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Designs for the competition had to meet a number of requirements.

The speakers focused on a wide range of issues, including the economy, foreign policy and social issues in their push for President Donald Trump's reelection.

While approval of Trump's handling of the coronavirus rose, he's trailing Joe Biden in six swing states, the CNBC/Change Research poll found.

The central bank official told CNBC the resurgence of Covid-19 "is an important risk to that outlook."

Military scientists have discovered that a product found in insect repellent can kill the strain of coronavirus that causes Covid-19, Sky News reported.

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously dismissed appeals by China's Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes over mobile data technology with Unwired Planet International and Conversant Wireless.

The development of the tech has been a communal effort.

The S&P 500 notched another record close on Tuesday.

The White House's executive order on messaging app WeChat would have a significant negative impact on revenues for companies in China subject to U.S. jurisdiction, according to a survey released Wednesday by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Predicting the economic consequences of the pandemic as well as the potential government response has become an unprecedented challenge, an economist told CNBC.

Antibody therapies would be most useful for the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalny's grave illness, and that a German clinic's initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive.

The coronavirus has infected more than 23.81 million people across the world as of Tuesday, killing at least 817,373 people.

China needs to make greater efforts to overcome differences with its World Trade Organization partners, Jesus Kuri, a candidate to be the new WTO chief, said.

Singapore's Straits Times Index is among Asia's worst performing indexes so far in 2020. It is still down more than 21% year to date as of Wednesday afternoon Singapore time, according to Refinitiv Eikon.

After 16 years in business, Palantir finally unveiled its prospectus for a direct listing, through which it will sell shares directly to investors without investment banks intervening.

Greater participation by Malaysian retail investors has hit a record high this year, while foreign funds retreated from several stock markets around Asia.

Trading on New Zealand's stock exchange was halted on Wednesday after a likely second cyber attack, bourse operator NZX said.

Hong Kong police arrested 16 people Wednesday on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech upends decades of precedent and ethics guidelines aimed at separating America's national security and foreign policy decision-makers from partisan politics.