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We have used it for thousands of years, but timber is still an important construction material.

The Earth had its hottest May ever last month, continuing an unrelenting climate change trend as 2020 is set to be among the hottest 10 years ever.

Germany's economy will shrink significantly this year and may need two years to make up the lost ground, its central bank said on Friday.

There are currently at least 133 Covid-19 vaccines being tested around the world, according to the WHO.

The coronavirus has infected more than 6.6 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 389,620 people.

President Donald Trump last month said he was "very torn" about whether to end the phase one deal — raising concerns that the U.S. and China would resume a tariff war.

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mostly positive in Friday afternoon trade as investors await the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report expected later in the day stateside.

Musk has a record of making strange remarks on Twitter. His latest example was on May 1, when he tweeted that Tesla stock "is too high."

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped China from its geopolitical pursuits, as Beijing advances its position on issues including the South China Sea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Three now-former Minneapolis police officers were arraigned on charges of aiding and abetting a fourth cop in the alleged murder of George Floyd.

Nissan's CEO Makoto Uchida spoke to CNBC on Wednesday on a wide range of topics, from Brexit to rebuilding investor trust in the company after the controversial departure of Nissan's former CEO Carlos Ghosn.

Slack's revenue growth slightly picked up as coronavirus sent people home from work.

For years Amazon Web Services employees have relied on an in-house tool, Amazon Chime, for video calls. Employees can now use Slack, which is more popular.

"I think we're looking at a V-shaped recovery in the stock market, and that has almost nothing to do with a V-shaped recovery in the economy," the "Mad Money" host said.

Facebook announced that it will no longer allow state-controlled media outlets to run ads on its social networks, effective this summer.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned investors on Thursday against 'fraudulent' accounting practices of China-based companies.

CDC Director Robert Redfield said Thursday that he's "very concerned" the agency's public health message on the coronavirus isn't "resonating" with the public as the number of cases continues to rise across the U.S.

Stocks were lower as Wall Street grappled with disappointing jobs data and a late-day sell-off in tech shares.

About 8 million Americans lost their jobs in May, on top of the 20.5 million in April, and economists see unemployment peaking near 20%.

The Lancet, one of the world's top medical journals, on Thursday retracted an influential study that raised alarms about the safety of the experimental Covid-19 treatments chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine amid scrutiny of the data underlying the paper.