An official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday criticized a local public broadcaster's program as breaching the one-China pri
Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61. Diffie's death was announce
Airport officials screening and sanitizing passengers at Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport in efforts to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Uganda currently has no case of COVID-19. /PHOTO: Ugand
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattal el-Sisi ordered schools and universities to shut down in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. COVID-19 cases in Egypt have hit 150, according to Egyptian Mi
02:03 U.S. airports have been beset with long lines of people rushing to return home from Europe.In Chicago, more than 3,000 people were stuck for hours inside O'Hare airport Saturday.
The Rwandan government on Friday urged its citizens to be vigilant in the face of the global spread of COVID-19, warning people to avoid handshakes and close body contact such as hugging. "Rwanda has
Cameroon's Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Friday the country's first case of COVID-19. The patient is a French national of 58 years old, who arrived in Yaounde on Feb. 24, according to a stat
PHNOM PENH, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday encouraged people to avoid shaking hands in order to help prevent the COVID-19 infection. Instead of shakin
The anti-epidemic efforts taken by Shanghai have proved effective as the city saw decreasing number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection in recent days, a
A Chinese UN envoy on Friday called on the international community to remain vigilant against the resurgence of global terrorism, as the counterterrorism situation is
China's securities regulator said the novel coronavirus outbreak has limited impact on China's stock market and the long-term trend of the market remains unchanged. Th
China's securities regulator said the novel coronavirus outbreak has limited impact on China's stock market and the long-term trend of the market remains unchanged.The opening of stock market trad
By APD writer Rishika ChauhanNew Delhi, Feb. 2, (APD) - On Sunday morning an Air India flight carrying 323 Indian nationals and seven Maldivians, reached Delhi airport
02:01 Despite foreign embassies offering to transport their citizens out of Wuhan in central China amid the coronavirus outbreak, some foreign residents have decided to stay. Rui Sever
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has raised the alert level to 3 over Taal Volcano after it rumbled back to life and spewed a column of ash one kilometer into the
The U.S. government issued a travel advisory on Monday, urging its citizens to stay alert while traveling in Israel and Palestine. The U.S. embassy in Israel noted in a release that "heightened tens