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The 6,156 new infections bring Germany's tally from 67,366 to 73,522, a jump of 9.1 per cent which is slightly higher than in recent days (the daily infection count is shown on this graph).... Read more »

CORONAVIRUS is currently gripping the world, as global cases move towards one million, but an expert warned three years ago about the importance of transparency during a pandemic.... Read more »

VLADIMIR PUTIN has been urged to tell the truth by concerned Russians as strict lockdown measures are imposed across the country.... Read more »

HURRICANE season for the Atlantic Ocean is not due to start for a few months, but across the world a number of tropical systems are currently being monitored.... Read more »

Anan Sahoh, 56, was found slumped on the passenger train on Monday after he was earlier seen 'coughing and vomiting'. CCTV footage from Bangkok showed him spitting in a man's face.... Read more »

EXPERTS fear as many as 200,000 people could die as coronavirus sweeps through America.... Read more »

SCIENTISTS in China fear a newly discovered, mutant coronavirus which causes sufferers to be infectious for well over a month - further complicating the fight against the disease.... Read more »

Duterte made the comments on Monday evening in a televised address to the nation, which is largely on lockdown due to the pandemic.... Read more »

Archaeologists have uncovered a sacred plaza in Iraq that was used to appease Ningirsu - a hero-god of war. Some 5,000 years ago, where people held feasts, rituals and animal sacrifices in the pit.... Read more »

The San Rafael waterfall in Ecuador has run dry.  Local officials have traced the cause to a large sinkhole that opened beneath the river that once fed the falls, caused by ground erosion.... Read more »

The Pentagon is ordering 100,000 body bags as experts predict the coronavirus will claim the lives of more than 200,000 Americans and a report suggested the Trump admin was warned.... Read more »

A nurse strangled his doctor girlfriend before telling police officers that he unleashed the attack because she gave him Covid-19, prosecutors say.... Read more »

GLOBAL coronavirus infections near million mark after "near exponential growth" saw global cases more than double in the past week.... Read more »

CHINA has covered-up the extent of the virus, according to US intelligence.... Read more »

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump admitted he fears Iran or its proxies have planned a sneak attack on the US targets in Iraq.... Read more »

China secured more than two billion masks and 25 million pieces of protective clothing from overseas before the coronavirus outbreak reached pandemic levels, it has been revealed. ... Read more »

CORONAVIRUS was covered-up by the Chinese government when it broke-out in Wuhan and those who spoke out about it were arrested and oppressed, worsening the outbreak and spread of the disease, a Chinese whistleblower sensationally claimed... Read more »

Popular dating app Tinder is now offering Australian singles in isolation free access to its 'Passport' feature so they can connect with anyone, anywhere in the world.... Read more »

FOLLOWING the news that President Donald Trump accepted Moscow's offer of help, it has now been revealed that a Russinan military plane carrying medical supplies and personal protective equipment is en route to the US.... Read more »

Sister Maria Annetta Ribet, 85, is the most recent among six nuns from the same convent in Tortona, northern Italy, to have died from coronavirus after 19 sisters got infected last month.... Read more »

The analysis by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting global supply chains and international trade. With nearly 100 countries closing national borders during the past month, the... Read more »

Scientists suspect the coronavirus passed to humans from animals. Some of the earliest infections were found in people who had exposure to a wildlife market in the central city of Wuhan, where bats, snakes, civets and... Read more »

BAT has already started pre-clinical testing on animals, of a plant-based vaccine via US biotech subsidiary Kentucky BioProcessing. Philip Morris, on the other hand, through its partially-owned Canadian unit Medicago, expects to start human trials of... Read more »

While its rank-and-file do essential work, its leadership shamefully appeases Beijing — and spurns Taiwan.... Read more »

Wuhan doctor Ai Fen, who expressed early concerns about the coronavirus to the media, has disappeared and is believed detained by Chinese authorities.... Read more »

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday mandated that all new arrivals to the country must be placed into quarantine.... Read more »

Afghanistan and the Taliban will begin a long-awaited prisoner exchange this week, the Taliban and sources within the government said Wednesday.... Read more »

China reported a surge in new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday after it included asymptomatic cases in its daily update for the first time.... Read more »

Spain has the world's second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 9,053 lives after a record 864 people died over the past 24 hours, while the number of confirmed cases reached 102,136.... Read more »

Police in South Korea arrested a woman after she gave birth in a public restroom then threw the newborn baby out a window, according to reports.... Read more »

The U.N. chief said at the launch of a report Tuesday on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 there is also a risk that the combination of the disease and its economic impact will contribute to "enhanced... Read more »

Taiwan has done a remarkable job containing the spread of the virus, with only 322 confirmed cases.... Read more »

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he has no plans to resign despite criticism from former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.... Read more »

After he himself picked up the coronavirus disease and is now in isolation, Britain's Prince Charles spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since his diagnosis.... Read more »

Leaders of three global organizations warn that governments worldwide could invite a food crisis if they don't anticipate potential consequences of their extraordinary and emergency actions to fight the coronavirus.... Read more »

A city in southeastern China is banning the consumption of dogs and cats as well as wild animals due to the coronavirus pandemic.... Read more »

A Pakistani court Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl.... Read more »

A county in central China has reportedly gone into a mid-sized lockdown amid fears of a second coronavirus wave as Beijing is trying to emerge from the deadly outbreak and revive its economy. ... Read more »

On Wednesday, April 1, Amnesty International released a statement revealing new evidence of Somali civilian deaths caused by U.S. airstrikes in February, The Independent reported. Two were killed, including a teenager and a 53-year-old farmer, and... Read more »

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering all citizens to wear masks while out in public space amid the coronavirus pandemic.... Read more »

As coronavirus cases have jumped in recent days, China is misleading the world by purposely underreporting its numbers of patients and deaths, three U.S. intelligence officials say.... Read more »

A gang of mountain goats has descended upon a town in Wales this week as residents hunkered down indoors while the United Kingdom remains on lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus.... Read more »

Even a pandemic couldn't stop this birthday party.... Read more »

A 93-year-old man in India became the oldest person in the country to survive the coronavirus pandemic, according to Indian doctors.... Read more »

The hajj pilgrimage is the biggest holy convergence in the Muslim world, but as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge around the Middle East and around the world, Saudi Arabia has called on pilgrims to halt booking amid... Read more »

The Chinese government deliberately hid the true severity of the coronavirus outbreak in their country, according to a classified document given to the White House last week by U.S. intelligence officials, Bloomberg reports. Three U.S. officials,... Read more »

The United Nations on Wednesday called the coronavirus pandemic the "most challenging crisis" the world has faced since World War II, and said the deadly virus is "attacking societies at their core."... Read more »

Don't even mention "coronavirus" by name in this former Soviet Republic.... Read more »

North Korea is getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the World Health Organization to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus.... Read more »

The Wuhan-based doctor who first raised the alarm over the coronavirus outbreak in China has reportedly gone missing. ... Read more »

All hell broke loose in a coronavirus quarantine site in the Pakistani city of Sukkur last week.... Read more »

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has remained steadfast against sweeping restriction measures that could help the spread of the coronavirus in his country.... Read more »

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian leader, announced  Monday that his government will make basic face masks mandatory for shoppers inside supermarkets in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.... Read more »

Months after the coronavirus began to surface in China, the outbreak has spread across the world, killing thousands and prompting governments to enact unprecedented containment measures.... Read more »

The coronavirus epidemic, and its global economic impact, could lead to “enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict,” the United Nations chief, considered by many to be the world’s top diplomat, warned Tuesday.... Read more »