French sees effects of lockdown even as coronavirus death toll rises to 14,393

2020/04/12 20:22:03

The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak rose at a slightly slower pace on Sunday than...

From an empty church, Venezuela cardinal leads Instagram Easter Mass

2020/04/12 19:44:14

Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras led Easter Mass  on Sunday from an empty church, offering a ser...

Turkey's interior minister says resigns over short-notice coronavirus lockdown

2020/04/12 19:21:48

Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter on Sunday that he was resigning from his p...

Jordan extends closure of government offices until end of April

2020/04/12 18:42:22

Jordan on Sunday extended a month-long lockdown that has closed schools, universities and government...

Sudan bans inter-city passenger travel in bid to halt coronavirus

2020/04/12 18:21:45

Sudan announced on Sunday that it was banning all passenger road transport between cities and deploy...

Liberia coronavirus lockdown off to chaotic start

2020/04/12 18:06:44

A coronavirus lockdown in Liberia's capital Monrovia got off to a chaotic start at the weekend, as s...

Saudi Arabia extends coronavirus curfew, UAE warns on worker repatriation

2020/04/12 17:13:29

Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new inf...

Portuguese priest celebrates Easter from convertible microcar

2020/04/12 17:11:37

Father Nuno Westwood turned the sunroof of a microcar into a pulpit on Sunday to deliver an Easter s...

UK cancels order for simple ventilators, needs more complex ones: source

2020/04/12 20:18:11

Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by i...

Assange fathered two children while holed up in embassy, lawyer says

2020/04/12 19:33:01

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while ...

Moscow restricts Easter week church service as coronavirus cases mount

2020/04/12 19:01:29

Russia on Sunday reported 2,186 new coronavirus cases, the largest daily increase since the start of...

Brazilian woman, 97, becomes country's oldest coronavirus survivor

2020/04/12 18:24:49

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

Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

2020/04/12 18:10:37

More than 1.7 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and...

South Africa coronavirus cases rise to 2,173

2020/04/12 17:19:18

South Africa on Sunday reported a further 145 cases of the coronavirus, taking the total number in t...

Boris Johnson says medics saved his life as UK deaths pass 10,000 mark

2020/04/12 17:13:12

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life f...