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A health worker treats a COVID-19 patient in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. (AP)

Brazil restores daily COVID-19 update after Supreme Court ruling

Allegations that the government was trying to mask the severity of the situation mounted pressure for reinstatement of...

10 Jun 2020 9:01 AM IST

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections. (AFP Photo)

Pakistan records more than 100 coronavirus deaths in single day

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections, with 4,646 new cases and a death toll has climbed to...

9 Jun 2020 3:10 PM IST

Global economy to plunge into worst recession since WW-II, says World Bank. (AFP Photo)

World Bank says global economy to shrink 5.2%, worst recession since...

Per capita incomes are expected to decline by 3.6 per cent, which will tip millions of people into extreme poverty this...

9 Jun 2020 11:06 AM IST

As things slowly go back to normal under Unlock 1.0, salespersons arrange products on display at a shop inside Shopprix Mall after it reopened, in Noida, Monday, June 8, 2020. Malls and shopping centers re-opened after more than two months, focussing on hourly disinfection of the common areas, contactless shopping, and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. (Photo | PTI)

Corona off people's minds, Google search for films, weather reflect...

The search volume for coronavirus in May was half of that in April even though the number of COVID-19 cases are rising.

8 Jun 2020 6:38 PM IST

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

I did a little dance: Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand's zero virus...

New Zealand citizens no longer bound by social distancing rules and limits on public gatherings

8 Jun 2020 4:18 PM IST

Protesters kneel as they gather in front of the US embassy during the Black Lives Matter protest rally in London. (AP)

Protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

Anti-racism protests started in the USA two weeks ago has now brought together thousands of Europeans on the streets in...

8 Jun 2020 1:09 PM IST

Japan still in recession, but economy shrank at lower rate. (AFP Photo)

Japan's economy shrinks less than initial estimate but still in...

Export-dependent Japan's economy had contracted at an annual rate of 7.2% in the October-December period

8 Jun 2020 9:32 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

New Zealand clears its last COVID-19 case

Country's final patient was given the all-clear and released from isolation after testing negative and remaining...

8 Jun 2020 9:05 AM IST

Xu Lin, Vice head of the Publicity Department of Communist Party shows a copy of the white paper on fighting COVID-19 China in action during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. (AP)

China defends COVID-19 response in new report

The report lauds China's success in reducing the daily increase in new cases to single digits within about two months

7 Jun 2020 1:43 PM IST

Health workers arrive to collect at a drive-through testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan's virus deaths cross 2,000 mark

Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country is too poor to go into a full lockdown, which he warned would devastate a...

7 Jun 2020 1:16 PM IST

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked upon his arrival to attend at Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea's coronavirus cases surpass 50 for second day

The country could be moving towards another wave of virus spread as authorities have now loosened strict social...

7 Jun 2020 10:36 AM IST

A nurse works at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward where patients infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are being treated at the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica city, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. (AFP)

Brazil government halts daily virus updates as data befuddles experts

Critics call the move an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation

7 Jun 2020 10:24 AM IST