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The government on Sunday said it would introduce changes to the Enterprise Act on Monday to allow it to intervene if a business involved in a pandemic response became a target of a takeover.

Socotra, a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its unique natural environment, is located in the shipping lane linking Asia to the Europe via the Red sea and Suez Canal.

A strike was intended to open a new arena of resistance, but organizers said only 8,943 union members participated in a city-wide poll, falling short of the 60,000 threshold to go ahead.

Spain reopened its borders to British tourists on Sunday in a bid to kickstart its economy while Brazil and South Africa struggled with rising levels of coronavirus infections.

The office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is investigating Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and obtained a conviction of his past lawyer, Michael Cohen.

President Donald Trump said he will replace Geoffrey Berman as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. Berman refuses to quit.

A federal judge on Saturday denied a request by the Department of Justice to halt the sale and distribution of a forthcoming memo by former Trump national security advisor John Bolton.

Carnival Cruise Line, which is owned by the world's largest cruise company, Carnival Corp., had previously announced plans to resume some U.S. operations on Aug. 1.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Friday that the company will have to postpone its annual shareholder meeting which was scheduled for July 7 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The National Institutes of Health has halted its clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after finding that the treatment provides no benefit to COVID-19 patients.

Brazil has passed 1 million coronavirus cases and approached 50,000 deaths, a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country as it struggles with a tense political climate and worsening economic outlook.

Doctors, developers and entrepreneurs shared their wishlist for Apple as it moves into health.

Amazon.com has secured clearance to deliver alcohol in India's eastern state of West Bengal, according to a document seen by Reuters, signalling the U.S. e-commerce giant's first foray into the country's multi-billion-dollar sector.

The much-anticipated legislation, which has provoked deep concerns in Washington and Europe, paves the way for the most profound change to the city's way of life since it returned to Chinese rule.

The scandal-hit company is desperately seeking to reassure investors after its search for the missing cash hit a dead end in the Philippines, prompting ratings agencies to react.

The United Kingdom's chief medical officers have agreed that the Covid-19 threat level should be lowered one notch to "epidemic is in general circulation" from "transmission is high or rising exponentially".

Despite struggling for direction since its sharp gains at the height of the coronavirus crisis, Goldman Sachs analysts are backing gold to rally further on the back of debasement fears and a weakening dollar.

A host of small satellites manufactured in the United States are set to launch on a rocket from South America on Saturday.

The coronavirus has infected more than 8.56 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 457,388 people.

Altria, Nike and J.C. Penney are among those offering employees Juneteenth as a paid, companywide holiday. Google urged its employees to cancel all unnecessary meetings scheduled for the day.