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Pompeo: China spreading misinformation of origins, scale of COVID-19 outbreak

But on Thursday, the USA surpassed China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases- 82,404. As the virus continues to disrupt businesses and social lif...

UN Launches Plan to Fight the Coronavirus

It aggregates relevant COVID-19 appeals and inputs from WFP, WHO, IOM, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, UNICEF and NGOs, and it complements other plans develop...

Canada's Trudeau balks at potential troop deployment on US border

Canada has turned down a proposal by the United States to put troops at U.S. Ottawa feels the best way to prevent the deployment is to speak out strongly in p...

Former Jewish FBI agent who disappeared in Iran now presumed dead

The email, obtained by The Associated Press , was sent a day after Levinson's family revealed that the USA government had concluded that Levinson was dead. The...

Hubei to ease restrictions as no new local cases reported in China

Also, Hubei reported 58 new suspected cases, mostly imported, and nationwide 159 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus, the active cases ...

White House Works On New Coronavirus Guidelines To Classify Counties By Risk

A video meeting of the Group of Seven nations ended Wednesday without a customary joint statement because other foreign ministers wouldn't agree with a demand b...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Holds Coronavirus Press Conference

President Donald Trump , who has promised to sign the bill as soon as it passes the House, expressed approval on Twitter. The Governor says the toll on the m...

Viral "BBC Dad" Returns With His Kids to Talk Working From Home

As the United States struggles to adapt to quarantine life, South Korea has become a model for containing the spread of COVID-19. The country now has more tha...

France Registers Nearly 2,500 New Coronavirus Cases - Senior Health Official

The rise in the number of deaths represents a daily increase of 21%, a slight slowing from the previous two days with the country now in its second week of lock...

Three US sailors test positive for virus on aircraft carrier

Last week the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer - now in port in San Diego according to USA media - reported one of its personnel had tested "presumptive positi...

European Environment Agency sees lower air pollution

In Italy , now the country hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, average concentrations for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Milan were recorded at least 24% lower ov...

Australia Tells Cruise Ships to Leave as CCP Virus Cases Rise

A cruise ship carrying coronavirus-infected passengers off the coast of Perth has been allowed to dock due to a medical emergency on board. All visitors to th...

Bill Gates says coronavirus shutdowns could last up to 10 weeks

It is just that, given how deadly the COVID-19 virus is, "that there is really no middle ground", and he reiterated his view that blindsided with a shutdown bet...

FM Sitharaman hints big stimulus package for India Inc soon

Modi was interacting with the people of his constituency in Varanasi while addressing the nation as well. Earlier this week, doctors, airline crew and medical...

COVID-19: Trudeau announces Canada Emergency Response Benefit plan

After nearly a day of wrangling, Canada's House of Commons agreed early on Wednesday to approve a C$27 billion ($18.8 billion) stimulus bill to help people an...

Woman Coughs All Over Supermarket's Fresh Produce in 'Twisted Prank'

The unnamed woman entered small grocery chain Gerrity's Supermarket in Hanover Township and started coughing on produce, bakery items, meat and other merchandi...

China slashes worldwide flights in effort to curb coronavirus risk

China on Thursday reported 67 new cases of coronavirus infection among people arriving from overseas, but no new instances of local transmission for the second ...

Youth dies in Howrah, family alleges police thrashed him #51372

Media reports quoted family members of the victim as alleging that the man died of the injuries he had received when he was beaten up by police. Also Read: ...

To Increase Coronavirus Infection Of Imports, Local 2 Days Nil

A total of 67 new cases were reported as of end-Wednesday, up from 47 a day earlier, all of which were imported, China's National Health Commission said in ...

Trudeau, G20 leaders to meet in teleconference on COVID-19 response

It goes on to say that government resources, and information put out by the World Health Organization, are the most reliable sources amid the pandemic. The Cana...

5 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa Thursday

Both adults are in their 60s. He is self-isolating, according to health officials. The Ontario government has so far confirmed 32 cases of the novel coronavi...

USA charges Venezuelan president with drug crimes — Nicolas Maduro

USA officials have long accused Maduro and his associates or running a "narco-state", saying they have used drug trafficking proceeds to make up for lost revenu...

Andrew Cuomo says NY coronavirus hospitalisations higher than expected

Asked if the USA might become the pandemic's new epicentre, World Health Organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris said in Geneva: "We are now seeing a very ...

Positive COVID-19 Cases Rise to 11

Health department spokesman Steve Brandy said he had no specific reason why Will County saw such a spike in cases Wednesday. The first case in Monroe County, ...

Trudeau, G20 leaders to confer on international response to COVID-19 pandemic

Most of those who are out of work say their employers aren't offering any emergency support. The benefit will be paid every four weeks and will be available fro...

WHO Warns Coronavirus Outbreak Accelerating

He called on countries to introduce rigorous testing and contact-tracing strategies. Tedros, citing "alarming reports" of large numbers of health workers arou...

Bay District Schools announce Distance Learning Plan

While she expected the closures to take place, former Rockhampton Girls Grammar School principal Christine Hills said the bigger question was "when would they r...

Ontario reports over 650 COVID-19 cases, 13 more reported in Peel

Since Ontario has declared a state of emergency, many businesses and venues are closing their doors as residents start to practice social distancing. A spokes...

US coronavirus cases cross 60000 and 827 dead - International

A total of 1,031 people have died from the novel coronavirus in the country, where there are now 68,572 confirmed cases, the CSSE said. Pennsylvania avenue, o...

Aussie cruise ship passenger dies from COVID-19 in Western Australian hospital

The CDC said researchers couldn't "determine whether transmission occurred from contaminated surfaces" and that further study of Covid-19′s spread through tou...