Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has teamed up with blockchain-powered fan engagement platform Chiliz ($CHZ) in an exclusive global partnership to offer fan engagement solutions to their over 318 million global fans. UFC is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based out of Las Vegas in Nevada. It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.

Italian soccer club Juventus' Fan Token ($JUV) has begun trading on Wednesday on Chiliz Exchange (Chiliz.net), the world's first exchange platform for sports & entertainment launched in January 2020. This is the first among a new tradeable class of digital asset linked to a professional sporting club, making Juventus the first tokenized sports team.

Italian news agency ANSA is using blockchain technology to fight fake news by enabling readers to check the source of the news with its new ANSAcheck news tracking system developed in collaboration with Ernst & Young (EY). Through the EY blockchain HUB in the EY Mediterranean Region, EY has developed a solution which is based on EY OpsChain Traceability technology.

U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Brian Moynihan, the Bank of America CEO, about banks raking in fees from the Paycheck Protection Program.

The tech giant announces it is extending its previous work-from-home plans for most of its staff and will begin reopening offices this summer.

NPR's business correspondent takes listener questions on the state of the U.S. economy and unemployment.

Trade groups expect the British government to roll out new coronavirus travel restrictions on Sunday, including a quarantine for out-of-country arrivals. And they're already pushing back publicly.

Doctors in the U.S. and Europe are reporting a small wave of cases of what looks like a "shock syndrome" in young people. They have low blood pressure, inflamed hearts and other serious symptoms.

The human body is not a patchwork of separate systems. It's intricately connected, says neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi. She explains the relationship between our brains, hormones and reproductive organs.

Before the pill was approved by the FDA on May 9, 1960, there were few contraceptive options available to young women. It revolutionized family planning and the sex lives of millions of Americans.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new guidelines on easing coronavirus restrictions in the country. At a White House press conference, he presented the "Opening Up America Again" guidance, under which state governors are required to ease the lockdown in three phases, with each phase lasting at least 14 days. Trump made the announcement, which is aimed to help reopen the ailing U.S. e

President Donald Trump said he will announce Thursday new guidelines on easing coronavirus restrictions in the country. The move, aimed to help reopen the ailing U.S. economy, is on the basis of his consultations with governors and business leaders. According to him, the United States has passed the peak of new coronavirus cases and predicted some states would reopen this month. "The data sugg

After more than six weeks of lock down, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state is partially reopening for business. "Based off our progress, we'll begin to gradually move into Stage 2 this Friday," Newsom said at his daily news conference. "Some sectors where there's a lower risk of transmission will be able to adapt and re-open with modifications," he added. This will include

President Donald Trump announced that the Government was finalising a plan to reopen the U.S. economy, which has been paralyzed due to stay-at-home orders intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The social distancing guidelines that the Trump administration announced expire on April 30. At his routine news conference Monday, Trump said he remains determined to reopen the U.S. for bus

South Korea posted a current account surplus of $6.23 billion in March, the Bank of Korea said on Thursday - down from $6.37 billion in February.

The Philippine economy contracted for the first time since 1998 as coronavirus containment measures weighed heavily on investment and shipments, official data showed Thursday. Gross domestic product fell 0.2 percent on a yearly basis in the first quarter, in contrast to fourth quarter's revised 6.7 percent expansion, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported.

Australia's central bank maintained its interest rate and the target yield on three-year government bonds as economy experiences severe downturn after measures taken to stem the spread of coronavirus, or Covid-19. At the monetary policy meeting on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia board kept its interest rate at a record low 0.25 percent.

Private sector employment nosedived in the month of April, according to a report released by payroll processor ADP on Wednesday. The report said private sector employment plunged by 20.236 million jobs in April after slumping by a revised 149,000 jobs in May.

In the time of coronavirus lockdown, Netflix Inc. is teaming up with director Lee JQ to produce a new series, "All of Us Are Dead." All of Us Are Dead tells the story of a group of high school students who are faced with an extreme crisis situation when they become trapped in their school, while a zombie virus spreads like a wildfire. It is based on the chart-topping Korean webtoon titled "Now

US author Colson Whitehead has achieved the rare honor of winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for a second time. The African-American writer is only the fourth person ever to win the coveted prize twice in its century-old history. Whitehead was adjudged the best fiction writer for his novel The Nickel Boys, whoch tells the devastating story of abuse of black boys at a reform school in Jim Cro

Netflix has acquired global rights to the upcoming heartwarming comedy-drama The Starling from Limelight, Entertainment One (eOne) and Boies Schiller Entertainment. The streaming service reportedly paid around $20 million for distribution rights for the film.Its release date has not yet been scheduled. Directed by two-time Academy award nominee Theodore Melfi, the film tells the story of a mar

The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower opening on Monday, with stocks likely to extend the sharp pullback seen over the two previous sessions.

