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The coronavirus outbreak has now killed around 137,000, and infected more than 2 million people in 185 countries and territories, according to data by Johns Hopkins University.Key points:Some Pacific Island nations were among the first to restrict entry from coronavirus hotspotsComoros and Lesotho are the only two African nations to…

A prominent Democratic group poised to spend millions backing former vice president Joe Biden received $100,000 in the form of stock shares in the Chinese technology giant Baidu from an anonymous donor. Baidu, like many Chinese technology companies, is closely affiliated with China's ruling Communist Party. American Bridge, an opposition research…

Nonprofits & NGOs An outpouring of aid from nonprofits, foundations, and businesses in the nation first to face the epidemic provide some lessons and caveats for other regions now dealing with similar challenges. (Photo by iStock/caoyu36) With the first reports of COVID-19 emerging from China, the nation has had the…

Cuban government officials say the six-decade U.S. embargo on the island has been an obstacle to purchasing the medicine and equipment they need to fight the coronavirus pandemic, though they say they have managed to acquire all the supplies they need for now.“At this moment, we have all the resources…

View photos(Bloomberg) --A world leader in intensive care. A mass grave in New York. And infections racing toward 1.8 million across the globe, with deaths crossing the 100,000 mark.The coronavirus pandemic has spurred a multi-billion dollar global fight for masks, ventilators, gloves and medicines, while the outbreak is cutting a swathe through the…

Michael Douglas on location for "Wall Street 2" on the streets of Manhattan on November 16, 2009 in ... New York City. Bobby Bank/WireImage So, Masayoshi Son isn’t WeWork’s savior after all. Until recently, the folks at WeWork thought there was no limit to the SoftBank founder’s largesse. In fairness,…

Mark Zuckerberg Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock PARIS — Viva Technology is canceling the 2020 edition and will hold its next show in spring 2021, organizers said Wednesday, ruling out the possibility of holding it later this year as disruption from the coronavirus continues to cloud the future. “Given the changing situation, copresidents…

Click here to read the full article. While the coronavirus crisis pushed 267 people off Forbes’ annual tally of the world’s richest people, there were still plenty of billionaires around to fill out the list.Sitting at the top of the pile for the third year in a row was Jeff…

Healthcare workers who helped create the ventilator prototype. From left to right: Drew Copeland, RPSGT; Dr. Thomas Tolbert, Dr. Brian Mayrsohn, and Dr. Hooman Poor.Mount SinaiNew York is running short on ventilators, the breathing machines that could be the difference between life and death for some coronavirus patients.Mount Sinai Hospital…

Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, has made additional donations, including 500 ventilators to Nigeria and 53 other African countries to help fight coronavirus. The billionaire disclosed via his Twitter handle that the new donations also include 200,000 suits and face shields, 2,000 thermometers, one million swabs and extraction kits as well…