05:52 Editor's note: As the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy and upended people's lives around the world,it has induced significant mental health problems. Cha
Burundi is pushing ahead with an election on Wednesday that will end the president's divisive and bloody 15-year rule.When President Pierre Nkurunziza hands over power,
The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark.“I have the right to do a lot of things that people
Brazil’s health minister resigned Friday after less than a month on the job in a sign of continuing upheaval over how the nation should battle the coronavirus pandemic,
06:59 An economics professor at Princeton University has warned that some states in the U.S. may be opening up its economy too soon and in a "foolish" manner – causing concern over the
17:42 While India has managed to slow down the spread of COVID-19 through what is perhaps the world's largest nationwide lockdown, the socio-economic fallout of the decision on the Sou
Could COVID-19 spell the end of scenes like this? /Carsten Koall/Getty From self-driving cars to household robots, the automation of daily tasks and increasing artificial intelligence in tech
If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another poten
People wait outside a grocery store in Washington D.C., the United States on May 10, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)"I hope this epidemic will renew a commitment to d
Dynamo Dresden placed their entire squad into a 14-day quarantine on Saturday, just a week from the restart of the Bundesliga season, after the club reported two more coronavirus cases.The decisio
Dynamo Dresden placed their entire squad into a 14-day quarantine on Saturday, just a week from the restart of the Bundesliga season, after the club reported two more coronavirus cases.The decisio
Espanyol's Chinese footballer Wu Lei during a La Liga match against Atletico Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2020. /VCG Chinese international footballer Wu Lei announced on Sunday that he
With unemployment growing at a worrying rate, we’re seeing a lot more people finding themselves in hot water when it comes to their finances. Today a startup that’s built a platform to hel
Minorities in the U.S. state of California are facing more health and economic risks in the COVID-19 pandemic, with less freedom to work from home and more anxiety ove
France's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 25,809, the world's fifth-highest behind the United States, Britain, Italy and Spain, according to figures relea
"The key issue is whether they will be allowed into the country that they are going to – and whether they will be allowed back again. For this there needs to be a common international standard… on wh
COVID-19 contact tracing apps could be vital in controlling the pandemic. /Ina Fassbender /AFP As governments around Europe look to come out of lockdown sooner or later, most acknowledge the n