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Hong Kong's new Chief Executive John Lee was sworn in on Friday in a ceremony attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

French oil major TotalEnergies on Thursday announced a discount on fuel prices at nationwide highway stations for the summer holiday season.

Coinbase is racing to keep pace with rivals like Binance and FTX, which have gained significant traction in territories outside the U.S.

The new law, known as Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), is the first attempt at creating a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets in the EU.

With fewer foreign travelers during the pandemic, smaller towns and villages in France emerged as popular vacation spots with locals.

"There is a very high chance the Fed ends up cutting rate towards ... the end of next year," Unicredit's Erik Nielsen tells CNBC.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday laid out a future for Hong Kong, embedded firmly within the goals of the central government on the mainland.

China's real estate bonds have been key to driving the performance of Asia junk bond funds, but this sector's market share has plummeted recently.

A multitude of factors conspired to generate the stock market's worst first-half since 1970, but they all emanated from one word: inflation.

Biden said he would support suspending the Senate filibuster rule to codify abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade.

Crypto giant FTX is close to finalizing a term sheet to buy BlockFi, sources familiar with the situation told CNBC.

Asia-Pacific were higher on the first day of a new quarter as investors await the results of a private survey on Chinese factory activity.

The FBI added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the 'Cryptoqueen,' to its list of most wanted fugitives, and is offering $100,000 for information leading to her arrest.

The trip is for the 25th anniversary on Friday of Hong Kong's handover to China from British colonial rule.

Since October, Beijing has been unloading cargoes of Australian coal stranded outside Chinese ports.

"You have to be selective, which means sticking with the winners that we know are doing well," he said.

"There is one front in the war on inflation that's been an outstanding total victory for the Fed," the "Mad Money" host said.

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress, not the EPA, has authority to set standards on climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions for existing power plants.

Worries over higher interest rates drove investors into safer and slower-growing pockets of the economy in the second quarter as Tesla stock cratered 37%.

U.S. equities declined on Thursday as the S&P 500 wrapped its worst first half in decades.