Yokohama: Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden...
Yokohama: Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden...
Tokyo: Worried about a "coronavirus divorce"? An enterprising Japanese short-term rental firm is marketing its empty apartments as a way for stressed couples...
Hanoi - A new decree took effect in Vietnam on Wednesday introducing fines for the dissemination of 'fake news' or rumours on social...
Washington - US President Donald Trump decided to suspend funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the global health body of "severely mismanaging"...
Brasília - A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors Tuesday after recovering from the coronavirus....
The United States may need to endure social distancing measures adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers at the Harvard...
TOKYO - U.S. Forces Japan on Wednesday extended a public health emergency to all military bases in Japan, amid a steady increase in...
Stockholm, April 14, 2020 (AFP) - Sweden on Tuesday reported that more than 1,000 people had died from the novel coronavirus, as a...
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 55 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and one fatality in the last 24 hours, bringing...
Bucharest: Romania on Tuesday extended its nationwide lockdown for another month in a bid to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The...
LONDON: Iraq has suspended the licence of the Reuters news agency after it published a story saying the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases...
Beijing: China has approved two COVID-19 inactivated vaccine candidates for clinical trials, according to the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against...
Washington: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not abide by any order that U.S. President Donald Trump might give...
MILAN: The Barilla family, which owns the pasta maker of the same name, has donated $500,000 to U.S. non-profit association "The Cure Alliance"...
New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3, the Directorate General...
Suifenhe, China - China has approved early-stage human tests of two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as the country where the...
Moscow - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has crossed 20,000, while the death toll is nearing 200, authorities said Monday. A...
London - The boss of one of Britain’s biggest nursing home operators says the number of reported coronavirus deaths among elderly residents is...