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Ivory Coast PM to spend weeks in France on medical rest after heart exam 05 May 2020 - 07:20 pm

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the ruling party's candidate in this year's presidential race, will stay in France for a...

Jordan to continue night curfew even after virus outbreak 'contained' 05 May 2020 - 07:05 pm

AMMAN: Jordan is to continue to impose a daily night curfew even after containing the spread of the new coronavirus and allowing businesses...

Red Cross looks to global influencers to fight virus 'infodemic' 05 May 2020 - 05:51 pm

Geneva: The Red Cross on Tuesday launched what it said was the first global network of social media influencers to battle misinformation about...

Kenya demands probe as plane crash kills 6 over Somalia 05 May 2020 - 05:04 pm

Nairobi: Kenya's foreign ministry Tuesday called for a swift investigation after a humanitarian plane helping the fight against coronavirus crashed in Somalia in...

South African airline Comair enters business rescue 05 May 2020 - 04:57 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Comair said on Tuesday that it has entered voluntary business rescue - South Africa's bankruptcy protection process - after a nationwide lockdown...

S Korea has low daily increase as sports resume 05 May 2020 - 03:11 pm

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Tuesday reported its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases since Feb. 18, continuing a downward trend...

China reports 1 new virus case, no deaths 05 May 2020 - 03:05 pm

BEIJING - China reported one new case of coronavirus Tuesday and no deaths, marking three weeks since it recorded a COVID-19 fatality. The...

Austria says reopening shops has not accelerated coronavirus infections 05 May 2020 - 02:47 pm

VIENNA: Austria's first loosening of its coronavirus lockdown three weeks ago, in which thousands of shops reopened, has not led to a new...

US milestone of 100,000 virus deaths likely by June 05 May 2020 - 02:22 pm

Washington - US President Donald Trump now says his worst-case coronavirus scenario would be 100,000 deaths, but the country will probably reach that...

WHO urges countries to investigate early COVID-19 cases 05 May 2020 - 02:04 pm

GENEVA - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously...

Pfizer, BioNTech set to begin U.S. coronavirus vaccine trial 05 May 2020 - 01:50 pm

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Tuesday they have begun delivering doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines for initial human testing in...

France's early COVID-19 case may hold clues to pandemic's start 05 May 2020 - 01:47 pm

LONDON - A study by French scientists which suggests a man was infected with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month...

Pakistan to ease lockdown amid COVID-19 05 May 2020 - 12:50 pm

Karachi, Pakistan - Pakistan on Tuesday reported over 1,300 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, as the government intends to further...

Russia's virus cases rise by over 10,000 for third day 05 May 2020 - 12:38 pm

Moscow - Russia cemented its place as the European country reporting the highest number of new coronavirus infections Tuesday as its total cases...

Thailand may impose a two-hour limit on shopping mall visits 05 May 2020 - 12:28 pm

Thailand’s prime minister raised the prospect of a two-hour time limit on shopping mall visits to help curb the novel coronavirus. The number...

U.K. scientists advised ministers to ‘gradually’ ease lockdown 05 May 2020 - 12:21 pm

U.K. scientists advised the government to try a gradual easing of restrictions when its coronavirus lockdown is lifted, saying a stop-start approach could...