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Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which is the world's largest, is wielding its power to push the companies it invests in to put more women on their boards. 

China dethroned the U.S. last year to become Europe's top trading partner for the first time, data from the European statistics office has shown.

Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra is confident the euro zone will start to return to "normal" in the summer.

Solar panels and home-based electric vehicle chargers could become common sights in the years ahead.

Bitcoin surged to an all-time high of $49,951 late Monday, just inches away from the $50,000 level.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the funds will be used to support Covid vaccination efforts and economic segments hit hard in the pandemic.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index, which returned to trade on Tuesday following holidays in the last few days, jumped 1.9% to close at 30,746.66.

Last year, India slipped into a technical recession due to the economic fallout from a lengthy lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Iran has alarmed some in the international community, since a greater quantity of uranium metal could be used to build the core of a nuclear bomb.

The region's support for the U.S. appeared to increase after Joe Biden won the presidential election, said Singaporean think tank ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute.

Republicans who voted to convict Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol are now facing heat from conservatives in their home states.

Financial services firm Motilal Oswal likes these stocks in the EV space: Motherson Sumi, Exide Industries and Maruti Suzuki.

Elon Musk had sent a message via Twitter to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to join him for a conversation on social media app Clubhouse.

With global demand returning and supply bottlenecks likely to drive up shipping, food and energy prices, Bank of America believes emerging market inflation could be on the horizon.

Neil Woodford, the former U.K. star stockpicker whose investment firm collapsed in 2019, has said "sorry" to investors as he shared plans to make a comeback.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the new chief of the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and African to ever lead the institution.

DP World has launched a vaccine logistics alliance with Emirates and Dubai Airports to speed up the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world.

Retirement website International Living researched some of the most affordable Caribbean Islands to live on and a few not so budget-friendly ones.

Cement production is an energy intensive process responsible for a significant amount of emissions.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is already transforming the political scene in Rome and boosting financial markets.