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Taiwan responded angrily to the WHO director general's assertion that "racist slurs" against him had originated in Taiwan, and demanded he apologize.

Huawei, caught in the crossfire of a larger U.S.-China trade and technology battle, has given masks to a number of countries around the world.

A historic production cut agreement between OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, hit a roadblock after Mexico refused to agree to its share.

The global coronavirus pandemic is propelling more money and government support for public health in China.

"There is a much bigger wave of protectionism in the near term that we should expect that is not just in medical supplies," said Deborah Elms, executive director at Asian Trade Centre.

There are a lot of information gaps when it comes to the COVID-19 coronavirus virus. University of Washington professor Carl Bergstrom is one of the scientists desperately trying to fill them.

COVID-19 has infected more than 1,579,600 people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 94,500 people.

Amazon has assembled a dedicated team to develop coronavirus tests that could later be deployed to workers.

European Union finance ministers agreed on Thursday on half-a-trillion euros worth of support for their coronavirus-battered economies after weeks of wrangling that exposed painful divisions in the bloc headed for a steep recession.

Despite temporary short-term benefits from the air pollution drop in the U.S. and across the world, scientists warn that pollution levels will rebound once coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

The programs also direct expanded credit to small businesses, households and state and local governments.

Major banks and health care companies will be the first to reveal how the early weeks of the coronavirus shutdowns impacted their earnings.

The therapeutic, "if successful, would be given early in the disease process, when patients are admitted to the hospital," Pfizer Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Mikael Dolsten said Thursday.

Stocks jumped after the Federal Reserve gave more details on how it will support the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Doctors like Josh Mugele are heeding the call to volunteer as they're not seeing as many COVID-19 cases in their home states. But other medical professionals are worried that they'll be needed at their hospital if there's a local outbreak, and they say they need more information before they relocate.

The CDC, which has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, has been using software from the company, which was co-founded by billionaire investor and Trump advisor Peter Thiel.

Britain will be hit harder by the coronavirus crisis than any other European country, researchers have predicted, with the U.K. expected to see more than 60,000 deaths from COVID-19.

Boris Johnson is the first major governmental leader known to have contracted the coronavirus.

The coronavirus pandemic could result in between 420 million and 580 million more people, or 8% of the global population, living in poverty, a study by the United Nations University has found.

A simmering feud between Saudi Arabia and Russia is thought to be one of many possible complications to an unprecedented production cut.