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A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)World
Coronavirus pandemic: Global death toll crosses 250,000

North America and European countries accounted for most of the new deaths and cases reported in recent days.

5 May 2020 2:21 PM IST

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson maintains a minutes silence to honour the frontline workers who lost their lives in the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)World
Boris Johnson: At low point, doctors prepared my death announcement

The prime minister returned to work on April 27, after recovering from coronavirus

5 May 2020 12:34 PM IST

French president Emmanuel Macron attending the video conference on Monday. (AP)World
World leaders pledge billions for coronavirus vaccine research

The funds fell marginally short of the 7.5 billion euros being sought.

5 May 2020 12:26 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)World
Sikh doctors in UK complain about forced beard shaving

Sikh Doctors Association reports of at least five Sikhs being moved out of their usual shifts at the NHS hospitals

4 May 2020 3:52 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution walks past a shop window on Oxford Street in London. (AFP)World
Johnson readies plan to ease lockdown in UK with new office guidance

A total of 28,446 people have now died in Britain, almost on a par with Italy, Europe's worst affected country

4 May 2020 3:33 PM IST

Corazzieri Guards wearing protective face masks, as they place a wreath at the monument commemorating those killed at work, as people keep away from May Day (May 1) workers celebrations during the countrys lockdown. (Photo taken in Rome and released by the Presidential Quirinale Palace press office)World
Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown

Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to...

4 May 2020 8:50 AM IST

Britains prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)World
UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

3 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)World
UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

3 May 2020 11:04 AM IST

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. (AFP)World
Canada puts a ban on assault-style weapons in aftermath of mass...

PM Trudeau had previously said that a ban was in the works even before the most recent mass shooting happened almost two...

2 May 2020 1:55 PM IST

Medical staff from Britains NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the \NHS Nightingale\ field hospital in London. (AFP)World
Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in...

2 May 2020 1:36 PM IST

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)World
Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK's doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline...

2 May 2020 12:09 PM IST

A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)World
Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at...

2 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

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