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China launched a major Mars mission, called Tianwen-1, on Thursday in what it hopes will become its first successful landing on the Red Planet.

NBC News reports the tentative framework comes amid tension in the party over how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which is forcing states to re-evaluate their plans to reopen and to address the growing numbers of cases and deaths.

A new report published Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme suggests cash payments to 2.7 billion people living below the poverty line or at risk of falling below it could help slow the spread of Covid-19.

Countries including India and Indonesia have not reached the peak of their first wave of coronavirus outbreak, while others such as Australia appeared to be experiencing a second wave of infections, data compiled by John Hopkins University indicated.

The National Football League and its players union continue to negotiate plans around its 2020 season impacted by Covid-19.

Brazil has struggled to contain the spread of the coronavirus and more than 80,000 people have died. Here's what went wrong, according to locals.

Contract tracing is being done after positive test in office building where many senior advisers and top officials work.

Twitter's disclosure on Wednesday complicates an already murky picture about who the hackers were and what they were after after a high-profile hack in which accounts for several VIPs posted tweets within minutes asking for bitcoin.

"We've had racists and they've existed, they've tried to get elected president but he's the first one that has," Biden said.

Former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach warns warns V-shaped recovery mania on Wall Street is leading investors astray.

"Who the heck defends opaque behavior these days? ... The SEC used to fight for transparency. Now is not the time to rule against it," CNBC's Jim Cramer said.

The FBI alleges that a researcher focusing on biology who lied about her connection to the Chinese military in order to receive a U.S. visa has avoided arrest by taking refuge in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.

U.S. officials say the Houston consulate has long been used by China's government to steal medical research and attempt to infiltrate the oil industry.

The closing of Microsoft's retail stores cut into its earnings.

"Hopefully the approval process will go very quickly, and we think we have a winner there," President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer said government regulation, geopolitical tensions and controlling the coronavirus present risks to tech's role in powering stocks higher.

Musk also added that Tesla will continue to grow in California, where it will build the Tesla Model S and the Model X for global deliveries and the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y for North America.

During the period ending June 30, 2020, Tesla grappled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread civil rights protests on its employees, customers and U.S. factory operations, especially.

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals fortune, was a big campaign donor to President Donald Trump, who named him U.S. ambassador to Britain.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNBC on Wednesday that additional financial aid to Americans is needed to support the U.S. economy's recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession.