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Lockdown extended till May 3

The Prime Minister emphasised that an area turning into a hotspot will pose more challenge to us. While Mr. Modi and other politicians from the ruling Bharati...

Husband accused of murdering wife pretended she was on coronavirus deathbed

Officials are still attempting to locate the whereabouts or remains of Gretchen Anthony. Shapiro had sided with Greene's ex-husband, Eric Greene, who argued t...

Obama Slams Trump's 'Propaganda Network' in Biden Endorsement Video

Obama calls out the outlet as "having little regard for the truth". "He was impressed by the caliber of our candidates and the strong campaigns they waged - b...

COVID-19: France extends lockdown by 30days as death toll hits 15,000

Tour de France organisers are working to find a new start date for cycling's biggest race after large public gatherings were banned until mid-July in the lates...

Trump administration to put World Health Organization funding on hold

The WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the recommendations on Monday during the virtual briefing in Geneva while updating journalists on the sta...

United States coronavirus toll surpasses 25,000

The World Health Organization said there are more than 1.78 million confirmed cases in 213 countries and regions as of Tuesday morning. According to the runni...

Schools to reopen for beginning of Term 2

The Premier reiterated Queensland was in this for the long haul and was a long way from lifting restrictions. "If you lift too early, of course, you see what ...

‘There’s no other way,’ says Gantz in unity plea to Netanyahu

The president, who has been pushing Netanyahu and Gantz to team up for months, will "reconsider his decision" should the two men jointly request an extension be...

International Monetary Fund projects drop in Ukraine's GDP to -7.7% due to coronavirus

The Japanese economy is projected to contract by 5.2 percent, the worst downturn since 2009, according to the IMF's World Economic Outlook report. Growth am...

Republican Candidates Have Lost 7 of 8 State Races in Wisconsin

Tony Evers to postpone in-person voting was thwarted by the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court. Prior to the most recent Supreme Court race in Wisc...

Can China curb the second wave of coronavirus pandemic?

Though the northeast border remains China's priority , state media said more than 100 people had been arrested in March for illegally entering China throug...

Over 110 people retest positive for coronavirus: authorities

It remains unclear why the patients tested positive after initially testing negative for COVID-19 - World Health Organization announced Saturday that it would b...

Coronavirus is 10 times deadlier than swine flu

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the United Nations health body has a "very good" relationship with the US, ...

Lockdown extension: Railways suspends passenger services till May 3

There have been suggestions that going forward the country could be divided into red, orange, and green zones based on the number of COVID-19 cases and that som...

Austria to reopen some shops as lockdown eases #65238

It remains unclear whether, even with limits on the number of people allowed inside shops and a requirement for all shoppers to wear face masks , Kurz is sendi...

NY coronavirus deaths top 10,000

Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday. Cuomo said the top public health and economic officials of each state, along with each governor's chief of staff, will be...

Panicked man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet at 2,500 feet

The air accident report, published on 6 April, found the man ejected himself when the two-seater Dassault Rafale B jet reached about 1,300ft (400 metres), secon...

Lockdown extension: Some relaxation likely after April 20, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also highlighted the improvement of the health infrastructure. Addressing growing worries that the country's poor could be for...

Putin warns Russian Federation to prepare for 'extraordinary' virus crisis

In mid-March, Putin told a government meeting that authorities were able to control the spread of the disease and that "the situation is generally under cont...

World Health Organization chief says confident USA funding will continue in COVID fight

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries with Covid-19 infections should not be in a hurry in lifting measures impo...

Coronavirus outbreak: Indonesian village uses "ghosts" to scare people into staying home

A neighborhood in Indonesia's central Java province has deployed a group of volunteer "ghosts" to patrol the streets and scare people into staying home in compl...

Ontario reports 401 new cases of COVID-19, 21 more deaths

People are dying, and daily. "Why aren't we taking care of our people?" As of Monday, 15 residents have died. Last week, Ontario laid out its new testing st...

Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president

Biden's easy victory became academic after Vermont Sen. Elizabeth Warren's policies. The day after Sanders exited the race, Biden came out in support of lowerin...

North Korea 'fires multiple suspected cruise missiles'

The "multiple projectiles" fired from Munchon in the east of the country were believed to be "short-range cruise missiles", the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said...

New York Times deletes tweet about prior misconduct accusations against Joe Biden

While the article ultimately goes into detail about Reade's complaint, it first makes a point to note that her accusation, as of now, is the only one specifical...

Over 22000 healthcare workers infected by COVID-19

TECO also expressed its regrets on the accusations earlier made against Taiwan by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on April 8. US lawmakers...

COVID-19: Macron extends France lockdown until May 11

But he urged the French to keep respecting strict confinement rules for the moment. Since March 17, France's 67 million people have been ordered to stay at ho...

'Social unrest' warning as Modi looks to extend India's lockdown

He added to it that that as long as there is a need for social distancing norms we need to properly follow guidelines. "Central Govt and state Govts are working...

International Monetary Fund grants immediate debt relief to 25 countries

The rest are The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone,...

France to isolate 1900 sailors after virus-hit naval ship docks

In a statement the Ministry of defense said that three sailors were evacuated by air to the military hospital in Toulon in southern France , in the port of reg...