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Hong Kong Disneyland will once again shutter its gates after a spike of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong.

Disney heiress Abigail Disney is among the millionaires calling for governments to impose higher taxes on the wealthy to help fund the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices said on Monday it offered to buy Maxim Integrated Products, an industry peer, for $20.91 billion in an all-stock deal.

China announced sanctions against U.S. officials including two senators on Monday in retaliation against Washington's sanctions against senior Chinese officials over Beijing's treatment of minority Uighur Muslims.

European stocks more broadly might not have enjoyed quite as buoyant a comeback as U.S. markets, but investors say there are unique characteristics which make a compelling investment case for the region in the recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

How and where the EU's recovery fund is spent could have a big impact on Europe's recovery from the pandemic, according to economists at Morgan Stanley.

Ubisoft used its Ubisoft Forward event Sunday to reveal more details about new games like "Far Cry 6" and "Assassin's Creed Valhalla."

The global leadership vacuum during the coronavirus crisis is an "open door" for China to walk into, said Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Kevin Mayer, who left Disney to become CEO of TikTok just months ago, has come under fire from White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, who also criticized the Chinese social media app's alleged data-collection practices.

The beauty industry was in the midst of big changes before the coronavirus pandemic and now the sector is also dealing with restrictions imposed after lockdowns.

It now expects MENA economies to contract 5.7% in 2020. In April, it predicted that the region would shrink 3.3% for the year.

Described as a "sex party company," Killing Kittens is set to raise £340,000 from a crowdfunding campaign, with half of the cash coming from the U.K. government.

Manchester City's two-year suspension from European football was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday, allowing the club to compete in next season's Champions League.

Sex workers in Germany are demanding the right to get back to work as the country's brothels remain closed.

Poland's incumbent candidate Andrzej Duda has won a presidential election, results from 99.97% of polling stations showed early on Monday, a narrow victory that would allow the ruling nationalists to deepen their conservative reforms.

South Africa has reintroduced a ban on alcohol sales and imposed a nighttime curfew as it looks to curtail a rapid surge in new coronavirus cases.

Amid economic recession and uncertainty over China's National Security Law, global real estate firms are trying to get Hong Kong residents to buy abroad.

A massive cost-cutting drive helped the company shore up its finances while the coronavirus pandemic led to a robust demand in WeWork's flexible office space, chairman Marcelo Claure told the FT in an interview.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin cleared a major hurdle in parliament on Monday, as lawmakers narrowly approved a motion to remove the lower house speaker, in a vote seen as a critical gauge of his support.

Aside from temperature checks and masks, going back to workplaces in countries where lockdowns have been lifted may never feel the same.