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The International Monetary Fund has called for more support from global governments to reduce the gender gap that has worsened by the coronavirus crisis.

Square said Thursday it bought 4,709 bitcoins, worth approximately $50 million.

News of the strike action has helped Brent crude futures to push above $43 a barrel during afternoon deals.

For Tesla customers, accidental "butt-dial" purchases have been at least an occasional problem since January 2020.

Prize money will be used on environmental and conservation projects.

OPEC said worldwide oil demand was expected to increase by nearly 10 million barrels per day over the long term.

Amsterdam-based MessageBird has raised $200 million in a mega-round of funding that values the company at $3 billion.

Graça Machel, an internationally-renowned advocate for equality and the widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, specifically criticized the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization

Home to some of the most talented technologists in the world, Cambridge is seen as a vital hub for firms like Nvidia and Huawei.

Germany has issued a stark warning over the spread of the coronavirus, with top health officials sounding an alarm over potential further outbreaks in the country.

Regeneron's stock price rose over 4% in premarket trade Thursday.

The cost of materials and other resources have fallen following the coronavirus pandemic, presenting a "golden opportunity" for Saudi Arabia to build its tourism attractions, said Ahmed al-Khateeb, the kingdom's tourism minister.

Sparks flew between Pence and Harris on a range of issues, including the coronavirus climate change, trade, jobs, and America's posture toward China and Russia.

So-called "silent spreaders" of the coronavirus could be more common than previously thought, with a U.K. study finding more than two thirds of people testing positive for the virus were asymptomatic.

The work-from-home economy is likely to continue long past the coronavirus pandemic — and it doesn't come without challenges. "If I were a company planning the future of my office," says Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, "I’d be looking to the suburbs."

Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher in Thursday trade, with shares in Hong Kong lagging among the region's major markets.

Dubai has suffered as the pandemic has decimated air travel and tourism, as well as other sectors like construction and real estate.  

Democratic nominee Joe Biden would deal with Beijing in a "much more traditional" way if he wins the election, said Max Baucus, a former U.S. ambassador to China.

In July, the U.K. government announced that mobile network operators in the country would need to rip out Huawei gear from their infrastructure by 2027. Now lawmakers say that might need to happen by 2025 under certain conditions.

The worst is not over for airlines even though huge government packages saved them when air travel was halted due to the coronavirus, analysts said.