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A team of doctors and researchers at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center (ADSCC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made global strides in their development of treatment for the novel…

The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday. It comes after the antiviral made by Gilead Sciences was shown in a major clinical…

The White House is blocking Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, from testifying Wednesday before a House of Representatives committee that is investigating how the Trump administration has handled the COVID-19…

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, has resurfaced after weeks of speculations about his health and whereabouts. The Korean news agency, Yonhap said Kim appeared in public for the first time today, since he…

Joe Biden denied he sexually assaulted a former Senate staffer and called for any relevant records to be released. “I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened new tariffs against Beijing after claiming there is evidence linking the coronavirus to a lab in China’s ground-zero city of Wuhan. Asked if he had…

Over the last week, new reporting has provided corroborating evidence for a decades-old allegation of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden, a charge that has been…

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Mishustin on Thursday informed President Vladimir Putin that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus…

The UK now has Europe’s second-highest official death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures on Wednesday. The figures captured fatalities in all settings, including in…

More than 60,000 people have died from coronavirus in the United States, as the virus continues to spread massively. There are at least 1,036,652 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least…

Many Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, almost…

The Health Ministry conducted an additional 25,000 Covid-19 tests, revealing 541 new cases and bringing the total number of cases to 11,380. The new cases identified are undergoing treatment.  The Health Ministry announced that seven…

Iran must not give in to US “provocations”, Russia said on Wednesday, following months of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran. “We are urging maximum restraint and caution, not to give in to provocations and aggressive…

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who leads White House’s coronavirus task force, on Tuesday visited the Mayo Clinic without a mask. This behavior not only violates the policy advocated by…

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a healthy baby boy at a  London hospital earlier this morning. Both mother and baby are doing very well, their spokesman said. A spokesman for…

Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid on Tuesday. But the endorsement came with a jab at incumbent Donald…

President Donald Trump has said the US will bill China a substantial amount for damages caused by the coronavirus. Trump was asked whether he was considering seeking money from the country after a German newspaper published…

Patricia Voyles Dowd, the first U.S. citizen killed on 6 February by coronavirus-related ailment died from a ruptured heart, an autopsy has revealed. The ruptured heart was triggered by the virus’s…

More than 700 people have died in Iran after  ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The national coroner’s authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20…

Nearly two million Australians rushed to download a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government said Monday, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of…

A US congressional committee on Monday demanded that the State Department produce documents to explain President Donald Trump’s decision to slash funds to the World…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “alive and well”, a top security adviser to the South’s President Moon Jae-in said, debunking rumours of his death. Rumours about Kim’s…

Brunei has reported no new cases of COVID-19, marking the eighth day in a row without new cases since April 19. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the national tally of coronavirus cases…

Governor Andrew Cuomo of U.S. state of New York said on Sunday the state will restart its economy after the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a multi-phase manner. According to Cuomo at his daily…