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Trump has no power to unilaterally delay elections, which were set for the first Tuesday in November through a 19th century law passed by Congress.

Neither the Great Depression nor the Great Recession nor any other slump over the past two centuries have ever caused such a sharp drain on the economy.

The proposed takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium has collapsed after the group announced they were ending their interest in the deal.

By the year 2100, coastal flooding could impact as much as 20% of global GDP, a new study finds.

TikTok plans to give high-profile creators over $2 billion in the next three years as it wages war on Instagram and YouTube.

Europe is home to a large and mature offshore wind sector.

Analysts had warned that "Big Oil" companies were likely to report "horrendous" second-quarter results.

Alphabet unit Google this month offered not to use Fitbit's health data to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns. The opening of a full-scale investigation suggests that this is not sufficient.

Germany's economy, Europe's largest, took a massive hit during the pandemic shutdowns, shrinking by 10.1% percent during the April-June period.

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock has warned that further coronavirus quarantine measures may be imposed amid fears of a "second wave starting to roll across Europe."

China's ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming has claimed the United States is trying to trigger a new Cold War with the Communist state.

The British firm is just one company working on a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Standard Chartered PLC on Thursday posted a 33% fall in its first-half profit, as the bank boosted its credit impairment charges by six-fold as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn in its main markets.

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore on Wednesday urged local banks to cap their total dividends per share this year to 60% of last year's amount.

Credit Suisse reported a 24% jump in net income from a year ago, despite a "challenging economic environment."

For more than six hours, members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee grilled the CEOs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook on a wide range of matters. Here's a recap.

Anheuser-Busch InBev said it was encouraged by a global beer sales recovery in June after suffering a sharp slide in second-quarter earnings and swallowing a $2.5 billion impairment charge in Africa.

As authorities seek to revive their economies from the fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, governments will need to "spend an awful lot of of money to protect and insure their economies."

UNESCO has named 53 sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. Watch five of these ancient sites digitally transform to how they once looked long ago.