In front of empty shelves at a local pharmacy store in central London, Marina Georgallides, who was seeking hand gels, found herself disappointed again. "We have been to several stores, but failed t
Editor's note: This is the seventh article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. It contains the latest figures as of 3 p.m. BJT (0700 GMT) on March 9, 2020. Here is the last one.The number of count
02:55 Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, has seen the number of new infections declining and that of recovered patients growing steadily after more than two mon
As the coronavirus hits more states, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday his campaign is gauging when it may become necessary to cancel the lar
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, at a past event. /Getty Images Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhanon Saturday und
As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that non
Well, here we are. After many weeks (and a somewhat inconsistent publishing schedule), we have arrived at the final story of Ted Chiang’s Exhalation collection, number nine of nine. It has been a fun
"I heard from people and the internet that the source of this virus comes from an atomic bomb that has leaked somehow," said Abdul Qader in a narrow alley of Kabul's busy Bird Street market while
President Donald Trump has replaced acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney after 14 months on the job, tweeting late Friday that he has tapped Rep. Mark Meadow
Iran on Friday called for international help for its fight against the raging epidemic caused by COVID-19. Meanwhile, a state of emergency took effect in Palestine where nine new cases of infect
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) may cancel games in the continent or order matches to be played behind closed doors if the COVID-19 outbreak worsens, the authority said on Friday."If t
Thousands of Indians welcomed spring in a rainbow of colours Thursday, celebrating the annual festival of Holi even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would stay away from festivities due to
To show their solidarity with the Chinese people against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an elementary school in the U.S. city of Chicago has donated 5,760 surgical masks, 250 sets of isolation
02:58 Production activities have been ramped across Chinaup as the impact of the novel coronavirus recedes. Limited somewhat by the need to implement epidemic prevention measures, 79 p
A swarm of desert locusts invade parts of Mwingi Town in Kitui County, Kenya, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)Unexpected heavy rains in different parts of Kenya present fresh challenges to farmers bat
South Korea struggled to find enough beds for its sick, Italy grappled with a rising number of deaths and concern grew over an expanding outbreak in the United States o
Over a month after falling ill, Cheng Chuchu (pseudonym), in the city of Wuhan, the heart of the novel coronavirus outbreak, was "free" at last. She could finally leav