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The United States said the United Nations' health agency failed to obtain information about the virus when the world needed it.

Speaking at the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on all nations to "do everything it takes to ensure that the 2020 coronavirus pandemic is never repeated."

The British government said the U.K. would be the first country to be given access to a vaccine being developed at Oxford University, should it prove successful in clinical trials.

The leaders of Germany and France proposed Monday a 500 billion-euro ($543 billion) recovery fund for European economies hit by pandemic.

The Fed noted that the recovery likely would depend on how Americans feel about their safety.

Jack Ma is stepping down after the SoftBank Vision Fund incurred huge losses on companies like Uber, WeWork, and Oyo.

With the coronavirus pandemic causing record job losses in the real world, a report has highlighted the lucrative virtual roles that people could turn to in order to earn a living going forward.

The central bank chief conceded that jobless numbers will look a lot like they did during the 1930s.

Bans on short-selling in a host of major European countries were lifted Monday, with regulators citing less turbulent market conditions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was speaking via video conferencing at the opening ceremony of a key World Health Organization meeting.

A new U.S. rule requires foreign manufacturers using American chipmaking gear to get a license before being allowed to sell semiconductors to Huawei.

Huawei relies heavily on chips from TSMC, which may no longer be able to sell to the Chinese tech giant. Meanwhile, finding alternative suppliers could be a huge challenge.

Apple released a set of guidelines its retail stores will follow as they reopen.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will present a new Franco-German initiative later on Monday, in a surprise move from Europe's most influential leaders.

A large proportion of companies in the Asia Pacific have been facing issues of unpaid receivables and delayed payments over the last three years, an industry survey found.

The head of the European Union's medicines agency Guido Rasi said an initial authorization for U.S. pharmaceutical company Gilead's remdesivir as a Covid-19 treatment could be granted in coming days.

The airline's outspoken CEO is somewhat optimistic about travel in Europe this summer, and told CNBC he anticipates "deep price discounting" on flights.

A number of protests against the government's coronavirus policy and restrictive measures took place in various Germany cities, including Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart, on Saturday.

As countries globally grapple with the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting economic fallout, Malaysia faces an additional threat — the fragility of its current government.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the economy stateside may need a coronavirus vaccine to fully recover.