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Hydrogen was used instead of liquefied petroleum gas.

Nitric oxide is a colorless, tasteless and short-acting gas which widens blood vessels in the lungs when inhaled.

Milan is home to the Bosco Verticale, or Vertical Forest, a striking development of residential buildings.

The fight against the coronavirus pandemic is as much about dispelling fake news and debunking conspiracy theories, as it is a global health crisis.

British state-backed lender Royal Bank of Scotland said its profits halved in the first quarter, as it set aside £802 million ($1.01 billion) against a likely spike in bad loans due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ryanair on Friday announced it would ground more than 99% of its flights until July.

Smartphone makers shipped 275.8 million devices in that time frame, an 11.7% drop from a year earlier and the largest annual decline ever, according to research firm International Data Corporation.

America's richest saw their wealth increase by nearly 14% over the last six weeks, at the same time as around 30 million people in the U.S. filed for unemployment benefits due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Farmers around the world are letting their crops rot in the fields as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts supply and demand for flowers, fruit and milk.

Major markets across the region — including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore — are closed on Friday for holidays.

South Korean exports plunged in April at their sharpest pace since the global financial crisis as the coronavirus pandemic hit demand and paralyzed the global economy and supply chains.

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.2 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 232,817 people.

The company expects to produce more than 140,000 rounds of its 10-day treatment regimen by the end of May, and anticipates it can make 1 million rounds by the end of this year.

President Donald Trump said, without offering any evidence, that he has reason to believe that the coronavirus outbreak originated from a laboratory in China.

Bank of America strategist Savita Subramanian said on "Fast Money" that bank stocks could be winners if the U.S. economy recovers like China's has.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unexpectedly spoke up during a NASA conference call on Thursday

Apple did not issue guidance for the quarter ending in June, as it usually does. The company withdrew guidance for its second-quarter in February as the Covid-19 coronavirus spread in China.

Apple has continuously hosted one of the largest cash piles among U.S. companies, but is facing pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some Amazon cloud customers, like Slack and Zoom, saw record usage in the first quarter as governments directed people to stay home, with coronavirus cases proliferating.

Bill Gates said he's optimistic a safe and effective vaccine could emerge in 18 months, though it could be as short as 9 months or up to two years.