China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention has such low status in the country that there was a delay in alerting higher authorities to the new coronavirus, widely-followed epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said at a press conference Thursday.
The Geneva car show that was set to begin next week has been canceled, organizers Palexpo said on Friday, blaming Swiss government heath measures designed to contain coronavirus.
Three former Barclays executives were acquitted of charges they helped funnel £322 million ($418 million) in secret fees to Qatar in return for rescue financing during the credit crisis.
Stocks in Asia declined in Friday afternoon trade after the major indexes on Wall Street tumbled into correction territory overnight as fears over the spread of the coronavirus globally drove investors to safety.
Soccer legend David Beckham says his "perseverance, stubbornness and just bloody-mindedness" kept him motivated to get his new team, Inter Miami, playing in Major League Soccer (MLS).
British Airways-owner IAG said coronavirus would hit earnings this year but the rapidly evolving nature of the outbreak means it cannot say by how much.
"Our previous assumption that the virus will be contained in China proved optimistic," said Moody's Analytics, which previously predicted a 20% chance of a pandemic.
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The cancellations come as South Korea reports rapidly rising cases of the virus, which is believed to have originated in China before spreading globally.