The first official acknowledgement of what became a global pandemic came on December 31 when authorities in Wuhan reported mysterious…
South Korea, which is still technically at war with the North, earlier said it could not confirm the reports on…
Madagascar deployed the army last month to help enforce a lockdown in its three main cities to curb the spread…
Messenger Kids was launched in the United States in 2017 and expanded later to Canada and a handful of other…
“The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut… has authorised the first clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Germany,” the regulatory body said in…
Critics say the 64-year-old, who was awarded China’s most prestigious literary prize in 2010, is providing fodder to countries that…
Tedros also urged leaders not to exploit the pandemic for their own political capital.
The fall is severe as it concerns the May contract due to expire later Monday and investors don’t want to…
US crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate briefly plunged almost 20 percent to below $15 — its lowest since 1999 –…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave a toll Friday night of 33,049 dead, including 4,226 probable virus-linked…
Michael Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies director, added: “All countries will face this”.
Earlier, the city of Wuhan admitted missteps in tallying its death toll as it abruptly raised the count by 50…
The move comes in addition to Google’s “journalism relief fund” announced this week, which will include emergency grants to news…
The government published an order late Thursday allowing the use of hydroxychloroquine on patients after China donated more than 68,000…
The origin of the virus is a popular topic on social media, with conspiracy theorists suggesting it is a Chinese…
Health ministry spokesman Kinaoush Jahanpour told a news conference the latest deaths brought the official total to 4,869.
Spain also recorded 5,183 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall figure to 182,816 — officially second highest in the…
In France, Amazon suspended operations altogether after a court ruled it wasn’t doing enough to protect its workers in the…
