Italy’s coronavirus deaths exceed 25,000
has claimed over 25,000 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of active infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 187,327, accord......
Category : International
Trump pledges to support oil, gas industries amid oil futures crash
Donald Trump has directed his administration to work on a plan to get funding to the oil and gas industries as a steep sell-off in...
Trump indicates 60-day immigration ban may not apply to H1-B
Donald Trump has said that his immigration ban will be for only 60 days and indicated that workers on temporary visas like H1-B for professionals...
Putin, Rouhani discuss coronavirus situation over phone
Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani have discussed the recent situation related to the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic d......
Singapore COVID-19 lockdown extended till June 1
Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Tuesday that the partial lockdown imposed in the city-state to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus has been......
Trump to sign executive order temporarily suspending immigration
US President Donald Trump has announced that he was shutting the country to legal immigration temporarily through an executive order. "In light of the......
Ireland reports record high of COVID-19 deaths in single day
deaths were reported in Ireland on Monday, the highest figure ever recorded in a single day since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, according to...
Deal for unity govt in Israel, Netanyahu to be PM first
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, on Monday reached an agreement for an emergency unity government, in which both will......
US oil prices turn negative for the first time in history
turned negative on Monday for the time in history. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery shed more than 300 per cent to settle at...
Trump, Duterte discuss cooperation in COVID-19 response
Trump and his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte discussed possible bilateral cooperation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a phone call, at......
G20 Health Ministers acknowledge weakness of their healthcare systems
held a teleconference to analyze the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which they said "has highlighted systemic weaknesses" in thee healthcare syste......
Lifting lockdown restrictions is not end of epidemic: WHO
(WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for COVID-19 is not the end of the epidemic, it's j......
Afghan President in self-isolation after staff test Covid+
Ashraf Ghani has self-isolated himself after at least 20 people at the presidential palace tested positive for coronavirus, reports said on Sunday. Twe......
COVID-19: IMF, World Bank urge countries to keep trade open
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, warning...
China gets 130-billion-pound bill from Germany for corona damages
a backlash from major European powers after suspicions over its role in the coronavirus pandemic which has caused 1 lakh deaths in Europe. The Express......
Nobel winning scientist claims COVID-19 virus originated in lab : Report
prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier has sparked a fresh controversy by claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from a lab, and is the result of...
Chinese investment under scanner, as Govt tweaks law post Covid
aimed at blocking China and its companies from opportunistic takeovers of Indian companies due to the Covid pandemic and subsequent crisis, India has c......
NASA steps in to help develop COVID-19 solutions
find solutions that can address shortage of critical medical equipment like ventilators in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, the US space agency has joined......
World Bank to launch COVID-19 emergency programmes
Group (WBG) is expected to launch health emergency programs in over 100 countries by the end of April to support the fight against COVID-19, with...
Wuhan lab intern accidentally leaked Covid-19 virus: US media
President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged Fox News report that the novel coronavirus (nCoV) may have been accidentally leaked by an intern worki......