US to ease lockdown after virus passes ‘peak’
WASHIGNTON – United States President
Donald Trump said he will announce Thursday the first plans for lifting
coronavirus lockdowns across the United States after the country...
COVID-19 spreads on French aircraft carrier, hundreds infected
PARIS – Nearly 700 sailors assigned to
the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle’s naval group have tested
positive for the coronavirus, the armed forces ministry...
SoKor ruling party wins parliamentary majority
SEOUL – South Korea's left-leaning
ruling party has won a landslide election victory, partial results showed
Thursday, after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in...
Trump freezes WHO funds
NEW YORK – United States President Donald
Trump ordered a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) for
"mismanaging" the coronavirus crisis.
Funding would...
S. Africans clash with cops over food aid
CAPE TOWN – South African police on
Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with township residents
protesting over access to food aid during a...
South Koreans head to polls despite global pandemic
SEOUL – South Korean voters turned out
in force Wednesday despite the coronavirus threat, putting on compulsory face
masks and gloves to cast their ballots in...
Tornadoes bring death, destruction in S. US
WASHINGTON – Tornadoes ripped through
the southern United States, killing at least 32 people and leaving behind
splintered buildings and downed powerlines, officials and US media...
India extends world’s biggest virus lockdown
MUMBAI – India's nationwide coronavirus
lockdown, the biggest in the world covering 1.3 billion people, will be
extended until May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...
Fire raging near Ukraine’s Chernobyl poses radiation risk
MOSCOW – A huge forest fire in Ukraine
that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the
defunct Chernobyl...
‘Medibot’ to do rounds on Malaysian virus wards
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian scientists have
created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that they hope will make the rounds on
hospital wards to check on coronavirus...