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Crematorium workers wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, push a corpse into the oven of its crematorium at Sao Francisco Xavier cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's

Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million...

30 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Merkel gives a firm 'no' for Trump's in-person G7 summit

US president Donald Trump had earlier suggested he will host an in-person summit of G7 leaders despite concerns over...

30 May 2020 10:33 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AP)

US to cut all ties with World Health Organization over virus

Trump accuse Chinese officials ignored their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the agency to mislead the...

30 May 2020 9:08 AM IST

Ethiopian Jewish immigrants making their Aliyah (Immigration to Israel) in protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, wave Israeli flags as they step off a plane at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, east of Tel Aviv. (AFP)

Israel looks to export its coronavirus coping skills

Covid-19 patients equipped with "oximeters" are contacted twice daily by medical teams who ask them to report their data

29 May 2020 3:32 PM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (Screengrab of video shared by PMs official handle)

New Zealand keeps the borders closed as virus has grim global hold

The country is almost off the coronavirus grid, with only one Covid-19 patient in hospital, and no new positive cases...

29 May 2020 2:34 PM IST

A man adjusts a mask in front an electronic stock board showing Japans Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo. (AP)

As pandemic rages, Japan's suicide hotline rings non-stop

Health workers worry the current crisis will reverse Japan's downward trend in suicide rate

29 May 2020 10:42 AM IST

A man wipes the face of a Turkish soldier wearing a face mask for protection against the new coronavirus. (AP)

Turkey resumes intercity train services as coronavirus curbs ease

The virus has killed more than 4,300 people in Turkey, from nearly 160,000 infections

28 May 2020 3:16 PM IST

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Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Lax regulations and poor enforcement have often been blamed for large fires in Bangladesh that have killed many in...

28 May 2020 12:27 PM IST

Bill Gates. (AFP)

Bill Gates conspiracy theories viral in Africa

A Kenyan politician's false online post has added major fuel to the spread of misinformation regarding the American...

28 May 2020 9:55 AM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine. (AFP)

After WHO, France puts ban on hydroxychloroquine

Under the new French rules, the drug can be used only in clinical trials to test its efficacy against coronavirus

27 May 2020 3:42 PM IST

A woman (C) speaks on her phone on a bus before being taken to a quarantine facility after arriving from Mumbai. (AFP)

Mumbai returnee tag stigmatises guest workers

Villagers are scared that guest workers returned from places with high number of corona positives will spread the virus

27 May 2020 11:58 AM IST

People wearing face masks amid concerns of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walk along a bridge across the Han river in Seoul. (AFP)

South Korea reports spike in coronavirus cases

More than 2 million students, including kindergarten students, were expected to return to school on Wednesday

27 May 2020 9:43 AM IST