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The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 3.8 million people worldwide and killed at least 269,881.

Germany's constitutional court threatened to block fresh purchases of German bonds through the European Central Bank's program.

The Chinese-owned social media app is hiring artificial intelligence and software engineers in the U.K. capital.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 323,900 people across the state as of Thursday.

A number of European airlines have dropped their financial guidance for the year, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic creates widespread uncertainty about when business will return to normal.

The NHS's digital innovation arm is paying Zuhlke Engineering £3.8 million to investigate the "decentralized" framework developed by Apple and Google.

"We will want, if we possibly can, to get going with some of these measures on Monday," U.K. Prime Minister Johnson told Parliament.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 321,100 people across the state as of Wednesday.

The streaming service pulled the episode hours after CNBC brought it to the company's attention, but Apple is yet to pull the same podcast.

"This situation makes me sick, because (it) is totally avoidable," Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, said.

Greece might be spared from having to hit strict fiscal targets related to previous bailouts next year, a government official told CNBC, given the ongoing health and economic crises.

In February, the European Commission estimated a 1.4% rise in GDP for the EU this year.

Disagreements with U.S. President Donald Trump could drive Europe to step up levies on companies like Google and Facebook, a lawmaker told CNBC.

On Monday, the governor directed all private and public school leaders to update their preparedness plans to continue remote learning for the rest of the school year.

The European Union's agency for disease control has said that the U.K. is among five countries in the region that are still not seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 318,900 people across the state as of Tuesday.

Virgin Atlantic announced it will cut 3,150 jobs, becoming the airline to announce a reduction in headcount because of the coronavirus crisis.

The NHS app is based on the government's "centralized" framework instead of the tech giant's "decentralized" technology.

The German court said the decision does not concern any financial assistance measures taken by the European Union or the ECB in the context of the current coronavirus crisis.

Total reported that first-quarter net profit came in at $1.8 billion, down from $2.8 billion over the same period last year.