Hightimes Holding Corp, the owner of the High Times cannabis brand, has agreed to acquire thirteen California dispensaries from Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. for $80 million.

On Monday, coronavirus deaths in the United States crossed 67000, a figure still short of the 100,000 mark that US President Donald Trump has warned of the other day. "We're going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 people," Trump said at a two-hour Fox News virtual "town hall" Sunday. This figure is a significant increase from his previous estimate of 60,000. Trump claimed that without his

Diagnosed cases of coronavirus are nearing the million mark in the United States. The pandemic has so far infected 965,933 people and killed 54,877 others in the country, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Of all the infections reported in the U.S., 288,045 were in New York. The number of casualties reached 22,269 in the sta

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of a second wave of the novel coronavirus in the next winter, which, according to him, is likely to be even more devastating than the one that is raging across the globe. "We're going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time," CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Po

Omura, a California-based marijuana and hemp flower vaporizer company, said that Bruce Linton, the former CEO and founder of Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp., has participated in the company's latest fundraising round. Linton has also joined Omura as strategic advisor.

The number of people infected with coronavirus in the United States crossed the dreadful one million mark Wednesday, making up nearly one third of the global cases. With more than 58,000 deaths, more Americans have died of COVID-19 than in the Vietnam War. The pandemic has so far infected 10,12,583 people in the country, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineerin

While reporting its first-quarter financial results on Friday, Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP) said its second-quarter results will suffer due to the demand destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shares of Telefonica SA were losing around 2 percent in the trading in Spain after the telecom major on Thursday reported weak first-quarter profit and withdrew fiscal 2020 guidance due to the current level of uncertainty amid Covid-19 impact. However, for the mid-term, the company backed 2022 guidance of revenue growth. Separately, Telefonica announced an agreement with Liberty Global.

Livongo Health Inc. (LVGO), a digital health company, touched a new high of $56.63 in early trading and is currently at $55.21, up 17.56%, following solid first-quarter financial results and a rosy outlook for 2020.

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is speaking out about the sexual assault allegation against him. He's doing the difficult balancing act of respecting the accuser but denying the charges.

Cynthia Lam is a trauma nurse with experience in war zones. She's now traveled to Connecticut to help take care of COVID-19 patients. She shares her story as part of our Outbreak Diaries project.

Knight has written a series of books about "mental decluttering" — her latest is called F*ck No! "Most people will take no for an answer much more easily than you think they will," she says.

In a D.C. neighborhood, two dog owners noticed their pets looked a bit alike. Turns out, they were brothers.

French stocks rallied on Tuesday after Italy, Spain and France have all recorded their lowest daily spike in fatalities to date.

French stocks were moving lower on Wednesday as European business data disappointed and several Federal Reserve officials warned of more damage to the economy from the coronavirus.

Trade groups expect the British government to roll out new coronavirus travel restrictions on Sunday, including a quarantine for out-of-country arrivals. And they're already pushing back publicly.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Rose Liberto, a nurse at Atrium Health North East Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., who died of COVID-19. She was 64.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. broadcaster Johnnie Walker about Ronan O'Rahilly, the founder of the pirate Radio Caroline, who died on April 20 at the age of 79.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caitlin Flanagan about her new piece in The Atlantic called "I Thought Stage IV Cancer Was Bad Enough."

Government regulators in the Philippines ordered the major broadcaster ABS-CBN off the air. Critics worry the shutdown stifles an important source of information in the age of the coronavirus.

Alice Wu's new movie, "The Half of It," is a play on Cyrano de Bergerac with an LGBTQ twist. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the director.

The Hong Kong stock market on Thursday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 520 points or 2.2 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 23,980-point plateau and it's called to open higher on Friday.

The Australian stock market is advancing on Friday after two days of losses following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street on upbeat corporate earnings results amid continued optimism about easing COVID-19 restrictions.

Indian shares opened on an upbeat note Friday, tracking Wall Street gains as a

The Australian stock market is modestly lower on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street and the fall in commodity prices. Data showing that Australia's services sector continued to struggle in April due to pandemic-related closures and restricted activity also dampened sentiment.