World stocks turn higher despite worries over virus rebound

World stock markets have turned higher despite concerns that a global economic recovery may be derailed by coronavirus infections

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Asian stocks mixed amid concern over coronavirus hotspots

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street ended the day little-changed as optimism about a possible global economic recovery was tempered by concern over rising coronavirus infections

JD.com racks up $38B in sales in annual online shopping fest

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Tokyo gov seeks 2nd term, says Japan unprepared for pandemic

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is favored to win a second term in a July 5 election after taking a proactive approach to controlling coronavirus outbreaks in Japan's capital

Britain scraps virus tracing app for Google-Apple system

Britain is scrapping plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google

UK's recession 'less bad' than feared, Bank of England

The Bank of England has unveiled another big stimulus for the U.K. economy as it tries to limit the scale of the coronavirus recession