Sunday, 09 August 2020 /_At least seven people died after a massive fire broke out at a hotel that was being used as a COVID-19 facility in India's southern Andhra Pradesh State early on Sunday, police said.
Wednesday, 05 August 2020_Nearly a third of Afghanistan’s population – or 10 million people – has been infected with the coronavirus, according to health ministry estimates published Wednesday.
Sunday, 02 August 2020_Top Democrats in the US Congress and the White House are still in a deadlock over a new stimulus bill to help Americans deal with the economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020_The GOP is “selling out working families” in an attempt to "enrich the corporate interests" with its new coronavirus relief proposal, the US Congress top Democrats say.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020_US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for Covid-19 but the White House said his infection poses no risk to the president or Vice President Mike Pence.
Monday, 27 July 2020 _More Americans view negatively the direction of their country than at any point during Republican Donald Trump's tenure as president, a new poll shows.
Sunday, 26 July 2020 _Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has once again waded into the complex debates on coronavirus management strategy by way of repositioning himself at the heart of British politics.
Friday, 24 July 2020 _US President Donald Trump said on Thursday states that are currently coronavirus hot spots may need to delay reopening schools by a “few weeks” but otherwise pushed for students to be able to return to classrooms en masse in the fall.
Monday, 20 July 2020_Hundreds of scientists from the US National Academy of Sciences have rebuked President Donald Trump’s “denigration of scientific expertise” over coronavirus response and other affronts.
Monday, 20 July 2020_A state morgue in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek is overwhelmed with corpses as the city becomes a new coronavirus epicentre. The former Soviet Central Asian country went into lockdown in March and this was lifted two months later.
Monday, 20 July 2020_Senior doctors are pleading with the public to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus that could “devastate” the NHS, amid concern at mixed government messages about face masks and returning to work.
Saturday, 18 July 2020_Americans debated mask mandates and the reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday as state and local officials imposed conflicting orders and cases rose by more than 70,000 across the nation for the second day in a row.
Friday, 17 July 2020_British Airways has announced it will immediately retire its entire fleet of Boeing 747 planes after the downturn in travel sparked by the coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 _Two of California's largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, will be online only in the new term, and Oregon is mandating masks outdoors as local leaders scramble to curb a rising number of coronavirus cases nationwide.
Monday, 13 July 2020_A staff member involved in the preparation of the first executions of US federal prisoners in 17 years has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Bureau of Prisons said on Sunday.
Sunday, 12 July 2020 _Thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Tel Aviv to express their anger over what they call an “inept” official response to the economic hits they have taken during the coronavirus crisis.
Saturday, 11 July 2020_The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory.