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UK PM stays isolated with mild symptoms, urges public to remain indoors

The Prime Minister's official spokesman told a Westminster briefing: "The Prime Minister continues to have mild symptoms, but he does still have symptoms". "I'v...

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada for April 2

More than 175,000 food service jobs in Quebec have been lost because of the COVID-19 crisis, and several may never return. If current conditions continue, Res...

Newborn twins in India named Corona and Covid

The mother told a newspaper in India that she had difficulty during the delivery so she and her husband wanted to make it "memorable". So, when the couple was d...

Another 708 die of coronavirus in United Kingdom, biggest jump in a day

A 13-year-old boy from London, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, died last week, days after testing positive for Covid-19. Senior minister Michael Gove told a daily ...

'Shameful': Dems Hit Trump for Firing of Intel IG Atkinson

Mr Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee on Friday night of his decision to fire Mr Atkinson. "As is the case with regard to other positions wh...

UK's Labour Party has a new chief

He also apologised to the Jewish community for the "stain of anti-Semitism" in the party, a crisis that rocked predecessor Jeremy Corbyn's election hopes. Pri...

President Trump meets with sports leaders ahead of Saturday briefing

Joining White will be National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, NHL commissione...

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to Deepen Partnership with Georgia, Ukraine

According to Stoltenberg, the package of support, which will be approved tomorrow, is an additional one to the existing packages. During the meeting, the foreig...

Navy Capt. Crozier's coronavirus decision was the right thing to do

Reuters first reported last week that the US armed forces would start keeping from the public some data about infections within its ranks. On Tuesday, a lette...

Spain overtakes Italy in number of coronavirus cases

The new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of them in Italy , Spain and France, according to a rep...

Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic broke European Union law on refugees: Court

After Warsaw, Budapest and Prague refused to contribute to the effort, the European Commission referred them to the Court back in 2017 for an infringement of th...

94% of the COVID-19 Infected People in China are Cured

With white flowers pinned to their clothing, they paid silent tribute in front of a national flag flying at half-staff outside the Huairen Hall, one mainly used...

Parents Charged With Child Endangerment for Hosting Party During Pandemic

In addition to being charged with violating Murphy's order, the Kaufmans were charged with six counts of child endangerment - one count for each of their chil...

Anyone Coming Near Trump, Pence Will Get COVID-19 Test

The policy change comes as public health officials are concerned that those without symptoms can spread the virus which causes COVID-19. "I took it really out o...

Cuomo orders shift in ventilators to overwhelmed hospitals

State Sen. George Borrello, R-Chautauqua, said he was "shocked" by the executive order . Cuomo warned on Thursday that the state was six days away from runni...

German Official Says US Swooped On Masks At Bangkok Airport

An anonymous USA senior official on Thursday rejected allegations, according to AFP. DW Chief political correspondent Michaela Küfner said: "What is being ...

UK Records Over 500 Daily COVID-19 Deaths For First Time

As of 9 am on 4 April 2020, 183,190 people have been tested, of which 41,903 were confirmed positive. "As of 5pm on 3 April, of those hospitalised in the Unit...

UK's Labour names Keir Starmer leader as party trails in polls

A former United Kingdom chief prosecutor named after Labour Party co-founder Keir Hardie, Starmer faces the challenge of reuniting a party deeply divided over...

Romans-sur-Isère: Two killed and others wounded in France knife attack

The victims were people who had ventured out of their homes to go shopping for essentials. Emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident in the tow...

Russian Federation sends planeload of medical supplies to US

Russian Federation has already closed its borders and grounded all global flights to help prevent new cases. Earlier this week, the Russian parliament empower...

Confirmed COVID-19 cases globally exceed 1 million

The US leads the world in total number of cases, though its mortality rate is considerably lower than Italy or Spain, which have the next largest numbers of cas...

World Health Organization urges Middle East to act fast against coronavirus

He said although African countries, as well as locations in Central and South America, had recorded "relatively lower numbers" of cases of infection, the effect...

Rump Fires Intelligence Watchdog Who Had Key Role in Ukraine Complaint

Atkinson, because he lost confidence in him, the president wrote in a letter to leaders of the two congressional intelligence committees. "It is extremely imp...

China’s Hubei province reports four new coronavirus deaths as of April 2

Some restrictions in Hubei have been eased in recent weeks after the officially stated number of new infections in China dropped to near zero. "It could have ...

NY to redistribute health equipment to hospitals fighting coronavirus

And I'm not going to get into a situation where we know we're we are running out of ventilators, and we could have people dying because there were no ventilator...

Bus driver who posted video about coughing rider dies after contracting coronavirus

On Wednesday night, the 50-year-old died of Covid-19, according to Mayor Mike Duggan and the drivers' union. Glenn Tolbert, the head of the union, told the D...

Prince Charles to open NHS Nightingale to treat Covid-19 patients

The new National Health Service hospital will only care for people with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and patients will only be assig...

Robert F. Kennedy's Granddaughter And Son Drown In Accident

The identity of the boaters was confirmed by Ms McKean's husband, David McKean , to theWashington Post . The Kennedys are reportedly gathered at a waterfron...

Iraq has confirmed thousands more COVID-19 cases than reported, medics say

He said: "Don't be mislead by usual warmongers, again, Donald Trump ". Recent intelligence suggesting Iranian-backed forces in Iraq are actively plotting t...

Brothers Andrew and Chris Cuomo talk about coronavirus on TV

Coronavirus-stricken CNN anchor Chris Cuomo called in to his brother's Albany press briefing Thursday, telling Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he can "barely ....

Free childcare for Australian workers amid COVID-19 pandemic: PM

The country's daily infection rate has dropped to single digits from nearly 30% just two weeks ago. More than 5300 Australians have caught the virus, while ar...

Federal judge refuses to postpone Wisconsin primary

You can also obtain a new ballot at the City Hall Accessible Vote Center from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. every weekday. He also pushed back the state's deadline to request...

World Bank fast-tracks $1 billion Covid-19 support for India

India has got the lion's share of World Bank's first dole out related to the COVID-19 pandemic-a whopping $1 billion. The World Bank Group is prepared to depl...

Coronavirus: DPM Heng Swee Keat to unveil additional support measures next week

The aid for these various groups will help tide them over the weeks ahead, up to at least a month, he said. He urged people to avoid panic buying, which the i...

Trump invokes act for ventilator production

Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel ...