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U.K. plans to boost trade and growth by building tax and customs free zones at 10 ports around the country.

China said Monday that two foreigners in the country diagnosed with coronavirus have died.

Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam will deliver his final earnings report at the helm of the Swiss lender on Thursday, less than a week after his resignation was announced.

Sustainable transport like cycling will overtake car usage in the world's biggest cities by 2030, according to new research.

Russia has been keeping relatively quiet on the global stage of late but make no mistake about it, the country's influence across the world is far-reaching.

Ola rolls out its taxi-booking service in London on Monday, as Uber faces the threat of being banned.

Ireland's drawn-out election count has failed to produce either a clear winner or any immediately obvious coalition partnerships, based on the latest figures available on Monday morning.

The photo, which circulated on Twitter Friday, shows him returning to the White House with his hair swept back — and an orange-colored tan line surrounding his face.

A U.S. citizen and a Japanese national died in China after contracting the new coronavirus, said the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Rising jobs and incomes and low credit costs are the key components of a bright near-term outlook for the U.S. economy, writes Michael Ivanovitch.

Even if businesses were up and running again, their workers would still have to fulfill quarantine requirements of around two weeks.

Netflix may have had the most nominations heading into the 92nd Academy Awards, but it didn't take home the most prizes. That honor was a three-way tie between Disney, Sony and South Korea's CJ Entertainment.

"Parasite" took home the top prize at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English language film to win the best picture award.

Factories in China were scheduled to reopen on Monday after an extended holiday, though many are expected to remain shut for longer.

China's overall consumer prices jumped 5.4% year-on-year in January, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

That set a new speed record for subsonic — or slower than the speed of sound — commercial aircraft to fly between the two cities, according to Flightradar24, which tracks global flights.

"Toy Story 4" took home the Academy Award for best animated feature on Sunday, marking the 13th time the big prize has gone to a Disney film.

Chang Wen Lai, founder of Ninja Van, said he had to help his customer take a "leap of faith" in the early days of his express delivery business.

Quarantines and other measures put in place to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus in China could continue to disrupt electronics manufacturing even after factories return to production, manufacturing experts said.

China has allocated a total of 71.85 billion yuan ($10.26 billion) to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has killed more than 800 people.