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Many see Iran's conservatives winning Friday's election, but that's more to do with reformists losing favor than hard-liners gaining popularity, said Tan Feng Qin of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Malaysian police revealed this week that Jho Low, the fugitive businessman at the center of the 1MDB scandal, could be hiding in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirous outbreak in China.

Four prisons in China have reported more than 500 cases of COVID-19 cases, with both inmates and prison guards getting infected.

China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday that the resumption of work has been rapidly increasing in major foreign trade provinces such as Guangdong and Jiangsu.

Ping An Insurance's Jessica Tan tells CNBC how the company's technology expertise has given it an edge amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The Singapore government has set aside 5.6 billion Singapore dollars ($4.02 billion) to help businesses, workers and households weather the economic hit from the spread of the new coronavirus called COVID-19.

More than 75,700 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus and at least 2,130 deaths have been confirmed as of Thursday.

Air travel demand is set to decline for the first time in more than a decade because of coronavirus, a trade group warned.

Japan's government and auto industry are establishing a new task force to combat the impact of the coronavirus on the country's automotive manufacturing.

One trial combines HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir, while the other is testing U.S.-based biotech Gilead Sciences' antiviral Remdesivir.

WHO officials will hold a press briefing on the outbreak, which has infected more than 73,400 and killed at least 1,874 people so far.

South Korea confirms first death from the coronavirus; Hubei extends work suspension

In a move that was largely in line with expectations, China cut the loan prime rate on Thursday. The 1-year LPR was reduced by 10 basis points, while the 5-year LPR saw a 5 basis points deduction.

BlackRock's Neeraj Seth tells CNBC that China is likely to introduce more measures to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak that has delayed the return of operations in factories.

Iranian activists and experts point to the sheer lack of competition manufactured by the regime's ruling lawmakers.

This is how the fallout from the outbreak will affect various sectors in China, according to reports from S&P Global and Morgan Stanley this week.

The People's Bank of China cut the one-year loan prime rate from 4.15% to 4.05%, and the five-year rate from 4.80% to 4.75%.

In a speech that he made on Feb. 3 which was released over the weekend, Xi said: "Currently, we still have to deliver this year's economic and social targets."

It is the first coronavirus-related travel notice issued by the U.S. government for a territory beyond mainland China.

As of Wednesday, more than 75,200 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 2,000 deaths.