Los Angeles County Thursday reported 1,857 new confirmed novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 cases. It is the largest single-day number of new cases announced in the most p
People take part in a demonstration in Paris, France, on June 6, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)"At the end of the first quarter of 2020, payroll employment dropped by 2.0 percent, that is
A protester wearing a face mask, carries a banner during a demonstration to raise awareness about sexual violence, in Abuja, Nigeria June 5, 2020. /Reuters Residents of Lagos have demanded urg
People wearing masks on the street, Los Angeles, U.S., March 27, 2020. /VCG University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145,728 people could die of COVID-19 in the United Sta
The obligation to wear face masks has considerably helped reduce the spread of the coronavirus infection in Germany, according to a discussion paper published by four universities in Germany and Denm
People wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus walk an outdoor book market set up in Red Square with a Historical museum in the background in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, June 6, 2020.
More than 7,600 students in their final year from senior high schools returned to campus Monday in Jilin, a city previously hit by the COVID-19 epidemic in northeast C
People wearing face masks walk as they attend a ceremony to celebrate DaDa's U.S. initial public offering (IPO) on New York's Nasdaq, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sha
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended an anti-racism protest Friday and took a public knee in solidarity with demonstrators.Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill
The coronavirus epidemic is now "under control" in France, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, an immunologist and head of the scientific council that advises the French government on COVID-19, said on Frid
A medical worker wearing a mask and cap walks near a hospital in Quito, Ecuador, March 5, 2020. (Photo by Santiago Armas/Xinhua)The Chinese-made technological platform that supports Ecuador's emergenc
As of Friday, the U.S. COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.7 million, with total death toll over 102,000. More U.S. states have joined phased reopening, including Washington D.C., Illinois, Northern V
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would sign an executive order on Thursday authorizing businesses to deny entry to anyone who does not wear a mask or face covering, stressing masks are criti
A man wearing a face mask buys fruits from a street vendor in Dakar, Senegal, May 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Eddy Peters)The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 119,391 in Africa as death toll from the
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday visited a national military cemetery and a historic fort to mark the Memorial Day, as the country's coronavirus death toll approa
Pupils, wearing protective masks, attend courses in at the Merlan school of Paillet during the reopening of schools, as the lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is eased, in Abidjan, Co
India on Monday reported its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations. Meanwhile, the government allowed domestic air travel to restart