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Nintendo Co. saw its April-June profit multiply more than sixfold as people stuck at home over the pandemic turned to playing video games

World markets are mixed as investors watch to see if American lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

A bright side for plant nurseries of Melbourne’s first pandemic stay-at-home order was that many householders took the time to garden

The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at a record low 0.1% amid caution about how rapidly the United Kingdom will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

A governor in central Japan announced a state of emergency due to rising virus cases and asked businesses and people to curb their activities, especially during an upcoming holiday

The number of people on a Norwegian cruise ship who have tested positive for the coronavirus has reached 53

Nepal has reimposed some restrictions, shutting down hotels and restaurants and restricting travel because of the increasing number of coronavirus cases

A health official says Vietnam’s COVID-19 outbreak could peak in the coming 10 days as the country reported another death and scores of new infections

Lufthansa says flying won't come back to pre-virus levels until at least 2024

The Economy Ministry says German factory orders surged in June, giving hope that Europe’s largest economy is on track for a recovery from declines suffered from the coronavirus pandemic lockdown earlier in the year

Germany’s national disease control center has registered the highest number of new coronavirus infections in a day for three months

President Donald Trump is still trying to overturn “Obamacare,” but his predecessor’s health care law keeps gaining ground in places where it was once unwelcome

Toyota’s profit plunged 74% in the April-June quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sank vehicle sales to about half of what the top Japanese automaker sold a year earlier

Stocks are mixed in Asia as investors watch to see if American lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at a record low 0.1% amid caution about how rapidly the United Kingdom will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

When California was anticipating a spring surge in coronavirus cases, it turned an old NBA arena and practice facility in Sacramento into a field hospital prepared to take hundreds of patients

California won't put any more counties on its coronavirus watch list until it's solved a problem that has delayed reporting of COVID-19 cases

India has recorded the biggest single-day fatalities of 904 in the past 24 hours as fresh coronavirus infections surged by another 56,282 cases to reach nearly 2 million

The premier of Australia’s Victoria state has urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions

After more than a week's worth of meetings, at least some clarity is coming to bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill

Two tests by AAA during the past two years show that partially automated driving systems don’t always function properly

Stocks are mixed in Asia as investors watch to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

The governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture has announced a regional “state of emergency” seeking to curb the coronavirus

New COVID-19 cases in China’s northwestern city of Urumqi have shown a slight rise, with 27 reported Thursday, five more than the day before