Lockdown lifted, Wuhan's residence committees keep watch

2020/04/16 05:48:52

The lockdown of the Chinese city of Wuhan may have lifted, but Feng Jing keeps watching the 5,400 re...

Brazil likely has 12 times more coronavirus cases than official count, study finds

2020/04/14 00:15:44

Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by t...

Ecuadorian firefighter livens up coronavirus lockdown playing trumpet

2020/04/13 23:31:50

With Ecuador in lockdown to battle one of the worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus in Latin Americ...

U.S., Taliban officials meet to discuss prisoner release dispute: Taliban spokesman

2020/04/13 22:59:12

The chief U.S. negotiator and the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks on Monday with Taliba...

Turkish parliament passes bill to release thousands from prison amid coronavirus

2020/04/13 22:43:31

Turkey's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of pris...

China denies city discriminating against 'African brothers'

2020/04/13 22:26:15

China dismissed on Monday allegations leveled by African and U.S. diplomats that foreigners of Afric...

UK to remain in lockdown as coronavirus deaths rise above 11,000

2020/04/13 21:58:42

The death toll from COVID-19 in British hospitals rose to 11,329 on Monday and the government, which...

Brazil moves to protect indigenous tribes from coronavirus

2020/04/13 21:53:03

The Brazilian government has banned non-indigenous people from entering tribal lands to stop the spr...

Brazil minister urges unified voice as Bolsonaro downplays coronavirus

2020/04/14 00:15:44

Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the...

China appoints Sun Jinlong as new environment ministry party head

2020/04/13 23:56:04

China has appointed Sun Jinlong as the new Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and ...

U.N. agencies: 117 million children may miss measles shots due to COVID-19

2020/04/13 23:12:27

More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID-19 pandem...

Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz say near unity deal to end political deadlock

2020/04/13 22:49:21

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz were nearing a deal on Tues...

Argentine city digs hundreds of graves amid pandemic even as curve flattens

2020/04/13 22:29:38

A city government in the central Argentine province of Cordoba has dug around 250 graves, anticipati...

Austria reopening thousands of shops in first loosening of lockdown

2020/04/13 22:05:11

Thousands of shops across Austria will reopen on Tuesday as it becomes one of the first countries in...

Britain to remain in lockdown till at least May 7: the Times

2020/04/13 21:58:42

British foreign minister Dominic Raab is set to announce on Thursday that the lockdown in the countr...