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European shares slide over 1% on global growth, Fed tapering worries

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 1.4% by 0706 GMT, with energy and mining stocks leading declines on a slide in commodities prices

US futures fall over 1% on growth worries amid Covid, focus turns to Fed

Wall Street's main indexes have been hurt this month by fears of potentially higher corporate tax rates denting earnings and have shrugged off signs inflation might have peaked

Analysis: Why the Federal Reserve might welcome a bond market tantrum

Even with growth tipped to surpass 6% this year and a "taper" in sight for the Fed's bond-buying programme at the end of this year, 10-year yields are still stuck at just above 1.3%

China Evergrande shares dive to 11-year low as default risks grow

Shares of Evergrande plunged to over 11-year lows, extending losses as executives try to salvage its business prospects and as default fears grow over a looming deadline for payment obligations

China to Wall St: Regulatory crackdown not aimed at restricting pvt firms

By Norihiko Shirouzu and Scott Murdoch

Oil giant Shell sets sights on sustainable aviation fuel take-off

By Ron Bousso

India administers lowest number of coronavirus tests in a month

States and federally controlled territories carried out 1.18 million tests on Sunday, government data showed on Monday, down from 1.56 million on Saturday and against a capacity of more than 2 million

Gold hits over 1-month low as stronger dollar dents appeal

By Eileen Soreng

Canada's Trudeau may cling to power in election but likely to lose majority

Trudeau has a minority administration, forcing him to rely on other parties and make policy compromises to govern

Cathay Pacific lowers Q4 capacity forecast as travel restrictions linger

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Monday it had lowered its passenger capacity forecast for the remainder of the year to 13% of pre-COVID levels, down from an earlier 30% target

US opens probe into 30 million vehicles over air bag inflators

The 30 million vehicles include both vehicles that had the inflators installed when they were manufactured as well as some inflators that were used in prior recall repairs, NHTSA said in the document

Oil prices down on stronger greenback, rising US rig count

Oil prices fell on Monday, extending losses from Friday after the U.S. dollar jumped to a three-week high and the U.S. rig count rose

SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew returns safely

The three-day mission ended as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, parachuted into calm seas

Security deal: Britain says it will be hard-headed in defending interests

The pact has angered France as it saw Canberra ditch a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favour of an alternative deal with Britain and the United States

Lufthansa launches $2.5 billion capital increase to repay state bailout

The airline will use the net proceeds to repay a chunk of the 9 billion euro government bailout it received last year to stay afloat throughout the Covid pandemic

Evergrande begins repaying wealth product investors with property

The firm has begun repaying investors in its wealth management products with real estate

US trade official called India's Mastercard ban 'draconian' - emails

The Reserve Bank of India accuses it of breaking local data-storage rules

Australia says it was 'upfront' with France over submarine deal

Australia ditched the 2016 deal with France's Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance, report shows

The company has been investigated in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.

Shanghai encourages 'duty-free economy' as part of consumer push

Duty-free spending in China is largely concentrated in Hainan, where the annual limit on individual duty-free spending was hiked to 100,000 yuan last year from 30,000 yuan previously.