More than 20 world leaders are calling for a global treaty to safeguard against future pandemics in an attempt to bolster international cooperation.
US authorities are attempting to extradite Mike Lynch, founder of software giant Autonomy, over alleged fraud on the £7bn sale to Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2011.
In the last month of his presidency, President Trump and his administration are in talks with the UK to secure a mini trade deal.
15 Asia-Pacific nations have sealed one of the biggest trade deals in history, covering a third of the world’s population and economic output.
In July the Turkish government brought in strict new social media laws. Social media giants including Twitter and Facebook failed to follow them, so the government has issued $1m fines for non-compliance.
Reports of US President, Donald Trump, continuing to work despite being diagnosed with Covid-19 have prompted discussions about the dangers of “presenteeism” in the workplace and whether employers ought to review their illness policies in order to discourage working while poorly.
The government has revealed a new UK Internal Market Bill, which affects trade rules with Northern Ireland and contradicts the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (WA) formed in January 2020.
Following political tensions between India and China at the Himalayan border, India has increased the list of banned popular Chinese apps such as TikTok, WeChat and the game PUBG Mobile from 59 to over 200.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to publish draft legislation setting out the timescale and proposed question for a second Scottish independence referendum.
Covid-19 has hit economies around the globe with an unprecedented slowdown in trade and consumption, and Japan’s economy was no exception. Japan experienced a fall in GDP of 7.8% in the period from April to June, the country’s worst contraction on record.