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"This outbreak could still go in any direction," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization.

Kudlow said a new, all-time low on the 30-year Treasury bond yield doesn't reflect reality: "This a fundamentally very sound economy."

A combination of online misinformation and intensifying fears about the coronavirus has triggered violent demonstrations in Ukraine.

Central bank officials have indicated that they are content to keep policy on hold as they watch economic developments play out.

The Chinese government is moving quickly in an effort to limit the virus' impact on an economy whose growth is already slowing.

A global dirty money watchdog on Friday placed Iran on its blacklist after the country failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms.

European leaders are at loggerheads over how much money to put into the EU's budget for the next seven years, after an all-night meeting in Brussels.

Trying again after a failure is one of the secrets to career success, according to Grammy-award winning popstar Kylie Minogue.

There are rising calls from U.S. politicians to find alternatives to Chinese firm Huawei.

Local authorities and governments are trying to boost air quality in a number of ways.

Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus quarantine do so.

Cases in South Korea have grown by about two-thirds in recent days, according to health officials there, and the country reported its first death caused by COVID-19.

South Korea has confirmed an additional 48 cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 204.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has used the 1 million Swedish Krona ($102,062) prize money she won in a recent award to launch a non-profit foundation.

Many see Iran's conservatives winning Friday's election, but that's more to do with reformists losing favor than hard-liners gaining popularity, said Tan Feng Qin of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most iconic natural wonders, but it faces a challenging future.

Malaysian police revealed this week that Jho Low, the fugitive businessman at the center of the 1MDB scandal, could be hiding in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirous outbreak in China.

Allianz posted a better-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Friday, and raised its 2020 guidance.

Complex issues such as India's data localization laws will take time to resolve, former Indian ambassador to the U.S., Meera Shankar, said.

Tesla wants to clear a plot of forest land to make way for its new Gigafactory based near Berlin.