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Live COVID-19 Updates: COVID-19 deaths surpass 14,000 in India, total cases 440,215

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - NEW DELHI -- Deaths due to COVID-19 crossed the 14,000 mark, reaching 14,011, as the total cases reached 440,2

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Beijing reports 13 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported 13 newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, two suspected cases and one asymptomatic case on Monday, the municipal health commission s

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Kurdish officials in Syria hope for U.S. sanctions exemption

Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria are in talks with their military allies in a U.S.-led coalition over a promised exemption from U.S. sanctions targeting th

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COVID-19 conundrum in Pakistan: To control virus or ignore poverty?

The coronavirus is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, and overwhelmed hospitals are turning away patients. But the government is pushing ahead with opening up the country

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Live COVID-19 updates: Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 50,000

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's death toll from the novel coronavirus has climbed to 50,617 after 641 patients died

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Over 40 mysterious respiratory deaths in California could rewrite narrative of COVID-19: report

More than 40 California deaths are waiting for a decision by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on whether to test for COVID-19, and any positive find

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Chinese mainland reports 18 new COVID-19 cases

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 18 newly confirmed COVID-19 cas

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S.Korea reports 17 more COVID-19 cases, 12,438 in total

South Korea reported 17 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 12,438. The da

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Iraqi football legend Radhi dies from COVID-19

Iraqi football player Ahmed Radhi (L) speaks next to Iraqi Islamic Party member Alaa Maki, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 8, 2007. /AP File Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi died Sunday from compli

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Chinese mainland reports 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 18 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of whom 11 were domestically transmi

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Beijing reports 9 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported nine newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, two suspected cases and five asymptomatic cases Sunday, the municipal health commission

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Spain reopens its borders as state of emergency comes to an end

Passengers wearing masks and wheeling suitcases arrived at Madrid’s main airport on Sunday as Spain opened its borders to most European countries and ended a state of e

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Serbians head to polls in Europe's first post-lockdown election

Serbians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe's first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect three months ago, with the ruling conservatives expected

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Update: Beijing reports 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

A medic (R) takes sample from a citizen at the sample collecting post at Haidian Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, June 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)BEIJING, June 21

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Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Italy drop below 3,000

The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Italy decreased to 2,793 on Friday, 242 fewer from a day earlier, the country's Civil Protection Department said. Active infections stood at 21,543, a

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R&D Roundup: Automated peach sniffers, orbital opportunity and AI accessibility

I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world o

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Trump shared a deceptive video blaming ‘fake news.’ Twitter just labeled it as fake

The same day that Facebook removed a set of Trump campaign ads for violating the company’s rules against hate symbols, the president continued to push the envelope with his social media presence