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Taiwan on Tuesday said it was "disappointed and angry" with the World Health Organization (WHO) for not inviting Taipei to joining this year's World Health Assembly (WHA.)

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the U.K. soared in April, as the coronavirus outbreak created mass job losses in the country, the latest data showed.

Stocks in Asia jumped on Tuesday as hopes rise on a potential coronavirus vaccine after a positive development from a Moderna trial.

A major revamp of Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index is set to pave the way for Chinese tech giants to benefit and expand their trading presence in Asia, while letting more investors gain access to their stocks.

The deal, to be completed this summer, will allow the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant to strengthen its presence in the fintech field to compete with global tech giants such as Alibaba and Apple, the Nikkei business daily said.

Stocks rallied from earlier lows, driven partly by unprecedented policy stimulus from central banks around the world, Suresh Tantia, a senior investment strategist at the bank, told CNBC.

Nasdaq's new curbs on Chinese IPOs represent the latest flashpoint in the financial relationship between the world's two largest economies.

55% of respondents in a recent Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll said they do not have a favorable view of the Japanese government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

Jordan memoriabila and sneaker sales are seeing a major uptick after a documentary about Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan

Taiwan and Hong Kong have for many days over the past month reported no new infections, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

June's oil futures are at the best price in two months ahead of expiration, far different than the 300% plunge at May's contract expiration.

Pompeo told The Washington Post that Inspector General Steve Linick "wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to," but would not provide specific examples.

Mayer will also serve as chief operating officer of ByteDance, the company the owns TikTok, effective June 1.

Newsom said the reopening is conditioned on California's ability to hold the rate of Covid-19 transmissions steady and no additional stress is added to the hospital system.

Wall Street logged its best day in over a month as news from a Moderna trial stoked optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs will underwrite the offering, sources told CNBC.

Past pandemics have shown that multiple waves of infection are likely and tend to be more severe. Despite warnings from health experts and economists about against easing restrictions too soon — not only to protect lives but also the economy — there is growing opposition against the social distancing measures. CNBC's Tom Chitty explains.

Verily is launching a research project to better understand how the human immune system responds to Covid-19.

Moderna said its early-stage human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced Covid-19 antibodies in all participants, sending its shares surging.

Health Minister Matt Hancock pledged to recruit 18,000 contact tracers by mid-May, but there appears to be some confusion within the British government as to how many have actually been hired.