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The U.S. is halfway through wildfire season, and this year is already one of the worst in history. Human-caused climate change has made blazes more frequent and intense.

Hospitalizations have doubled every eight days in the U.K., and parts of France have reported reaching capacity in their intensive-care units, WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said.

Moderna said on Friday it expects to produce 20 million doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.

Israel on Friday entered a second nationwide lockdown, shuttering restaurants, hotels, gyms and more, amid soaring new cases and as the Jewish High Holiday season begins. 

Former F1 world champion, Nico Rosberg, has told CNBC that global governments need to "up their game" to tackle the "shocking" impact of climate change.

Around the world, technology and new ideas are changing the way urban environments operate.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in the premarket, including Oracle, Tesla, Home Depot, Beyond Meat, and more.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a mixed open Friday on Wall Street, with recently beaten-up tech stocks getting a boost.

Japan's new prime minister Yoshihide Suga will likely pull out all stops to revive the economy badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic but still continue the policies of outgoing leader Shinzo Abe.

The economy has struggled since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet markets have recovered from an initial plunge and are now booming again. The disconnect can be disconcerting for investors, who should rebalance, diversify and maintain realistic expectations in the face of unprecendented world events.

United Parcel Service said on Thursday it was offering buyouts to some employees, as Chief Executive Carol Tomé aims to curb costs at the delivery firm.

The UN's top food official has urged billionaires and businesses to help save 30 million people around the world who are at risk of dying from hunger this year without aid.

"I recommend picking up some of [the] historically cheap stocks that are being brought down by the entire averages," the "Mad Money" host said Thursday.

Malaysia's Top Glove still expects "very strong" growth ahead, following its blockbuster earnings report on Thursday, the firm's managing director Lee Kim Meow told CNBC on Friday.

More nations are inviting travelers to trade their home offices for the chance to live and work abroad during the global pandemic.

Governments should continue to make investments that combat climate change even while they are focusing on coping with the coronavirus pandemic, said Judith Rodin, President Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania.

The coronavirus has infected more than 29.9 million people globally as of Thursday, killing at least 941,363 so far.

The English Premier League signed a one-year broadcast deal with China's Tencent Sports after it terminated a contract with PPTV.

"I would be more bullish if you got a pullback down to the mid-to-high teens," the "Mad Money" host said.

"My only hope is that Dr. Hahn and the political appointees in the FDA stand up and basically say, 'No, we cannot have political pressure lead the FDA into making a decision,'" said Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University.