-- 2020-04-29 16:24:48
The departing UN human rights envoy for Myanmar has said its military may be committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states, where fighting between government troops and...
-- 2020-04-29 16:00:28
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of their baby. Johnson’s office says Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy at a London hos...
Reuters 2020-04-29 13:45:38
Germany on Wednesday reported 1,304 more cases of the novel coronavirus while the number of deaths rose by 202 compared to the previous day, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases...
Reuters 2020-04-29 10:52:09
A veteran of organising elections and pilgrimages in stifling dust and heat, Indian bureaucrat Pranabjyoti Nath sees a precious opportunity in the coronavirus crisis - documenting the country's legion...
-- 2020-04-29 10:10:53
The US coronavirus death toll climbed above 58,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War, as Florida’s governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss an easi...
-- 2020-04-29 10:02:05
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump's remark that COVID-19 may be treated by injecting infect...
-- 2020-04-28 21:48:16
Buy a mask and let his family go hungry, or buy food and go out into the crowded city without one - that is the stark choice facing Hayatullah Khan, an Afghan labourer whose daily earnings have fallen...
Xinhua 2020-04-28 19:46:28
Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 3 million on Monday, reaching 3,002,303 as of 1 p.m. (1700 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....
-- 2020-04-28 18:15:47
US President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsaf...
Xinhua 2020-04-28 16:08:02
No coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths were reported on the Chinese mainland for the 13th straight day until Monday, the health authorities said Tuesday. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had rea...
Reuters 2020-04-28 16:03:47
Kim Jong Un may have missed a key holiday on April 15 because of concerns over the coronavirus, not because he is ill, South Korea’s minister for North Korean affairs said on Tuesday. North K...
REUTERS 2020-04-28 15:55:13
China has criticised India’s decision to stop using Chinese testing kits for the novel coronavirus because of quality issues as unfair and irresponsible in the latest strain in their ties. The...
-- 2020-04-28 14:00:41
Malaysia's Deputy Health Minister Noor Azmi Ghazali and Perak executive council member Razman Zakaria have been jointly charged with 13 others at the Magistrate's Court after they were all pictured ha...
Reuters 2020-04-28 13:18:15
Claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan have no basis in fact, the head of the lab told Reuters news agency, adding that there were still no conclu...
Reuters 2020-04-28 11:35:44
Scientists at New York City’s health department have begun to analyse the novel coronavirus’s genetic material to allow them to trace the origins of any future outbreaks in the coming mont...
Reuters 2020-04-28 10:35:21
For 15 years, Siti Zabedah Abdul Wahab’s family food business has opened for one month a year, selling murtabak, a pan-fried bread stuffed with meat, at Malaysia’s popular Ramadan bazaars....
-- 2020-04-28 10:32:43
As more Japanese restaurants shut down and people stay home during the country’s state of emergency to fight the coronavirus, experts say rats may be expanding their search for food to deserted...
-- 2020-04-28 09:52:08
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trump’s blocking of funds for the World Health Organization, giving the State De...
-- 2020-04-27 21:30:40
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday asked state governments of the country to stop using coronavirus testing equipment brought from China because of conflicting results. More than hal...
Xinhua 2020-04-27 18:39:30
Vietnam reports no new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the third day in a row, with its total confirmed cases remaining at 270, according to its Ministry of Health. The country on Monday announced that thr...
AP 2020-04-27 16:41:21
Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-projects. Egypt and Lebanon face a blow as their workers in th...
-- 2020-04-27 16:26:01
Spain, which has been one of the worst hit-countries in the coronavirus pandemic, has reported its lowest daily death toll in more than a month. Its health ministry said earlier that 288 more people...
-- 2020-04-27 16:21:22
Researchers at a Hong Kong university say they have developed an antiviral coating which could provide 90 days of "significant" protection against bacteria and viruses such as the one causing COVID-19...
-- 2020-04-27 16:10:50
New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of COVID-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days - one on Sunday – country’s Prime...
Reuters 2020-04-27 11:58:30
It is a Ramadan like never before for Muslims across Asia as mosques that would normally be packed for prayers are deserted and in some places locked up as governments enforced measures to stem the sp...
-- 2020-04-27 11:39:22
Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King Sal...
Reuters 2020-04-27 11:07:51
South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill or is being isolated because of coronavirus concerns, emphasising that they have detected no...
-- 2020-04-27 10:57:17
More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID-19 patients, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s app...
-- 2020-04-27 10:04:10
Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March. Prime Minister Giuse...
REUTERS 2020-04-27 09:49:34
A Saudi Arabia-led coalition said on Monday all parties need to return to the status that existed before the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen declared an emergency in Aden, according to a...
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