The global trade is expected to drop by up to one third this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. "World trade is expected to fall by between 13 percent and
The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall on Sunday in Spain and the number of deaths in a 24 hour period fell for the third consecutive day, according to the Spanish Ministry for Health, Co
Central China's Hunan Province, neighboring the former coronavirus epicenter of Hubei Province, reported its first imported case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVI
People preparing food packets for the needy people on the third day of the lockdown in Kochi on March 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Stringer)NEW DELHI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The lives of Indian people have changed
The Brazilian Health Ministry reported on Friday that the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has climbed from 2,915 to 3,417. The death toll has risen from 77 to 92, represent
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East China's Zhejiang Province, one of the hard-hit regions by the COVID-19 epidemic, further downgraded its emergency response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Star
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa has climbed to 1,114 as 40 African countries reported confirmed cases as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Preve
No new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on the Chinese mainland for the third day in a row on Friday, the Chine
Anti-coronavirus supplies including 1.5 million masks donated by two Chinese foundations have arrived in Belgium and will be handed over to France, Slovenia and Belgium. This is the third batch of
Brazil's Health Ministry said on Monday that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 234, up by 34 from the previous day. Several states have already taken measures to miti
U.S. stock trading has been halted as the SP 500 plunged 7% on Monday morning triggering the third circuit breaker in two weeks amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Thailand's newly established ad hoc committee managing the COVID-19 situation on Monday announced a partial lockdown of the country to curb the spread of COVID-19. The
Burkina Faso has confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19, Minister of Health Claudine Louge announced Monday evening during a press conference. According to Louge, the two patients are a couple and
As of 9 a.m. (0900GMT) on Monday, 319 people in Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, up from 273 at the same point Sunday, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Ea
East China's Shandong Province and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have downgraded their emergency response toward the novel coronavirus outbreak. S
U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter in the second estimate, unrevised from an advance estimate, the U.S. Commerce Department reported T