India, Pakistan plan to restart some economic activity during coronavirus lockdown

2020/04/13 21:45:41

India and Pakistan are planning to partially reopen their economies to minimise the cost of restrict...

U.N. says Saudi deportations of Ethiopian migrants risks spreading coronavirus

2020/04/13 21:03:10

The United Nations said on Monday that deportations of illegal migrant workers by Saudi Arabia to Et...

Bogota metro work start could be delayed six months over coronavirus restrictions

2020/04/13 20:50:08

The start of work on Colombian capital Bogota's first metro line could be delayed by at least six mo...

China's new coronavirus cases rise to near six-week high

2020/04/13 01:29:29

China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a ri...

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament meets amid global pandemic

2020/04/13 00:11:17

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament gathered on Sunday, a day after leader Kim Jong Un presided ov...

El Salvador president threatens drivers violating coronavirus rules

2020/04/12 23:02:47

President Nayib Bukele said anyone driving cars in El Salvador without having justification for bein...

Former Israeli chief rabbi dies after contracting coronavirus

2020/04/12 21:46:29

A former Israeli chief rabbi has died after contracting the coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Net...

Britain at its best in a crisis, says Prince William

2020/04/12 21:03:40

Prince William has said Britain is at its best in a crisis, his office said on Sunday, the latest in...

Promising 'better days,' Macron extends France's lockdown until May 11

2020/04/13 21:21:40

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced he was extending a virtual lockdown to curb the...

Canada's Quebec to ramp up inspections of homes for elderly after 31 die in Montreal facility

2020/04/13 20:58:15

The Quebec government on Monday said it was putting the safety and general conditions of the provinc...

Kiev authorities seal off Orthodox monastery that became coronavirus hotspot

2020/04/13 20:31:41

Authorities in Kiev sealed off a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery on Monday after reporti...

Great-grandmother, 97, becomes Brazil's oldest coronavirus survivor

2020/04/13 00:13:25

When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalized on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms, f...

African ambassadors complain to China over 'discrimination' in Guangzhou

2020/04/12 23:34:40

African ambassadors in China have written to the country's foreign minister over what they call disc...

Erdogan rejects Turkish minister's resignation after coronavirus lockdown criticism

2020/04/12 21:50:54

President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey's interior minister, who said ...

Erdogan rejects Turkish interior minister's resignation: presidency

2020/04/12 21:16:25

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has not accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Suleyman Soyl...