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The moai statues may be the main reason people travel thousands of miles to the remote island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. But they aren't the only attraction. The island has volcanoes, beaches, caves and some of the freshest seafood on the planet.

In a speech that he made on Feb. 3 which was released over the weekend, Xi said: "Currently, we still have to deliver this year's economic and social targets."

"We caution investors that this bubble will likely collapse, i.e. this time is not 'different,'" the strategist said.

Russian agents in 2016 hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and the campaign chairman for Hillary Clinton, who ran against Trump for the presidency that year.

The European Union is looking at ways to regulate artificial intelligence as it ramps up its oversight of large technology firms.

It is the first coronavirus-related travel notice issued by the U.S. government for a territory beyond mainland China.

Virgin Galactic trading has accelerated in a way that tops even the momentum behind Tesla.

Goldman Sachs sounded the alarm about a possible correction in the stock market, noting investors are underestimating the coronavirus risk.

Key fundraisers are jumping ship from Joe Biden's struggling presidential campaign to instead support Mike Bloomberg's ascending candidacy, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

The market's reaction to the coronavirus doesn't make sense because "irrational exuberance never makes sense," the former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman told CNBC.

As of Wednesday, more than 75,200 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 2,000 deaths.

Financial leaders of the world's 20 largest economies expect a modest pickup of global growth this year and next, but see the coronavirus epidemic as a downside risk.

Chelsey Glasson, a former user experience designer who worked at Alphabet's Google for five years, alleged her supervisor made discriminatory remarks about pregnant women, retaliated against her with poor performance ratings and unfairly denied her a leadership position.

Though the coronavirus had just taken hold when the Fed met in January, officials already expressed concern about its economic impacts.

The harsh reaction from Beijing came as China struggles not only to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, but also to control the messaging surrounding the outbreak.

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently revealed that he's the proud new owner of a Porsche Taycan, the German luxury automaker's first-ever fully electric sports car. Elon Musk, fellow billionaire and CEO of rival electric automaker Tesla, was not impressed.

HNA Group was once one of China's most aggressive deal making firms, spending $50 billion to build an empire that once spread from Deutsche Bank to Hilton Worldwide.

The virus will definitely slow China's economic growth this year, Georgieva said, just how much depends on how well world leaders can contain the fast-spreading outbreak.

The aircraft maker said its Airbus Defense and Space division had entered consultation with the company's European works council on the planned cutbacks.

Two Iranians died from the coronavirus in a hospital in the holy Shi'ite city of Qom. The patients had been put in isolation. The death toll from the new coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 on Wednesday, although the number of new cases fell for a second straight day.