Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has worsened. People are stocking up on weapons and ...
In what is perhaps a novel way to educate Liberian citizens about the Covid-19 pandemic, President George Weah has just released a song to raise awareness ...
Authorities in Sierra Leone on Tuesday declared a 12-month state of emergency to help deal with the spread of the coronavirus. The West African country, which ...
The White House and Senate have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy. With over 44000 cases, the US is now the third ...
More and more countries have opted to combat the coronavirus by imposing unprecedented restrictions on social and professional activities for entire ...
Le Monde reports that the official number of Covid-19 infections worldwide is now close to half-a-million, with nearly 21000 people dead as a result.And half of ...
Paris (AFP). With billions of people around the world suddenly adjusting to social distancing measures as part of the battle to slow the spread of COVID-19, ...
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While Covid-19 is a deadlier disease for men, the health and social crisis brought on by the virus is hitting women hardest – with enforced lockdowns adding to ...
Beijing (AFP). China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with Donald Trump on ...
Three French nationals and an Iraqi who were working for French Christian charity have been released in Iraq, more than two months after they were kidnapped ...
Mumbai (AFP). India's central bank cut interest rates sharply Friday as the coronavirus outbreak deepens fears for Asia's third largest economy, which was ...
The UK's junior health minister says that heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, who was diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday, did not jump the queue for a test ...
Sao Paulo (AFP). The leader at the epicenter of Brazil's COVID-19 battle says President Jair Bolsonaro is "washing his hands" of the new coronavirus, and he ...
Washington (AFP). The United States now has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, and a record number of newly unemployed people, as the ...
New Delhi (AFP). They have been hailed as India's coronavirus "heroes", but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked ...
France registered 1100 deaths due to Covid-19 as of Tuesday, but nursing homes in regions most affected by the coronavirus say the official figures are missing ...
Bucharest (AFP). Roaming Bucharest's deserted streets under the coronavirus lockdown no longer turns up scraps of food, with Romania's homeless instead ...
Berlin (AFP). In her sun-soaked Berlin living room, Ingrid Ihnen-Haas belted out Edith Piaf songs into a microphone -- part of a collective effort to help entertain a ...
Beijing (AFP). As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese city has gone global, thousands of factories in China have nimbly turned to a ...
Kiev (AFP). The water *service* in Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine, was suddenly overrun this week with calls from worried residents with a peculiar ...
Manila (AFP). The US military has cancelled large-scale exercises involving thousands of troops in the Philippines in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.
There is an acute shortage of seasonal labour to harvest crops on French farms. The agriculture sector is calling on people in France, under lockdown and ...
Washington (AFP). Could a pair of decades-old, relatively inexpensive drugs be the solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic? Around the world, countries are ...
Port-au-Prince (AFP). In early March, 31-year-old Melchior visited a doctor in his home country of Haiti, complaining of headaches. He underwent an MRI, and ...
London (AFP). Global oil storage capacity is under intense pressure because of booming output from Saudi Arabia and the United States while the coronavirus ...
Strabane (United Kingdom) (AFP). As other factories fall silent due to the coronavirus, the din of production continues at O'Neills sportswear factory in Northern ...
Hong Kong (AFP). Asian equities rallied again and the dollar extended losses Friday, with traders buoyed by government and central bank pledges to prop up ...
Beijing (AFP). China reported more than 50 imported cases of the coronavirus on Friday, hours after announcing a ban on foreigners entering the country.
Damascus (AFP). On a deserted street in the old city of Damascus, the new coronavirus has forced salesmen like Ahmad to close up shop indefinitely for the first ...
Milan (AFP). Italy's sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said Thursday he was "very, very doubtful" that Serie A action would return as hoped in early May.
Washington (AFP). US Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday he had instructed federal prisons to free some inmates to lessen the impact of the coronavirus ...
Sydney (AFP). Australian researchers are fast-tracking large-scale human testing to see if a vaccine used for decades to prevent tuberculosis can protect health ...
Washington (AFP). Fitch Ratings on Thursday reaffirmed the United States's AAA credit rating, even with the country facing rising unemployment and a looming ...
Kabul (AFP). Afghanistan has ordered the release of up to 10,000 prisoners -- mostly women, juveniles and sick people -- in a bid to slow the spread of the novel ...
Los Angeles (AFP). A coalition of US states has urged President Donald Trump to lift a ban on fetal tissue research in a bid to help scientists developing ...
Paris (AFP). The Tokyo Olympics and Euro 2020 have both fallen victim to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic with global sports coming to a complete ...
Sydney (AFP). Australia coach Justin Langer is encouraging his players to see a "silver lining" from the coronavirus shutdown of sport and enjoy the "nirvana" of ...
Bergamo (Italy) (AFP). An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday sent more of its dead to nearby towns for cremation as ...
London (AFP). England bowler James Anderson is determined that the coronavirus will not end his illustrious career as he focuses on keeping fit by taking part ...
Jerusalem (AFP). Israel's Benny Gantz called for an emergency unity government after being elected parliament speaker Thursday, surprise developments that ...
Paris (AFP). High-level sports was one of the first social activities shut down by the coronavirus pandemic and many athletes, who play in front of crowds and ...
Washington (AFP). The 104th Indianapolis 500 was moved from May 24 to August 23 on Thursday by IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the wake ...
A US diplomat has accused China of “turning Covid-19 into a global threat,” criticising Beijing's lack of transparency. The remarks add to growing tensions ...
Twickenham (United Kingdom) (AFP). England coach Eddie Jones is to join other top officials at Twickenham in taking a pay cut of more than 25 percent for up ...
Brussels (AFP). The Erasmus hospital in Brussels is on a war footing. Dozens of beds are lined up at a triage centre alongside accident and emergency, ahead ...
Geneva (AFP). Switzerland on Thursday joined the small group of countries to declare more than 10,000 officially-recorded cases of COVID-19, as it launched ...
Johannesburg (AFP). South Africa braced for a nationwide lockdown Thursday, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an ...
Washington (AFP). US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he approved of American cruise lines incorporating themselves domestically if they want to ...
