Brazil on Tuesday recorded its largest daily increase in deaths related to the novel coronavirus, data by the country’s Health Ministry showed.

China’s first mission to Mars is set to launch in July or August as the country sprints to become a major space power in the global race, the programme director has revealed.

The first comprehensive study of how coronavirus affects non-white people released on Tuesday has confirmed initial data that people from Indian, Afro-Caribbean and other ethnicities are more at risk from dying than the white population in England.

Increased use of antibiotics in combating the Covid-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to deploy the military if states failed to quickly quell the violent protests that have gripped the nation for six days, hours after the brother of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, c

The White House on Monday called for “law and order” and blamed agitators for a sixth straight night of violent nationwide U.S. protests triggered by anger over racial inequities and excessive police force.

Countries across Europe took bolder steps in easing coronavirus lockdowns, with schools, pubs, parks and pools reopening in places, while in Latin America the outbreak grew more dire with infections passing the one million mark.

The number of cases of coronavirus in Brazil has surpassed half a million, the country’s health ministry said Sunday. The country had recorded 514,849 cases of infection with the virus, the latest official figures showed.

Dozens of cities in the US saw fiery clashes between police and protesters on Saturday night as the killing of George Floyd sparked massive unrest throughout the country.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped six million Sunday, with Brazil registering another record surge in daily infections as divisions deepened on how to deal with the pandemic.

Spain’s prime minister said on Sunday he will ask parliament to agree to a last two-week extension of the state of emergency lockdown until 21st June, after which the government will no longer restrict citizens’ movements, newspaper El Pais repor

South Korea on Friday imposed limits on the number of pupils going to schools in and around Seoul as officials scramble to tackle fresh coronavirus cases that threaten the country’s success in containing the epidemic.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Thursday called in the national guard after riots ripped through parts of Minneapolis overnight in unrest sparked by the death of a black man in police custody.

Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the debate over national security legislation being imposed by China, and warned that withdrawal of the financial hub’s special status under U.S. law could backfire on the US economy.

Brazil recorded more than 26,417 daily new infections of the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Thursday - the highest tally since the outbreak began.

The U.S. death toll from coronavirus topped 100,000 on Wednesday, a startling milestone just four months after the country’s first case was confirmed.

The government’s coronavirus contact tracing site crashed on launch this morning amid complaints it has been a ‘complete shambles’, which has seen workers paid £10-an-hour to sit at home and do nothing.

A 103-year-old woman has been filmed celebrating her successful battle with coronavirus by chugging down an ice cold beer. Jennie Stejna was recorded enjoying her first sip from a bottle of Bud Light while propped up in bed at a nursing home in Ma

Brazil reported the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world Tuesday with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list.

Police in Hong Kong fired pepper pellets and made 300 arrests as thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday to voice anger over national security legislation proposed by China, that has raised international alarm over freedoms in the city.

A sixth of the world’s young labour force has stopped working since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday in a report which warned of long-term disadvantages for today’s youth.

The World Health Organization has warned there could be a ‘second peak’ of infections in America and Europe where coronavirus is declining if lockdown restrictions are relaxed too soon.

The WHO suspended trials of the drug that Donald Trump has promoted as a coronavirus defence, fuelling concerns about the US president’s handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.

India on Tuesday recorded a total of 145,380 coronavirus infections and a death toll of 4,167, comparatively low figures for the world’s second-most populous country.

Coronavirus patients can’t infect others after 11 days of being ill even if their test still comes back positive, scientists find.

India on Monday posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of Covid-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations, Reuters said. The country reported another 6,977 cases, taking its total to 138,845, despite the world’s longest loc

Finland said on Monday it plans to place between June and August orders for protective equipment and respirators worth 100 million euros ($109 million) to fight the coronavirus and prepare for a possible upsurge in demand for the equipment.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide Dominic Cummings, accused of flouting the coronavirus lockdown by driving 250 miles from London.

The coronavirus pandemic in the United States could be over as early as mid-November, new modeling has shown.

The US is pursuing policies that risk creating a protracted conflict with Beijing, China’s foreign minister has said. There is growing friction between the two nations over the Covid-19 pandemic and the situation in Hong Kong.