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"We're past the peak and we're on the downward slope," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday.

Jobless claims for the week ended April 25 came in at the lowest level in a month but bring the rolling six-week total to 30.3 million as part of the worst employment crisis in U.S. history

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover. Mishustin suggested that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov serve as acting prime minister in his absence.

NASA awarded contracts to teams of companies on Thursday, to begin work on lunar landers toward the agency's goal of putting astronauts on the Moon by 2024.

Trump said U.S. officials and scientists are fast-tracking work to produce a vaccine for the coronavirus, adding that he is in charge of its development dubbed "Operation Warp Speed."

Stocks fell as investors digested another round of dismal economic data along with the latest batch of major tech earnings.

Glossier, Allbirds and Asics have continued with product launches during the pandemic

Companies like GetYourGuide, Trivago, and Tourlane signed a letter addressed to Google's chief business officer, Philipp Schindler.

The energy sector is shrinking so dramatically that it's become the second-smallest group in the whole S&P index.

Nokia's 5G telecoms engineers can't access certain sites while lockdowns are in place.

The renewable energy sector is being affected by the coronavirus in a number of ways.

The central bank kept interest rates unchanged, but said it was ready to increase its coronavirus stimulus program if needed, as the euro zone faces a deep economic crisis.

Shell reduced its first-quarter dividend to $0.16 per share, down from $0.47 at the end of 2019, as it reported a 46% fall in net profit.

As countries across Europe start to lift their lockdowns, close attention is being paid to the so-called "R" rate as an indication of whether a second wave of coronavirus infections could be on the horizon.

A new report from the International Energy Agency forecasts a 6% drop in global energy demand for 2020, the largest ever in absolute terms.

Sweden has attracted global attention for not imposing a full lockdown, as seen in most of Europe, to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

The manufacturing data comes as lockdowns and movement restrictions to contain the coronavirus began to ease in China.

The euro zone took a sharp hit to its economy in the first quarter, data released Thursday shows, and everyone is talking about the coronavirus' infection rate as lockdowns are slowly lifted.

The euro zone economy contracted by 3.8% in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic severely impacted the region.

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has partnered with Oxford University to help develop and distribute the vaccine being researched by the Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group.