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UK Lockdown to Continue for at Least Another Three Weeks

He said yesterday his government was "doing a very thorough examination of this disgusting situation, ' while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Chinese...

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Chris Cuomo Says His Wife Cristina Tested Positive For Coronavirus

Here's what you should know about Cristina , whose journalism career is just as impressive as her husband's! "It is the one thing I was hoping wouldn't happen,...

As coronavirus infections mount, Japan at last expands testing

Japan has so far seen a relatively small outbreak, with around 8,500 infections and 136 deaths so far. In recent weeks, Japan has conducted far fewer tests t...

India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat leader on manslaughter charge over Covid-19

India on Wednesday brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, head of the Muslim missionary group Tablighi Jam...

Covid-19: Maharashtra orders landlords to delay rent recovery by three months

The association's Secretary-General, Ben Liyai says they have talked to their members over the issue, and going forward, they expect no tenants to be harassed b...

Brazil's Bolsonaro Abruptly Fires Health Minister for Urging Social Distancing

Nelson Teich, a University of York-trained oncologist, was named health minister to replace Luiz Henrique Mandetta , whose relationship with his boss grew st...

Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by 1,290

Wuhan officials today said many fatal cases were "mistakenly reported " or missed entirely in an admission that comes amid growing global doubts about Chinese ...

Half the world knocking on IMF’s door

The IMF's crisis response initiatives - outlined in the IMFC communique - are critical features of efforts to contain the impact of COVID-19, the official sai...

Mandate Expires for Israel's Benny Gantz to Form Government

The long-serving Netanyahu, meanwhile, would likely be forced to step aside halfway through the term and allow Gantz to serve as prime minister in a rotating po...

'LIBERATE!': Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions

It was organized by a coalition of right-wing groups calling themselves "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine". President Donald Trump dodged questions...

Coming weeks will be 'critical' for Europe

Austria, Italy and Spain have also allowed some businesses to reopen. The development follows an appeal for greater solidarity in combating the disease from UN ...

South African lions on normally busy national park road amid lockdown

The Greater Kruger National Park is letting the tourists do a virtual tour using live-streamed safari. The lions of South Africa's Kruger National Park are ...

Buhari's Chief of Staff Abba Kyari is dead…weeks after battling Covid-19

Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. Kyari's was the highest profile death due to the disease in the West African country, which h...

Switzerland Projects American Flag Onto Alps in Show of Solidarity

The projections were designed by light artist Gerry Hofstetter and cast onto the 14,692-foot peak as part of a nightly series created to show Switzerland's su...

China's Wuhan raises virus death toll by 1290, up 50%

China has insisted there was no cover-up. The virus could spark another "lost decade" in Latin America, the International Monetary Fund warned, while exper...

Warren says she would agree if asked to be Biden's running mate

It's not Donald Trump, it is Joe Biden , ' she concluded. "Unlike Trump, for whom the presidency is just one more opportunity to ideal his narcissism and self-...

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen being released from prison

Cohen , in March, had unsuccessfully argued he should be released from prison because of the pandemic. According to CNN , 14 inmates and seven guards at the fa...

China's Wuhan raises virus death toll by 1,290, up 50%

Six countries report larger outbreaks, led by the United States, with at least 672,000 cases and nearly 34,000 deaths. But the revised tally also comes as a n...

Creative face masks from around the world

They added the cloth face covering is not meant to protect the wearer, but it may prevent the spread of virus from the wearer to others. For instance, at the sh...

Capt Tom Moore raises £12m for NHS as he completes garden walk

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. We've also donated £100,000 to Captain Tom's page to show our support to him an...

North Florida beaches among 1st to reopen since closures

I'm afraid for myself. "Everybody should use their common sense", Melvin said. Late Friday morning St. Johns County announced a partial reopening of its publi...

German health minister says coronavirus outbreak is now ‘manageable again’

Figures released by the Robert Koch Institute , Germany's disease control center, show that the number of people infected by every person with COVID-19 has fal...

Elizabeth Warren says she would accept being Joe Biden's running mate

Not just vice president but making sure that we have a Supreme Court, we have a cabinet, we have a White House that looks like the country. "And I think it real...

Donald Trump Tweet Storm Rips Democrats; Calls to ‘Liberate’ States

Some protesters have carried guns, waved Trump campaign and Confederate flags and sought to frame the debate as a defence of constitutional freedoms. Some peo...

Coronavirus: Government confirms United Kingdom lockdown will continue 'for at least three weeks'

Confirming the extension, he said: "Earlier today I chaired meetings of the Cabinet and Cobra to consider the advice from Sage on the impact of the existing soc...

Macron says 'naive' to think China handled coronavirus better than West

China, the United States and the UK are influential permanent members of the UN Security Council alongside France and Russian Federation. The comments came ...

Senate Adjourns for Weekend, No Deal on Small-Business Pandemic Program

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told the Wall Street Journal Friday that he supports adding funding for hospitals alongside an additional $250...

Trudeau And Trump Differ On Border Reopening

While renewing his pledge to help businesses weather the pandemic, Trudeau said Canada is a "long way" from even considering reopening its economy. While the ...

In Trump-Cuomo spat on coronavirus, the gloves come off

Cuomo, who has called for a measured focus on data rather than opinion in many of his briefings, lit into the president after Trump took to twitter to accuse ...