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USA state obtains ‘game-changing’ virus tests from South Korea

Not long after, Vice President Mike Pence appeared at the podium during the briefing, and said the administration would make federal and military facilities...

Italy mulls psychological tests to gauge impact of coronavirus lockdown

But such a decision would be irresponsible. "It would make the contagion curve rise uncontrollably and would jeopardise all the efforts that we've made until no...

Families sue helicopter firm for crash that killed Kobe Bryant

In both suits - obtained by TMZ - the surviving family members claim Island Express negligently and carelessly breached its duty to own, lease, manage, mainta...

Trump blasts criticism of coronavirus testing as partisan attack

NY state has the most number of coronavirus infections, with 247,215 cases and over 18,000 deaths; followed by New Jersey with over 85,000 cases and more than 4...

Politicians continue to argue as COVID-19 claims 160 more Canadians

The Conservatives are the lone holdout against the plan and are expected to vote against it. The motion included the one in-person sitting a week, and also th...

Nothing hidden from member states, CDC experts on board: World Health Organization chief

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was aware of real-time information on the novel coronavirus pandemic as early as the crisis unfolded, said a...

Bolsonaro hopes quarantine measures end this week in Brazil

Brandishing placards and flags, hundreds of people drove by motorcade to Sunday's rally, which was held outside army headquarters in the capital Brasilia. Polls...

Coronavirus: Governors ask Trump to call off lockdown protests

Mr. Trump said the production of tests was "surging". Vice President Mike Pence said that every USA state had the ability to do enough testing to allow prel...

Korea reports 13 more cases of new coronavirus, total at 10,647

South Korea on Sunday reported eight new coronavirus cases, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,661, with the daily increase falling to a single dig...

Muslims in the USA are annoyed following Trump's Ramadan restrictions

The lunar fasting month, set to begin next week , is marked by intense worshipping, but most Muslim countries have closed mosques and suspended mass prayers to...

Australia Demands CCP Virus Enquiry, Adding to Pressure on China

The rate of increase in new cases has been below 1 percent for seven consecutive days - much lower than in many other countries. Payne's call for an inquiry t...

North Korea's Kim Jong-un 'in grave danger' after leader 'undergoes surgery'

The reclusive leader missed the celebration of his grandfather's birthday, the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15, sparking speculations about his heal...

On Mob-Killing Of Sadhus, Uddhav Thackeray's Assurance To Amit Shah | Read

The Palghar Police said 101 people have been remanded to police custody till 30 April and nine of them have been sent to juvenile home. The police have so f...

Coronavirus outbreak: NY to send 400 ventilators to MA

While a test can be 99 percent accurate in it specificity, meaning scientists know roughly how numerous tests were accurate as a percentage, sensitivity is more...

NYC Mayor Announces No Public Events In June

This includes parades, festivals and concerts. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has canceled city event permits for the month of June, an extension of h...

Denver Health Care Workers Clash with Lockdown Protesters

Photojournalist Alyson McClaran told the New York Times that the pair of healthcare employees stood in the street to block protesters that had congregated Col...

Coronavirus breakthrough: Hope for small businesses as Trump announces relief deal

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer had said he hoped a deal could be reached on Sunday evening, although he cautioned that many issues remained. Under thi...

Hong Kong police detain 15 veteran democracy activists in raids

Hong Kong police yesterday arrested 14 activists in raids on charges of illegal assembly, in the biggest crackdown on the territory's pro-democracy movement si...

Coronavirus: China adjusts death toll up by 50% in "Wuhan" city

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have exceeded 2.2 million globally, with the death toll surpassing 153,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Around that t...

A mixed bag this week, including more rain and cold

We will see some good sunshine throughout the day. This is a 5% chance for significant severe weather. The first wave of storms moved through the northern par...

New Zealand to ease virus lockdown next week

A short while ago, Prime Minister Ardern confirmed Aotearoa would roll back the Stage 4 restrictions as of Monday, April 27th. We also considered moving alert l...

France's coronavirus death toll nears 18,000, but some good omens

But in more positive news, the total numbers in hospital fell for the third day in a row - with 115 fewer patients - and the numbers in intensive care fell for ...

Global coronavirus death toll hits 150,000 - Johns Hopkins tally

The figure was reached on tallies kept by both Reuters news agency, and the widely-referred to dashboard run by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resou...

Coronavirus: Richard Branson warns of Virgin Atlantic collapse without government loan

Any loan to Virgin Atlantic would be on commercial terms and fully repayable, the entrepreneur said, citing 600 million pounds ($746 million) in United Kingdom ...

Cuomo: ‘You can get married via Zoom’ during coronavirus outbreak

Cuomo's remarks follow President Donald Trump's push towards reopening the USA economy. He emphasised that while the data is good news, there's still a long w...

Israel to ease some coronavirus restrictions, Netanyahu says

Speaking at the protest, Member of Parliament Yair Lapid criticized Netanyahu and Parliament Speaker Benny Gantz, until recently Lapid's political partner in th...

TikTok user goes viral when viewers spot 'intruder' on stairs

The original video has racked up over 1.7 million views, while a follow-up video of Reu - the name he signs off with on his posts - reacting to the "creepy" s...

Russian Federation confirms 6,060 new cases of coronavirus

Vladimir Putin , president of Russian Federation, ordered the federal government to supply every day forecasts of the unfold of the novel coronavirus as the na...

United Kingdom government defends sending protective equipment to China

Michael Gove, one of the senior Cabinet ministers leading the response to the pandemic, admitted that Johnson had not chaired five meetings of the United Kingdo...

NY says over peak, as Trump's lockdown exit plan draws fire

As protesters clogged streets with cars, healthcare workers in scrubs and face masks stood at intersections in counterprotest. "They want to go back to work". B...

Coronavirus: NZ charter flights for stranded United Kingdom travellers

The latest flights are scheduled for London from Ahmedabad on April 20, 22, 24, 26; from Amritsar on April 21, 23, 25 and 27; from Bangalore (via Ahmedabad) on ...

Germany charts lockdown exit with virus 'under control'

In layman's terms, each person infected with the disease in Germany is infecting less than one other person, on average. We will see whether that remains stab...

Trump Warns China Could Face 'Consequences' if it 'Deliberately' Spread Coronavirus Pandemic

Also during the press briefing, the president compared the United States mortality rate from coronavirus to other countries. President Donald Trump again ...

Chief: Man ambushed 3 Texas officers in his home, killing 1

He had been with SMPD for five and a half years after graduating from Texas State University. "We lost a fine young man, a faithful officer and friend last ni...

Schools can reopen from April 29, Jacinda Ardern announces

The man, aged in his 70s, died in his Kingswell home on Tuesday evening. Overseas the average is 2.5 people. The total of confirmed and probable cases in New...