We consider a Stokes-Magneto system in $\mathbb{ R}^d$ ($d\geq 2$) with fractional diffusions $\Lambda^{ 2\alpha}\boldsymbol{ u}$ and $\Lambda^{ 2\beta}\boldsymbol{ b}$ for the velocity $\boldsymbol{ u}$ and the magnetic field $\boldsymbol{ b}$, respectively. Here $\alpha,\beta$ are positive constants and $\Lambda^s = (-\Delta)^{ s/2}$ is the fractional Laplacian of order $s$. We establish global existence of weak solutions of the Stokes-Magneto system for any initial data in $L_{ 2}$ when $\alpha$, $\beta$ satisfy $1/2<\alpha<(d+1)/2$, $\beta >0$, and $\min\{ \alpha+\beta,2\alpha+\beta-1\}>d/2$. It is also shown that weak solutions are unique if $\beta \geq 1$ and $\min \{ \alpha+\beta,2\alpha+\beta-1\}\geq d/2+1$, in addition.
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