The NBA will use Azure to provide new interactive features for its website and online apps. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke to CNBC about the deal.
One expert said the theory the virus came from a Wuhan animal market has lost favor in some quarters, in part because an early patient had no market link.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country on Thursday and said the government was considering cash payouts for all.
The U.K. will most likely fail to strike a new trade agreement with the European Union by the end of the year, analysts have told CNBC, as the coronavirus crisis threatens to derail official trade talks.
Spain and Italy may have both been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but it's the former that could see a greater impact on its workforce, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Germany has set out a roadmap for cautiously lifting coronavirus lockdown measures, while in the U.K. there are growing calls for an explicit exit strategy.
The World Health Organization's European regional director said Thursday that in the past 10 days, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Europe has doubled to reach almost 1 million.
Companies have a "moral imperative" to pay dividends to shareholders during the coronavirus pandemic in order to support retirement income, according to Standard Life Aberdeen CEO Keith Skeoch.
A 99-year-old World War II veteran has raised more than £12.5 million ($15.6 million) for workers in the U.K.'s National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
EasyJet can survive a nine-month shutdown thanks to its measures to contend with the coronavirus crisis and is planning for a slow recovery, the British airline said on Thursday.