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A traffic police officer prepares to check a truck at a service station near Shanghai, which has ordered tighter restrictions on travel in and out of the city as China battles its most severe Covid outbreak since the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Yin Liqin | China News Service via Getty Images BEIJING …

Singapore Airlines crew members and travelers at the transit hall of Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 14, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore and Hong Kong have once again pushed back the start date of a long-anticipated air travel bubble arrangement, the two cities announced Monday. The travel bubble, …

Stocks in Asia-Pacific were set to trade lower at the open following overnight declines on Wall Street. Futures pointed to a lower open for stocks in Japan. The Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 23,135 while its counterpart in Osaka was at 23,070. That compared against the Nikkei 225’s last close at 23,346.49. Shares …

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his work report during the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 22, 2020. LEO RAMIREZ | AFP via Getty Images BEIJING — China made a rare decision not to set a target for its economic growth for 2020 …

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 4 million Global deaths: More than 279,300 Most cases reported: United States (over 1.3 million), Spain (over 223,500), Italy (over 218,200), United Kingdom (over 216,500), Russia (over …

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 2.8 million Global deaths: At least 202,668 Most cases reported: United States (936,616), Spain (223,759), Italy (195,351), France (161,644), and Germany (156,418).  The data above was compiled …

Asia Pacific stocks were mixed in Monday afternoon trade as China cut its benchmark lending rate. Mainland Chinese stocks were higher by the afternoon. The Shanghai composite gained 0.3% while the Shenzhen composite edged 0.654% higher. That came as China cut its one-year loan prime rate to 3.85% from 4.05%. The five-year loan prime rate was …

A medical worker takes a temperature reading as people seeking treatment wait in a queue to be screened at a fever clinic at the Huanggang Zhongxin Hospital in Huanggang, China’s central Hubei province on March 27, 2020. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global …

Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday delivered her annual policy address by video, after being heckled by pro-democracy lawmakers on the floor of the city’s parliament. Those lawmakers shouted “five demands, not one less,” referencing the list of requests by protesters, at Lam as she was set to deliver her speech. In those …

An aerial view of the London Stock Exchange Paternoster Square Vulture Labs | Moment | Getty Images Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) said Wednesday it has made a proposal to the board of London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) to “combine the two companies,” in a deal which values the LSE at about …