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Pope Francis broke his silence on the tensions in the United States, which has seen eight nights of protests.

Pascal Cagni, Apple's former head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, hopes to cash in on start-ups that flourish after the pandemic.

Dynamic Product Ads will allow a business to effectively upload its catalog to Snap, before products are automatically put into a template and then shown to relevant app users.

Lebanon was facing a crippling economic crisis before the coronavirus, but government-imposed shutdowns to stop the spread of Covid-19 have forced even more Lebanese into poverty.

Stocks in Asia largely rose on Wednesday, with optimism over the reopening of economies as authorities ease coronavirus-induced lockdown measures continuing to keep investor sentiment afloat.

Facebook declined to reveal the size of its investment in Gojek when contacted by CNBC, but said in a blog post Tuesday the investment underscores its efforts to help bring small businesses online.

Lufthansa reported a significant loss for the first three months of the year and said restructuring was necessary on the back of the coronavirus pandemic.

A very public dispute has broken out between some of Italy's, and the world's, most high-profile doctors after one expert claimed the coronavirus "no longer exists clinically."

The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong surveyed 180 members on how China's proposed national security law has affected their view of the city.

When asked if the country was already in recession, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg answered in the affirmative.

Recent risk-on momentum in the markets has had a "prominent impact" on emerging market currencies, especially those that are commodity-driven, according to Bank of America Securities' Rohit Garg.

China's services sector returned to growth last month for the first time since January as the economy recovers from strict coronavirus-induced containment measures, although employment and overseas demand remained weak, a private survey showed.

Announcing South Korea's largest ever supplementary budget, and the third this year, the government has put in place support measures equivalent to about 14% of gross domestic product to counter the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

Some energy-related companies in the country have found themselves caught in a business cycle that shows how difficult it can be for stimulus to help the economy in the form of bank loans.

Lyft said rides are still down about 70% compared with a year ago.

"If the rest of the world's in better shape, well, that is fantastic news for our companies that do lots of business overseas," the "Mad Money" host said.

Zoom has been a darling of the work-from-home culture brought on by coronavirus, and the company's revenue growth accelerated in its most recent quarter.

Powerful monetary and fiscal stimulus programs are keeping stocks aloft, as investors trade into stocks that should benefit from reopenings.

In a contentious call with the nation's governors Monday, Trump described Joint Chiefs Chairman U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley as "a warrior" with "a lot of victories and no losses," according to audio obtained by NBC.

"Our embassy in the United States will approach the relevant authorities, and Channel Seven will also provide us with their views on how they wish to deal with it," Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Tuesday.