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Called "Valorant," the free-to-play PC game sees teams of five players battle each other to attack — or defend — an objective.

The coronavirus keeps spreading across the 27-member bloc and fuels fears of an economic recession.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country is not going to go to war with anyone, and that it would seek to deter any other country that considered an armed conflict with Russia.

Italy is dealing with its most major national public health disaster in modern times.

Joe Lycett has officially changed his name to "Hugo Boss" as a way of objecting to the company's trademark strategy. He accused the German fashion label of targeting small businesses that use similar names such as "Boss."

A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus.

Businesswoman Bian Jingjing has a message about the coronavirus to the world: be more prepared.

A new influx of migrants has led Greece to implement new measures at its border with Turkey, with concerns that the situation could eventually lead to a repeat of the 2015 crisis.

OPEC could deliver a 1.2 million barrels a day production cut at its meeting later this week, according to MUFG Bank's Head of MENA Research, Ehsan Khoman.

With fears over a global slowdown intensifying, the Fed likely will announce a 50 basis point cut at its March meeting, if not sooner, the firm said.

The Stoxx Europe 600 lost almost 12% last week to post its worst five-day run since the financial crisis in 2008. However, two of the 600 companies listed on the European blue chip benchmark emerged in the black.

The mayor of Seoul has sued key leaders of the Shincheonji religious group at the center of South Korea's surge in coronavirus cases.

The coronavirus outbreak is plunging the world economy into its worst downturn since the global financial crisis, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warned.

The fact that Iran reported deaths on the same day as its first infections right before its parliamentary elections "can compel anyone" that there has been a cover-up, said Asif Shuja from the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute.

The Fed should now focus on a vigilant oversight of the banking system it supervises and regulates, Dr. Michael Ivanovitch writes.

Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon said he was suing the Shincheonji leaders "for murder, injury and violation of prevention and management of infectious diseases."

"The window of opportunity for containing it is narrowing... We need to preparing side by side for a pandemic," Ghebreyesus told CNBC.

Finland's Nokia on Monday appointed Pekka Lundmark, until now the CEO of energy group Fortum, as its new chief executive starting from Sept. 1, 2020, the telecoms equipment maker said.

The Markit/Caixin manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 40.3, much lower than expectations of a reading of 45.7 in a Reuters poll.