Starting May 11, Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, the epicenter of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, will gradually ease lockdown measures that began on March 24,
02:44 There're now over 780,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 41,000 deaths in the U.S. But the White House struck a more positive tone at it's daily coronavirus briefing. Presiden
02:36 The financial effect of the virus has been felt across small towns in America. Aside from government subsidies, people have been turning to food banks.And the pantries there are
Belgium may have passed the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, said Emmanuel Andre, an inter-federal spokesman, at a press briefing on the epidemiological situation on Monda
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. France has been in a lockdown since Mach 17 in efforts to curb the spread of the virus. The COVID-19 situation is "slowly but surely" improving in Franc
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Portugal has climbed to 20,206, health authorities said on Sunday. There were 521 new cases in the last 24 hours, while fatalities rose from 687
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck off the west coast of Japan's Ogasawara Islands on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The quake happened at 17:26 JST (0826 GMT
02:35 In the U.S., African-Americans make up 13% of the population.But they are dying from the COVID-19 more often than any other group.Residents in South Carolina talked about the fac
At least 40 percent of the 2,300 officers on board the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have tested positive for the coronavirus, AFP news agency reported on F
Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 infections in the past 36 hours, the first time in over a month since the country confirmed its 17th infection case on March 6
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on Thursday struck near Myanmar's northwestern town of Falam, close to the country's western border with India, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.The quake struck
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that "there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food or food packaging (currently)."However, precautions
The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed Sunday that COVID-19 has caused more than 100,000 deaths globally. As of 2:00 a.m. CEST (0000 GMT) on S
01:21 It's a bright spot for Peru's government in a critical time during the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown, there has been a reduction in violent crimes. See the full story
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sweden surpassed 10,000 as the country's Public Health Agency announced on Saturday that 10,151 cases have been registered and 887 have died. The Swedish agency announc
India has dispatched a team of 150 doctors to Dharavi, the country's largest slum located in the financial capital of Mumbai to screen the residents for COVID-19, accor
Afghan forces overrun Taliban bastion in Kham Ab district of northern Jawzjan province, bringing to end the two years rule of the militants there on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Marouf A