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JOHANNESBURG — MTN Group remains committed to negotiating a $65 million sale of its 75% stake in its Syrian unit, the South African mobile operator said on Sunday, despite the business being placed under judicial guardianship last week. MTN Syria was placed under guardianship by a court in Damascus over… Read more

LONDON — British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he would not rush to fix the public finances as he readied a budget plan which will pile more borrowing on top of almost 300 billion pounds ($418 billion) of COVID-19 spending and tax cuts. Sunak, who is due to… Read more

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As automakers promise to get rid of internal combustion engines, Heidelberg is trying to get rid of autos…. Read more

A day at one mass site in Connecticut shows both the promise and the shortcomings of the approach, which is at the center of President Biden’s plan to bring the pandemic to an end…. Read more

The FDA has approved J&J's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the U.S. a third tool to fight the pandemic…. Read more

President Biden told Congress that his orders for airstrikes in Syria were consistent with the U.S. right to self-defense…. Read more

U.S. officials this week offered their most full-throated endorsement yet of a digital dollar. Meanwhile, China has accelerated efforts for a digital currency…. Read more