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Stocks rose for a second day on optimism about the reopening of the economy. However, a decline in tech shares kept the gains in check.

Brazil has reported more cases over the last week than any other seven-day period since the outbreak began.

"After 19 years, it is time for them to police their own Country. Bring our soldiers back home but closely watch what is going on and strike with a thunder like never before, if necessary!" Trump tweeted Wednesday.

Goldman, a top player in global trading and capital markets businesses, sent employees home in March as lockdowns began in the U.S. Now, some of the 98% of bank employees working from home will begin to return to the bank's offices in Manhattan, New Jersey and Connecticut.

SpaceX is moving ahead with its Demo-2 crewed launch on Wednesday, even as stormy weather threatens to postpone the mission

It remains unclear whether people who have been infected with the coronavirus are at risk of becoming infected again, WHO says.

The multiple shocks facing young people from the coronavirus pandemic could result in them being scarred throughout their working lives, creating a "lockdown generation," the United Nations' labor agency warned.

Renault, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp <7211.T> ruled out a merger on Wednesday and doubled down on a plan to cooperate more closely on car production to save costs and salvage their troubled alliance.

Details of the turbine, from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, were released last week.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde said the EU had cautioned against discriminating when opening borders.

The European Commission has unveiled plans for a 750 billion euro ($826.5 billion) recovery fund as the region faces the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.

The IEA warned the economic impact of the health crisis could have "serious" implications for energy security and clean energy transitions.

Fast-growing Chinese firm ByteDance saw its revenues more than double in 2019 as TikTok became increasingly popular, according to a Bloomberg report.

Global GDP (gross domestic product) will not return to pre-coronavirus levels until 2022, and public debt levels will increase sharply this year, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Pressure is mounting on Boris Johnson as the political battle intensifies over his closest aide Dominic Cummings, who is accused of breaking U.K. lockdown rules.

The coronavirus has infected more than 5.6 million people around the world as of Tuesday, killing at least 350,000 people.

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The green light to socialize was a breath of fresh air for Italians who have endured more than two months of strict lockdown, but officials are worried about a potential second wave of coronavirus infections.

Several U.S. officials and Congress members criticized Beijing's move to impose a national security law in Hong Kong, with some — such as Republican Senator Marco Rubio — threatening sanctions on China.