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After three consecutive weeks of jobless claims in the millions, another 5.245 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending April 11. This is according to figures released…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Wednesday said he would issue an executive order requiring people to wear face masks in public. He said at his daily news briefing that the order would be…

‌ A 99-year-old World War II veteran in Brazil was released from hospital with military honors Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19. Second Lieutenant Ermando Piveta, who served in the Brazilian artillery in Africa during World…

President Donald Trump has threatened to force the U.S.Congress to adjourn if the Senate did not confirm his nominees for vacant public offices. Trump issued the threat during his daily…

Sons-of-the-devil drug traffickers exploiting the coronavirus crisis of the moment hid cocaine in a cargo of face masks. Their plan was to sneak the 14kg drug into UK, with the most…

Around 74 million in the water-scarce Arab region are at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to lack of access to hand washing facilities. The warning was handed out by a United Nations agency…

Melinda Gates has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) at a time of coronavirus pandemic. Melinda described Trump’s move as…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released to the public a letter to her Democratic colleagues Tuesday in which she charged President Trump with missteps in handling the coronavirus pandemic that “caused…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Premiers of its 16 states have agreed to reopen schools from May 4, after the coronavirus lockdown. Merkel is expected to make a formal announcement later…

              Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially endorsed former Vice President Joe BidenWednesday morning. The former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate tweeted out her endorsement with a video message, noting the empathy…

Spain Wednesday recorded 523 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours. The figure released by the Health Ministry bolstered evidence that the country was on the verge of…

The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump’s name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that could slow their delivery by a few…

About 116 former coronavirus patients have tested positive for the second time. They tested negative when discharged from hospitals, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). They then tested positive…

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the…

“I’m proud to endorse my friend JoeBiden for President of the United States. Let’s go’, Barack Obama said on Tuesday. The former U.S.President and its first African-American, made…

There is no respite for the United Kingdom as Coronavirus continues to surge, killing 744 people in England alone in 24 hours to take the total death figures to 12,075. In Scotland, a…

Coronavirus death toll in New York, has surpassed 10,000, accounting for more than half of the death in the United States. New York now has 10,056 confirmed cases of Coronavirus,…

A friend and donor to President Donald Trump who the president had said was in a coma and seriously ill after becoming infected with the coronavirus has died. Stanley I. Chera's death…

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday officially endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president. "We need you in the White House. I will do all that I can to see that that happens, Joe," Sanders said to the former…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a $1 million reward to the country’s scientists if they manage to develop a coronavirus vaccine, his spokeswoman said Monday. The…

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the coronavirus epidemic in the country was “not getting better,” according to comments carried by state media. Putin demanded that officials provide him  with daily reports and…

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has tested negative for coronavirus before being discharged from hospital on Sunday, a government spokesman has said. He said Johnson was continuing…

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices…

Ten foreigners who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town were handed an unforgettable schoolboy-like punishment on Sunday by the police. They were forced to atone by…