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Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in January granted Huawei a limited role in Britain's 5G mobile network, frustrating a global attempt by the United States to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.

Huawei is challenging Samsung in the smartphone photography department. But Samsung has something Huawei can't offer.

Russia has said that protests and civil unrest in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd are a "domestic issue" but it has concerns over any human rights abuses.

As markets recover from the coronavirus lows, experts share where to find investing opportunities in Asia.

Any potential move that U.S. President Donald Trump may take against China will likely be "more bark than bite," said Kelvin Tay, regional chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management.

The study's authors said increased hospital traffic and symptom search data in Wuhan preceded the documented start of the coronavirus pandemic in December 2019.

Stringent public health measures have helped stem the transmission of the coronavirus, but there's "every chance" of a resurgence as economies reopen, says the WHO's chief scientist.

China's producer price index fell 3.7% from a year earlier in May, according to data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics.

The charge of making false statements provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.

A new bill that targets Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges could not only "backfire" on American investors, and Wall Street could oppose it, a Harvard professor told CNBC on Tuesday.

Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug, remdesivir, prevented lung disease in macaques infected with the new coronavirus, according to a study published in medical journal Nature on Tuesday.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman CEO said on "Closing Bell" that the economy needs to more government help to pull out of the pandemic-induced recession.

The Nasdaq Composite rallied to a record high as traders loaded up on major technology names.

The combined market value of the four companies is now close to $5 trillion, with Apple claiming the top spot at nearly $1.5 trillion.

The WHO scrambled to clarify its comments that transmission of the coronavirus by people who never developed symptoms is "very rare."

Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.

"Despite the rally, we have been hesitant to recommend a long position this early in the cycle for several reasons," Goldman Sachs' commodities research team wrote Tuesday.

The reopening of schools around the world following the coronavirus crisis has been the subject of much debate, and while new research suggests it can be done safely, there are certain conditions that need to be met.

Peter Thiel's Palantir was given access to NHS patient records that contain citizen's contact details, gender, race, religion, occupation, physical and mental health condition, as well as past criminal offenses.