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The coronavirus has infected more than 6.5 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 386,289 people.

Staff projections for inflation and economic growth are also likely to be downgraded this week, at least in the short — and perhaps the medium — term.

The European Union is unlikely to approve further virus-related stimulus until all leaders can meet face-to-face in Brussels, Latvia's prime minister told CNBC Thursday.

The bill was passed with 41 in favor and one against.

Public beaches in Dubai reopened on May 30, after more than two months of closure.

The city's bargaining power stems from its status as a financial hub, said publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai — one of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists.

Stocks in Asia were mixed on Thursday as investors assessed the prospects of economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The decision was made when the company's Board of Directors met on Tuesday.

The two Asian powerhouses are locked in a bitter standoff in the remote Ladakh region in the Western Himalayas.

Professional networking has become a lot tougher under the coronavirus pandemic, but LinkedIn's co-founder says there are common mistakes you can avoid both on and offline.

It was once thought "immunity passports" would be the golden ticket to travel the world. But experts are now sounding the alarm against them.

Police, who do not need search or arrest warrants to conduct house raids, systematically force suspects to make self-incriminating statements or risk facing lethal force, the U.N. human rights office said in a report.

As equity markets continue to see upward momentum from the reopening of economies that were under coronavirus lockdown, some may wonder if it's too late to put their money into stocks now.

The move spells fresh legal trouble for Lee, who already faces trial on a charge of bribery aimed at winning support to succeed ailing group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, and which involved former President Park Geun-hye.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, warned of the possible scrapping of the inter-Korean military agreement that promised to eliminate practical threats of war as a result of the clandestine leafletting.

The anniversary strikes an especially sensitive nerve in the semi-autonomous city this year after Beijing's move last month to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong, which critics fear will crush freedoms in the financial hub.

Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis ripped into his former boss President Donald Trump in a scathing Wednesday night statement.

China and the U.S. right now are so enmeshed and much more interconnected that both sides will find it very hard to decouple, said a former Singapore senior diplomat.

The measure comes after China hasn't allowed U.S. passenger airlines to return to China.

Bonds have caught a bit of the stock market's optimism and are selling off on the idea that the still struggling economy has bottomed.