Having surpassed the key $1,600 mark, gold prices were flirting with a seven-year high on Wednesday, as investors continue to shore up their positions amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Gay Courter, isolated on the Diamond Princess for 10 days, says she arrived to applause at a U.S. air base. However, her long journey home to Florida is not over.
British inflation unexpectedly struck a six-month high in January, pushed up by higher petrol prices and a smaller-than-usual drop in airfares, official data showed on Wednesday.
It's "fair" to say that countries such as Oman and Bahrain are vulnerable to a potential rating downgrade if the coronavirus outbreak lasts longer than expected, according to Frank Gill, chair of sovereign ratings at S&P Global Ratings.
China's government is confident of solving the current coronavirus crisis such that it will not damage the leadership, historian Wang Gungwu said on Wednesday.
Malaysia has reported 22 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday — the third-highest number in Southeast Asia behind Singapore and Thailand, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Some South Korean media outlets have reported multiple cases and possible deaths from the virus in North Korea, but there has been no independent verification.
Oyo CEO and founder Ritesh Agarwal touts the Indian hospitality start-up's business model in an exclusive interview with CNBC's Seema Mody, dismissing reports of hotel owners not getting adequate compensation from the company.
Bernie Sanders has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over his closest rivals in the Democratic presidential primary, where Michael Bloomberg's rise has scrambled the race.
President Trump also granted executive clemency Tuesday to former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and ex-San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.