The number of confirmed cases in France has reached 83,029, above China's official tally, but Spain has recorded another decline in daily deaths.
In a CNBC interview Friday morning, 3M CEO Mike Roman said it was "absurd" to suggest his company wasn't doing all it could to help the U.S. fight the coronavirus.
"Never in the history of the IMF have we witnessed the world economy come to a standstill," said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, during a press conference on the pandemic.
OPEC and its allies will not hold their emergency virtual meeting on Monday and will likely postpone it until April 8 or 9 to allow more time for negotiations, two OPEC sources said on Saturday.
The U.K. opened NHS Nightingale in London on Friday, Britain's first coronavirus field hospital and the world's largest critical care unit, which was built in just nine days.
On social and state media, China continues to promote its shipments of medical supplies to hard hit countries in Europe and Africa.
The whistleblower complaint touched off a probe and testimony that resulted in President Trump's impeachment.
Stocks fell to end another volatile week, pressured by a spike in coronavirus-related deaths in New York and a dismal U.S. jobs report.
The Vietnamese fishing vessel, with eight fishermen onboard, was fishing near the Paracel Islands on Thursday when it was rammed and sunk by the Chinese vessel, Vietnam's foreign ministry said.
Germany seems to be taking the epidemic in its stride with a high number of cases but a low number of deaths, thanks to a number of factors.
Tesla is letting go of contract workers from its U.S. car and battery plants after health orders to curb the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to wind down new vehicle production.
Those measures will be in place for one month "in the first instance," said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
The escalating coronavirus outbreak has cast a shadow of uncertainty over most aspects of daily life, prompting a surge in demand for wills and life insurance policies as people look to secure their futures.
The virus has spread rapidly throughout New York City which has more than 57,159 confirmed cases, accounting for more than 20% of all cases in the U.S.
Developments around the coronavirus will be the catalyst for stocks in the week ahead, as investors await the onset of earnings season.
Healthcare systems in countries around the world have been overwhelmed fighting the pandemic forcing governments to build temporary field hospitals to help deal with the growing numbers of their infected population.
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin told its workforce on Friday that it will not be laying off employees during the coronavirus crisis.
U.S. airline executives face a test to see which sacrifices they are willing to make in exchange for federal aid that would allow them to continue paying their employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
World Health Organization officials cautioned Friday that more young people are becoming critically ill and dying due to COVID-19.
Advertiser information firm MediaRadar said it estimates broadcasters for the three U.S. sports leagues could lose nearly $1.3 billion.
More than 1 million Americans have been tested for the novel coronavirus. More than 200,000 have tested positive.
Mexico's Grupo Modelo said on Thursday it will temporarily stop brewing Corona beer and other brands exported to 180 countries after its business activities were declared non-essential under a government order aimed at curbing the coronavirus.
"We have gotten some ventilators in, but right now, we're struggling to have enough for next week," he said, adding that the city needs 15,000 additional ventilators to get through April and May.
Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday as Britain grapples with the increasingly deadly coronavirus outbreak.
"We are all aware of the profound social and economic consequences of the pandemic," WHO's top official says.
The company's annual shopping event has been postponed until at least August.
It was the first decline in payrolls since September 2010 and came close to the May 2009 financial crisis peak of 800,000.
The president of Latin America's largest economy has repeatedly played down the threat of the pandemic, dismissing it as a "little flu."
Deep oil output cuts by OPEC and other producing nations would not be enough to prevent a huge build in global crude inventories, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said.
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting European economies sharply, with the latest economic data showing massive falls in services activity across the region.