(BBC) - The US Senate has passed a $2 trillion (£1.7tn) coronavirus aid bill that is the largest economic stimulus in US history. The vote was delayed by a last-minute row between Republican…

(NST) - Indonesia has a significant deficit in hospital beds, medical staff and intensive care facilities as health experts warn that it is primed to become a new epicentre of the coronavirus…

(TheStar) - The United States has lifted a ban on a Malaysian medical glove maker it had accused of using forced labour, a government statement showed, amid a surge in demand for personal…

(Reuters) - The number of coronavirus deaths in the United Kingdom rose to 463 as of Wednesday (Mar 25) from 422 on Tuesday, the British government said. The total number of coronavirus cases…

(AFP) - The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus rose to 1,031 in the United States on Wednesday (Mar 25), with 68,572 confirmed cases nationwide, a tracker run by the Johns Hopkins…

(Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States, was denied bail on Wednesday (Mar 25) after his lawyers said he should be released…

The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed. (BBC) - Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good health", a spokesman…

(SCMP) - The number of “silent carriers” – people who are infected by the new coronavirus but show delayed or no symptoms – could be as high as one-third of those who test positive, according to…

(MalayMail) - The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee announced…

(CNN) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a "complete" lockdown for India's 1.3 billion people on Tuesday, warning that "many families will be destroyed forever" if the country didn't get to…

(MalayMail) - German customs officials are attempting to track down about 6 million face masks ordered to protect health workers from the coronavirus which went missing at an airport in Kenya.…

(ST) - Nine in 10 imported Covid-19 cases in Singapore between Wednesday (March 18) and Friday last week did not show symptoms, like fever, when they had passed through the border checkpoints.…

(TheSunDaily) - Last week, President Donald Trump recommended the use of a malaria drug as the best chance of treating Covid-19. However, one US couple tried self-medicating with the drug and…

(Sky News) - Boris Johnson has stunned millions of Britons with a momentous and tough lockdown announcement to tackle coronavirus: stay at home or face a fine. In a dramatic and historic TV…

(Bernama) - British textile design company Laura Ashley Holdings Plc will be closing 70 stores in the United Kingdom that could potentially affect about 720 employees. Owner Malayan United…

(CNA) - The US surgeon general issued his starkest warning to date on Monday (Mar 23) about the health risk posed by the coronavirus outbreak, warning Americans that the crisis was "going to get…

Further closures to air routes may come in the next 48 hours, possibly without notice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office warns. (Sky News) - Britons who are currently travelling abroad are being…

(Reuters) - Britain said it was ramping up its provision of protective equipment to healthcare workers fighting the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, and bringing in the army to help with…

(Bloomberg) - Amazon.com Inc’s delivery delays of non-essential goods will extend for at least another month for many customers in the US and Europe, stirring panic among online merchants who rely…

(Reuters) - Brent crude prices extended falls on Monday amid more action by governments to contain the global coronavirus outbreak that has slashed the demand outlook for oil and threatened a…

(SCMP) - The outbreak of the new coronavirus in the UK is expected to elevate the role of Prince William as his father Prince Charles self-isolates after having come in contact with another…

White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement…

(Mothership) - German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is in isolation after her doctor was found infected with Covid-19. The doctor had given the 65-year-old German leader a precautionary vaccine…

(Aljazeera) - Iran's supreme leader refused American assistance to fight the new coronavirus citing a conspiracy theory claiming it could be man-made by the United States government. Ayatollah…

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) said on Sunday that Team Canada will not participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020 due to concerns…

(CNBC) - The number of people who have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, or COVID-19, has topped 300,000 as the pandemic continues to spread around the world, with the situation in the…

(NST) - A major hospital in London declared a “critical incident” on Friday due to a shortage of intensive care beds caused by a rise in the number of patients with Covid-19, the disease caused by…

(Nikkei) - Three days after Beijing endorsed the Japan-developed flu drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID-19, Indonesia is importing millions of doses to treat its patients, President Joko…

(CNN) - President Donald Trump ignored reports from US intelligence agencies starting in January that warned of the scale and intensity of the coronavirus outbreak in China, The Washington Post…

(TheStar) - Four men were executed on Friday (March 20) for the gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012, bringing closure to a case that shone the spotlight on widespread…