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European markets sank Wednesday, despite Western governments promising to unleash billions of dollars to help businesses and citizens get through the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States border with Canada will temporarily close to "non-essential traffic" due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

The new coronavirus will infect half of the global population and have a fatality rate of up to 3%, analysts said Wednesday.

The collaboration aims to harness tech like artificial intelligence and data science.

Leaders of European Union countries have agreed to close the EU's borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Russian media have deployed a "significant disinformation campaign" against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, according to an EU document.

An oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia will most likely accumulate over the course of the year, energy analysts have told CNBC.

"Big Brother" contestants in Cologne were told about the pandemic via a video shown on live TV on Tuesday evening.

The ad industry's most important annual awards festival just got postponed.

A podiatrist posted a video of himself filling up a plastic bottle to help explain how the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) could be overwhelmed if coronavirus cases in the country peak.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said the British central bank is open to further emergency measures as the economic threat posed by the coronavirus has escalated since last week when the BoE slashed interest rates.

The euro area is under pressure once again as the coronavirus outbreak shakes up countries in the bloc and brings historic differences to the fore.

The U.K. government has announced a raft of new financial measures to help businesses under severe strain from the coronavirus outbreak.

John Legend and Coldplay's Chris Martin are among musicians touring online to boost morale and replace planned performances as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on the entertainment industry.

As of Wednesday, more than 200,000 people worldwide were reported to have contracted the coronavirus.

China said Tuesday that it will expel American journalists working in the country for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post whose press credentials are due to expire in 2020.

As of now, China accounts for less than 50% of the total number of cases confirmed globally as other countries have seen a sharp spike in infections in recent weeks.

The air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport was closed Tuesday after several employees tested positive for coronavirus.

Discovered in 2009, Hang Son Doong is one of the largest caves in the world. Only 1,000 travelers are allowed to explore it each year. Here is what those travelers see — from clouds and fossils to jaw-dropping passages — when they embark on a four-day journey through it.

One employee said that many Tesla colleagues had decided to take voluntary, unpaid leave and those who were left to work at the factory were now doing the jobs of two or three people at once.