Samsung warned sales and profits of smartphones and TVs are "expected to decline significantly as COVID-19 affects demand and leads to store and plant closures globally."
The German lender set aside 260 million euros ($282 million) to deal with potential loan losses as a result of the coronavirus crisis, as the bank as it reported its first-quarter results in full.
Italy's credit rating has been downgraded to one notch above junk level by Fitch ratings agency as the coronavirus hurts Italy's already fragile economy further.
Volkswagen on Wednesday said it expected to be profitable on a full-year basis even as the coronavirus pandemic caused first-quarter earnings to plunge.
Internationally-acclaimed pianist Lang Lang has told CNBC that the last two months have been "very, very tense," as China and the rest of the world have responded to the coronavirus.
A statue that changes color with the ocean's temperatures and sculptures poised on the ocean floor — it's all part of Australia's new Museum of Underwater Art.
The United States welcomes the announcement by the Saudi-led coalition of a ceasefire in Yemen, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker.
Stocks in Asia Pacific rose in morning trade as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, expected later on Wednesday stateside.
Australia, New Zealand and South Korea are among the few which managed to buck the trend and put a lid on the coronavirus outbreak, and investors are cheering.
Conditions for holding the annual meeting of parliament have been met as the coronavirus epidemic situation has improved in the country, Xinhua quoted the top decision-making body of the Chinese parliament as saying.
Among other ways the companies work together, and pay each other, a new filing reveals that SpaceX bought $600,000 worth of Tesla car parts in the first quarter of 2020 alone.