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COVID-19 'Stalks Human Race — WHO Envoy

Trump said that he has expressed that sentiment to Chinese leader Xi Jinping and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "We'll have a lot to say about...

Virus 'ten times worse than swine flu', 20 000 dead in Italy

The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service take Italy's fatalities total to 20 465 - officially second in the world behind the United States. H...

United Kingdom 'starting to win' coronavirus fight, foreign minister Raab says

Mr Johnson will not be doing any government work and will only return to his office on the advice of his medical team, Number 10 added. He urged people to c...

Behavioral Issues, Infrastructural Gaps Major COVID-19 Risks For Africa - Health Chief

Critical COVID-19 cases are often referred to intensive-care units, where ventilators can help patients to breathe. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and ...

President Macron extends France's coronavirus lockdown

The number of people being treated in intensive care went down for the fifth day in a row on Monday. The health ministry reaffirmed that a "plateau" appeared ...

UK’s Johnson Recuperates As Coronavirus Lockdown Decision Looms

Numbers typically fall after the weekend due to delays in the collection of data. Johnson has been one of several members of the government to have tested pos...

Charlotte region under tornado watch early Monday, National Weather Service says

The deaths in MS included a married couple - Lawrence County sheriff's deputy, Robert Ainsworth, and a Walthall County Justice Court deputy clerk, Paula Reid Ai...

Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments on virus limits on religious services

The court ruled that a GOP-led legislative coordinating council didn't have the authority to rescind the order, report the Washington Post , the Topeka Capita...

Coronavirus: 59 Indians Among 233 New COVID-19 Cases In Singapore

National Development and COVID-19 multi-ministry taskforce co-chair Lawrence Wong commented on Facebook on Sunday about the latest MOH data, noting that "the nu...

Coronavirus death toll tops 10000 in NY

The right thing to do is to keep the schools closed . "So this is just about doing our jobs and making sure people are safe", he said. Though New York's c...

Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president during livestreamed event

The self-described democratic socialist had suspended his campaign last week, saying he would stay on the ballot to influence party policy at the convention - b...

Aerial footage shows Chernobyl forest fires still raging as radiation "exceeds norm"

A forest fire that has been burning for several days in northern Ukraine is now just 5km (three miles ) away from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. Ukraini...

Long-term care home deaths expected to rise: Tam

In Canada, almost half of all coronavirus-related deaths happen in long term-care homes, Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said. The expected update com...

Cuomo: COVID-19 is Killing New Yorkers at a 'Staggering' Rate

The United States, with the world's third-largest population, has recorded more fatalities from COVID-19 than any other country, with more than 22,800 deaths ...

Easter storm could bring tennis ball hail and long, powerful tornadoes

At least six people have been killed in the southern parts of the United States after a strong storm system swept across MS and Louisiana , spinning off more...

Russia President Putin’s health remains excellent amid COVID-19: Kremlin spokesman

Russian Federation "sincerely hopes" that a consensus on oil-output cuts will be formalized among the world's biggest producers as talks to rescue global energ...

Christ Redeemer statue lit up to honour medical workers

As a symbol of appreciation and honour, the iconic and attractive statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro was lit up in order to salute and...

Donald Trump’s friend Stanley Chera dies of coronavirus

His family owned a chain of children's specialty stores called Young World and eventually, he began by buying the building that contained the family's retail st...

United States surpasses Italy's coronavirus death toll

The mortality rate - the number of deaths per 100 Covid-19 cases and per 100,000 citizens - has been lower in America than in Italy , Spain and some other co...

Coronavirus: Easter Sunday under lockdown captured in pictures

Several traditional features were also scaled back, including the baptism of converts. "For them, as for us, it was the darkest hour", he said. "We can and must...

More Than Half a Million Americans Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus

And worldwide, the true numbers of dead and infected are believed to be much higher because of testing shortages, different counting practices and concealment b...

Navy reports first coronavirus death from Roosevelt crew

The Navy added that "the majority of COVID-19 patients will have mild symptoms and can remain on ship and be monitored until meeting return to work criteria"....

Wet markets in China's Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blow

However, a cached version of the same remains on the website as per the report . The directive was issued by the Education Ministry's science and technolog...

United States coronavirus death toll top 20,000

Churches were expected to be empty on Easter Sunday, the climax of Holy Week for the world's two billion-plus Christians, with congregations shuttered at home t...

WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange fathered two kids inside Ecuadorian embassy with lawyer

Gabriel and Max were born in London hospitals while Assange watched their births through a live video link, according to The Mail . Stella Moris, who gav...

World Health Organization warns of Covid-19 'deadly resurgence' if restrictions lifted

The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to appeal for more money from its partners after President Trump announced he may cut USA funding to the group over...

China fears second coronavirus wave; new cases reach six-week high

In addition, highlighting another major source of risk, newly reported asymptomatic coronavirus cases almost doubled to 63 on 11 April, from 34 the previous...

Oil nations agree on record deal to cut production

I just spoke to them from the Oval Office. US President Donald Trump hailed the deal, and congratulated Russian President Putin and Saudi Prince Salman on arr...

Punjab: Nihang Sikhs attack police, chop off cop's hand with sword

The police have since arrested seven people in connection with the incident. Driver Nihang Singh was asked to show pass for buying vegetables and driver took th...

Body of Robert Kennedy's 8-year-old great-grandson recovered from Chesapeake Bay

David McKean , Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and family attend the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Hosts 2019 Ripple Of Hope Gala & Auction In NYC in New Yor...