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A women wearing a protective mask and jacket pushes a bicycle on February 9, 2020 in Wuhan, China. Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have been closed for eighteenth days. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China has climbed to 813.

The XPO Logistics Company logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Getty Images XPO Logistics tapped Wyndham Hotel’s former Chief Financial Officer David Wyshner as its own finance chief, the company said Monday. Wyshner, who was also the CFO of Avis Car Rental, will oversee the company’s plans to sell or spin out some of its business

Hospital staff in protective garments walk at a checkpoint to the Hubei province exclusion zone at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 1, 2020. The banner reads: ‘Committed to the fight to prevent and control the epidemic’. Thomas

A woman sits outside wearing a protective mask on February 9, 2020 in Wuhan, China. Flights, trains and public transport including buses, subway and ferry services have been closed for eighteenth days. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China has climbed to 813. Stringer | Getty

A Chinese man wears a protective mask as he walks during a snowfall in an empty and shuttered commercial street on February 5, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern Standard Time. Total confirmed cases: 37,592 Total

Minor and recurring floods — also known as nuisance flooding — may be more frequent than official figures would suggest, according to a new study published by Nature Communications. The study focusing on flood levels along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts found that 22 counties experience nuisance flooding at water levels much lower than

A citizen wearing a mask cycling across a deserted road in Wuhan, China on February 7, 2020. The 2019 new coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan in late 2019, and has spread to more than two dozen countries since. Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.

A staff member takes body temperature of a girl at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore, Feb. 5, 2020. Then Chih Wey | Xinhua | Getty Images The global death toll from the new coronavirus is now at 805, higher than that of SARS. Hubei province reported early Sunday morning local time that there were 81

Jason Schwartzman arrives at the premiere of Netflix’s “Klaus” which has been nominated for an Oscar in the animated feature category that snubbed Disney’s “Frozen 2.” It was one of two Netflix animated films nominated in the category. Kevin Winter | Getty Images Netflix is talking more about an area of content production that is

A Chinese woman wears a protective mask as she walks in a nearly empty and shuttered commercial street on February 7, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 10:08 am: Toyota to extend plant closures in

Alexandru Mitrita #28 of New York City tries to work his way around Toronto FC defenders during 2019 MLS Cup Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Semifinal match between New York City FC and Toronto FC at Citi Field on October 23, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Ira

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total cases: More than 31,000 as of Friday morning.Total deaths: At least 636 worldwide as of Friday morning  8:3 am Canada Goose says travel restrictions are hurting sales  8:15 am: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says outbreak is not

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk though the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:40 am: Chinese social media erupts with condolences and anger over whistleblower

Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco and Jurnee Smollett-Bell star in “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.” Warner Bros. The long-awaited comic book film featuring the delightfully psychotic Harley Quinn hits theaters this weekend and has charmed critics. “Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total cases: More than 28,000 as of Thursday morning.Total deaths: At least 565 worldwide as of Thursday morning 8:10 am: Russia reportedly rejects OPEC’s proposal to impose further oil cuts Russia is thought to be standing in the

The view of the WuhanKeting in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province started converting three existing venues, including a gymnasium and an exhibition center, into hospitals to receive patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the headquarters for the epidemic control said late Monday. Getty Images This is a live

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total cases: More than 24,000 as of Wednesday morning.Total deaths: At least 490 worldwide as of Wednesday morning. 8 am: ECB chief says outbreak ‘adds a new layer of uncertainty’ to global growth The president of the European

General Motors CEO Mary Barra Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Adjusted earnings: 1 cent a share Revenue: $31.036 billion Wall Street’s attention is expected to be on the Detroit

Medical staff walk to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases building at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore on January 31, 2020. Roslan Rahman | APF | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:02 am: China reports total deaths of 490, and

People at the entrance of a Macy’s store in Jersey City, N.J. Getty Images Macy’s will reportedly shut 125 stores over the next three years and slash about 2,000 corporate jobs, as it shutters its tech offices in San Francisco and its Cincinnati headquarters. The department store chain plans to exit weaker shopping malls, and instead