The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 as Easter weekend celebrations around the world kic..
Desperately needed aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa is under threat as the deadl..
India has decided to extend a strict nationwide lockdown imposed last month to stop the spread of th..
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams showed his inhaler while discussing the disproportionate impact of t..
Brazil has become the first country in the southern hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths with coronavi..
This week would have seen the 100th birthday of the Indian musician Ravi Shankar, one of Indias most..
Consultation centres dedicated to patients with Covid-19 symptoms have been set up across the greate..
Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a "deadly resurgence" in infections, the..
Experts on the White House Covid-19 task force say the coronavirus outbreak is starting to level off..
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EU finance ministers agreed a 500-billio..
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Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass ..
A regional court in eastern Germany has ruled that locals can go to the popular Baltic coast this Ea..
The US has expelled more than 6,300 undocumented migrants on its Mexico border using emergency power..
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ur..
EU finance ministers have agreed a €500bn (£440bn) rescue package for European countries hit hard by..
Opec producers and allies have agreed to cut output by more than a fifth to counter the slump in dem..
"If our workers don't die from coronavirus, they'd die of starvation."
This is the stark ..
New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the US, according to la..
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The number of Americans seeking unemploy..
Spain is close to passing the worst of its coronavirus outbreak, the prime minister said, as parliam..
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has surged for a third week as the economic to..
A row has erupted after the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) accused Taiwan's leade..
The coronavirus pandemic will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" this year, the head of ..
COVID-19s Devastating Impact on Children
Governments Should Mitigate Harm, Protect Most Vulnerable
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Air France-KLM, one of many airlines aro..
A Chinese city on the Russian border is entering a "lockdown" due to an increase in coronavirus case..
Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the Wor..
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France will extend its nationwide lockdo..
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has ur..
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to..
As nations shut borders, a surge of people pouring unmonitored over international boundaries in a vo..
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Italy's prime minister has told the BBC that the ..
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Senator Bernie Sanders ended his preside..
Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign to become US president.
The development clears th..
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is predicting a severe decline in international commerce this yea..
The chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that the Syrian air force carried out three attacks in M..
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In its worst performance since 1945, the..
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European Union finance ministers failed ..
EU talks on how to help southern Eurozone countries badly affected by the coronavirus epidemic have ..
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President Donald Trump says the US will soon have more..
The president of the European Union's ERC scientific research council has resigned after three ..
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The lockdown that served as a model for ..
Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and payment app Square, has said he will donate $1bn (£810m) tow..
The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with 1,736 fatalities reported on Tuesda..
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated, is finally lifting its 11-week..
The acting secretary of the US Navy has resigned amid uproar over his handling of a coronavirus outb..
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A small congregation of worshippers will..
Authorities in Paris have banned exercise outside during the day, as the fight against the coronavir..
The months-long lockdown in the city of Wuhan in China's Hubei province – where the coronavirus..
The number of people in France who have died from the coronavirus has now risen above 10,000.
Late..