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Threat of lethal autumn in Europe as Covid-19 returns in older population

The virus has started spreading in older populations again, according to data from France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

Oracle, Walmart target greater reach, social media toehold with Tiktok deal

Oracle and Walmart together could end up with as much as 20% of the entity, purchased in a round of financing that would precede an initial public offering

As Covid-19 hits family incomes, more girls leaving schools in rural Asia

To determine the impact of the virus outbreak on girls' education, Room to Read conducted a survey of 28,000 girls in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam

Covid-19: A town in New Zealand adjusts to life without foreign tourists

Across the country as a whole, foreign visitors spent NZ$17.2 billion ($11.5 billion) in the 12 months to March 2019, accounting for 20% of the country's total exports

The Modi govt must forget pakoras and let the likes of Toyota create jobs

When India should be presenting itself as an alternative to China by making it easy for enterprises, we find the old and discarded Soviet-style statism creeping back

TikTok drags US govt to court over President Trump's threat of ban

Trump exceeded his authority when he moved to ban the app, and did so for political reasons rather than to stop an "unusual and extraordinary threat", said the complaint

Ruth Ginsburg, women's rights champion of US Supreme Court, dies at 87

Liberal icon's death less than two months before election gives President Donald Trump a chance to try to shift the already conservative court further to the right

Indian among six indicted in $100,000 Amazon bribery case in US

Amazon said it has systems in place to detect suspicious activity by employees and sellers and teams that investigate prohibited activity

Citigroup to hire 6,000 youth in Asia as unemployment numbers rise

It's also offering 60,000 job training opportunities for youth below the age of 24 over the next three years across its retail and institutional businesses in the region

Facebook being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, again

This time through the unauthorised use of their mobile phone cameras

TikTok asks Facebook to support its challenge against Donald Trump's ban

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said recently that he felt a TikTok ban would set a "bad long-term precedent" for the tech industry

US imposes restrictions on transactions via WeChat, curbs on TikTok

The order doesn't apply to operations or cash transfers outside the US, which had been a concern of some US tech companies

Climate change in mind, Wall Street to start trading a new commodity: Water

Water supplies have been tight for years in California, and large parts of Asia and Africa also face the potential of scarcity as temperatures rise

RBI gets more elbow room for bond purchases as banks return borrowed money

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it would buy 100 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) of bonds from the secondary market on Sept. 24

Indian economy staring at double-digit decline as Covid-19 cases spike

The failure to get infections under control will set back business activity and consumption -- the bedrock of the economy -- which had been slowly picking up

Another favoritism scandal rocks South Korea in setback for Moon

The case has drawn parallels to a controversy last year that forced Moon's previous justice minister, Cho Kuk, to resign -- driving the government's approval rating to an all-time low

Covid-19: Banks get more capital relief as ECB wants stimulus to work

Banks will be temporarily allowed to tweak the math behind a financial strength metric known as the leverage ratio to their benefit by stripping out deposits held at central banks, the ECB said

Singapore wants cold war's casualties, not a truckload of new money

As escalating violence on its border with China draws India closer to the US, globally-minded Chinese firms need neutral addresses to avoid becoming collateral damage

Boris Johnson faces Lords fight after giving ground to Brexit rebels

Johnson's plan has prompted threats of legal action from the European Union and been widely criticized for damaging Britain's reputation for respecting international agreements

Supreme Court rejects SBI plea for resuming IBC case against Anil Ambani

The case is among the first high-profile ones after rules were set for personal bankruptcy last year