(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday (Apr 23) a screening of 3,000 people found nearly 14 per cent tested positive for antibodies for the novel coronavirus, suggesting that…

(NST) - Malaysian doctor R Vishna, who was serving as a consultant neonatologist at the Birmingham Women's Hospital of the United Kingdom, has died from Covid-19. New of the death of Dr R…

The US acting director of national intelligence is weighing ways to pressure countries with anti-LGBT policies, including reducing intelligence sharing, the New York Times reported. (FMT) -…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Covid-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organisation, warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to…

(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending…

(ST) - For four weeks, Mr Balappa has woken up anxious about how to feed his children. "I spend most of my day searching for rice. I can't look my wife in the eye anymore," the construction worker…

(Forbes) - Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has responded to criticism over Virgin’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. In an open letter to “the Virgin family” Branson thanks his 70,000 staff and…

(BBC) - A further 4.4 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. The new applications brought the total…

(Reuters) - Leading Pakistani doctors on Wednesday (Apr 22) urged the government and clerics to reverse a decision to allow prayer congregations at mosques during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,…

(Xinhua) - A border checkpoint in southern Thailand has been temporarily closed for a week of sanitisation against the Covid-19 pandemic after two immigration officials have been found infected…

(NST) - Covid-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the…

(NST) - New clusters of Covid-19 coronavirus infections in northeastern China near the Russian border forced officials on Wednesday to tighten restrictions on movement as they seek to prevent a…

“In a worst-case scenario, we could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries, and in fact, in 10 of these countries we already have more than one million people per country who are on…

(FMT) - A second wave of the novel coronavirus in the US could be even more destructive because it will likely collide with the beginning of flu season, one of the country’s top health officials…

(FMT) - North Korean state media made no mention on Wednesday of new appearances by leader Kim Jong-un, a day after intense international speculation over his health was sparked by his absence…

(NST) - A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they carried Covid-19 test samples in conflict-ridden Rakhine…

(SCMP) - Missouri’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the Chinese government on Tuesday, claiming that Beijing’s denials and cover-ups led to the coronavirus becoming a pandemic that has…

China on Tuesday defended its naming of 80 islands and other geographical features in the South China Sea in a move likely to anger neighbours as the country asserts its territorial claims.…

(The Guardian) - US oil prices turned negative for the first time on record on Monday after oil producers ran out of space to store the oversupply of crude left by the coronavirus crisis,…

(Xinhua) - A Chinese spokesman on Monday (April 20) denounced some US politicians claiming to sue the Chinese side for causing the global spread of Covid-19, and asked them to stop attacking and…

(FMT) - The son of the legendary oil trader and founder of Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd said the Singapore-based company had suffered about US$800 million in losses from futures trading that…

(NYT) - At a string of small “reopen America” protests across the country this week, mask-less citizens proudly flouted social distancing guidance while openly carrying semiautomatic rifles and…

(Reuters) - At least 20 officials working at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s palace have tested positive for coronavirus, prompting the 70-year-old leader to limit most of his contact with staff…

(BBC) - The price of US oil has fallen to a level not seen since 1999, as demand dries up and storage runs out. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for US oil,…

(SKY NEWS) - Another 596 people have died with coronavirus in UK hospitals - the smallest increase in nearly two weeks. The Department of Health announced the latest increase, with 16,060…

(ABC) - As people of Asian descent face xenophobic attacks worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, foreigners in China are also increasingly reporting incidents of hostility and discrimination.…

(Global Times) - Chinese international students in Australia and their parents are left distressed and concerned for their safety after two Asian students were assaulted in an alleged racist…

(BangkokPost) - Singapore overtook Indonesia in coronavirus infections and now has the most cases in Southeast Asia after the city-state detected hundreds more victims among low-wage foreign…

(NST) - The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it "impossible".…

(BBC) - A star-studded special concert is to be live-streamed and broadcast on TV to support frontline workers tackling the coronavirus outbreak. The One World: Together At Home show will see…