Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

2020/04/19 13:27:51

Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.31 million globally and 158,384 people have died, a...

U.S. appeals to China to revise export rules on coronavirus medical gear

2020/04/17 23:33:18

The United States has asked China to revise new export quality control rules for protective equipmen...

Britons warned to avoid unapproved coronavirus tests

2020/04/17 23:04:07

Britons should not purchase unapproved antibody tests to find out if they have had the coronavirus, ...

Syria's Kurdish-led northeast confirms first case of coronavirus

2020/04/17 22:34:31

The Kurdish-led administration in Syria's northeast said on Friday that the World Health Organisatio...

New Zealand activist flies flag of environmental revolution with election run

2020/04/17 22:05:49

The growing green concerns that will be in the spotlight on Earth Day next week are mirrored in a ca...

China says nearly 1,300 virus deaths not counted in Wuhan, cites early lapses

2020/04/17 20:47:01

Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, or half the total, wer...

Safe sex under lockdown: Argentine official has some advice for digital lovers

2020/04/17 20:30:10

An Argentine official has given some on-air sex education for onanistic lovers in the time of the co...

'Absolute legend' British veteran raises $25 million by walking for the health service

2020/04/17 19:53:51

A 99-year-old British war veteran who has raised more than 20 million pounds ($25 million) for the h...

France coronavirus death toll nears 19,000 but spread continues to slow

2020/04/17 23:48:30

France's registered death toll from coronavirus infections neared 19,000 on Friday, but most data pr...

Brazil's Bolsonaro wants borders reopened, says worth risk

2020/04/17 23:14:55

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called for the reopening of the country's borders, as h...

Canada offers C$2.5 billion in aid for hard-hit energy sector; death toll hits 1,250

2020/04/17 22:42:19

Canada will invest C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in measures to help the hard-hit oil and gas industr...

In phone call, Mexican president floats idea of meeting with Trump

2020/04/17 22:14:30

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald ...

Rwanda uses drones to help catch lockdown transgressors

2020/04/17 20:57:24

Tech-savvy Rwanda is using drones to keep residents of the capital Kigali informed of coronavirus lo...

China's revised COVID figures are a bid to 'leave no case undocumented': WHO

2020/04/17 20:47:01

A sharp upward revision in China's coronavirus death toll on Friday was "an attempt to leave no case...

Czech lawmakers call on government to look beyond China for coronavirus supplies

2020/04/17 20:05:53

Czech lawmakers took aim on Friday at the government's decision buy protective equipment from China ...