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WHO chief says he urges other countries to follow the example of the U.S. on supporting vaccine patent waivers.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 266,000 in April, far less than the 1 million total economists were expecting, according to Dow Jones.

The new addition to the list could hasten efforts to control the spread of Covid, which has recently spread to record high infection levels in some countries.

Goldman Sachs formally kicked off the cryptocurrency trading era on Wall Street.

The U.K. has revealed the "green list" of countries that people in England will soon be allowed to visit without having to quarantine on their return.

Companies in China, Turkey and Russia are increasingly producing armed drones, remotely piloted aircraft that can use guided weapons on and off the battlefield.

Negative reviews of TikTok on Glassdoor are putting some people off joining the company.

Six weeks after Israel's fourth election in less than two years, things are starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day. 

Lindiwe Tsope has become the first graduate of Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa to be awarded a PhD.

Hiring was a huge letdown in April, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by a much less than expected 266,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1%.

Health ministry data released Friday showed there were 414,188 new cases over a 24-hour period, where at least 3,915 people succumbed to the disease.

A very small number of people who have been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine have suffered blood clots.

Climate change is already impacting price stability and it will have an effect on monetary policy, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday.

When asked about the rising value of cryptocurrencies, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said: "They have no intrinsic value."

Siemens CEO Roland Busch told CNBC Friday that the company has "good momentum" going into the second half of the fiscal year.

In some countries a transition to electric vehicles appears, slowly but surely, to be underway.

The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up a notch over the last few weeks and it's now looking as though millions of people will be impacted. 

Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina said: "I think that in the next year, so within 12 months, there will be some M&A deal in the country."

Adidas said sales in China grew by 156% over the first three months of the year, despite a boycott by consumers in mainland China.

Jill Mortimer beat Labour's Paul Williams by nearly 7,000 votes, according to the count announced on Friday morning.