combination of factors.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) in greater China jumped in the first half of this year, bucking the declines seen elsewhere due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

As poverty rises in Japan, the middle class in the country is slowly eroding away, according to a recent report by Oxford Economics' Shigeto Nagai.