An elderly Frenchman diagnosed with COVID-19 died on Tuesday, bringing the coronavirus death toll to four in France, where confirmed cases rose in the last 24 hours to 212, said Health General Direc
Migrants wait on the Turkey-Greece border buffer zone, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district. Ozan Kose/AFP Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blocked any new asylum applications to the c
VCG The coronavirus outbreak will have a major impact on economic growth worldwide this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned Monday as it lowered its
Death toll over infection of the new coronavirus, officially named as COVID-19, has risen to 66 in Iran, said the latest report by Iran's Ministry of Health and Medica
England has confirmed three more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in Britain to 23, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty said Saturday
03:28 With new confirmed COVID-19 cases outside China exceeding the nation's tally, the epidemic is becoming a global menace. Other than Japan and South Korea, Iran and Italy have beco
NATO on Friday called on Syria and Russia to halt their airstrikes following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeastern Syria, as scores of migrants gathered at
Hong Kong reported two more COVID-19 patients on Thursday, both linked to a Buddhist temple that had been suspected of multiple other infections, bringing the total co
With 20 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in a day, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in France has increased to 38, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on Thursday evening. "Several in
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic is "on its way", pledging to "deal with it as best we can." "We have a crisis before us. An epidemic is on its way,"
Britain's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, Oct. 21, 2019. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua) The government is currently in t
The director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, and th
American voters are highly concerned about the rise in national debt as the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway, according to a survey released by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation on Tuesday. A
Central China's Hubei Province said unfavorable weather has been forecast in the coming days, which might have a negative effect on the fight against the novel coronav
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday praised China's contribution to the global fight against COVID-19, noting that the Chinese are making
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday to start a war if rocket attack fired from Gaza continues, amid an escalation over the killing of Palest
An Australian biosecurity expert said Monday that all countries should be equally vigilant to prevent sustained transmission of COVID-19 in their communities. Rapid surveillance, early detection of