The United States on Friday allowed emergency use of remdesivir, an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19,...

A senior World Health Organisation official has insisted the coronavirus is “natural in origin” after Donald Trump claimed to have seen evidence that the outbreak originated from a laboratory in China. The...

US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, on Friday  denied sexually assaulting a former aide, saying the incident she says occurred 27 years ago “never happened.” Biden, 77, said Reade’s...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer factory, KCNA reported Saturday. Kim...

1.6 billion people are in “immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed” by the economic impact of COVID-19, the International Labour Organization has warned. Of the total global working...

The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I have tested positive for the new coronavirus, I am at home and I feel good,”...

China is to donate an additional $30 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the global fight against COVID-19, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday. Chunying...

Popular CNN presenter and Business Editor-at-Large, Richard Quest, has contracted COVID-19, according to a statement he released on Monday. The presenter made the disclosure in a tweet on his verified...

Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday lifted targeted lockdown on two major regions in the country citing improved testing for the coronavirus across the country. In the over half-an-hour address...

Sixteen people, including a police officer, are dead in Nova Scotia, Canada, following the worst shooting rampage in Canadian history, police have said. The suspect, identified as Gabriel Wortman, 51,...

New York’s daily coronavirus deaths dropped to 540, the lowest in almost two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. But he warned that the recent improvement should be viewed with some caution,...

Smokers are 14 times more likely to contract coronavirus compared with those who do not smoke, the head of a Turkish anti-addiction group told Anadolu Agency. Professor Mucahit Ozturk, president of anti-addiction...

Saudi Arabia has announced Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr prayers will take place at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed by Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest...

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The US president said funding would be...

Former US presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders has endorsed Joe Biden’s campaign to take on Donald Trump in November’s election. Senator Sanders pulled out of the contest to be the Democratic...

Israel’s former Chief Rabbi, Eliahou Bakshi-Doron, died on Sunday at the age of 79 from the Coronavirus, COVID-19. The former rabbi was known for promoting religious dialogue. He served as the Chief...

New coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 2,000 on Friday, the highest daily tally to date. The total confirmed dead from the virus in the U.S. is now 18,586, just behind Italy, which at 18,849...

Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday. His exit clears Joe Biden’s path to the Democratic nomination and a showdown with President Donald Trump in November. Bernie...

Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, has declared a one-month state of emergency in response to the rapidly increasing number of Coronavirus infections in big cities of the country. The Prime Minister...

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street has said. Boris Johnson was admitted to St Thomas’...