Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory
Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to churn out...
As coronavirus concerns bloom, performing arts world fears major hit
Coronavirus angst has the world washing its hands with newfound vigor - but the performing arts world wringing them, as directives to scrap mass...
British health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Britain’s Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she...
Stocks, oil rebound after dizzying losses
Global stocks and oil prices rebounded Tuesday on hopes of US economic stimulus efforts as the coronavirus rages, one day after suffering their biggest...
Italy locks down as China signals major progress in own virus...
Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signalled major progress in its own...
Canada introduces bill to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’
The Canadian government on Monday announced a bill to ban so-called "conversion therapy," which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people.
The...
Trump feels the heat as coronavirus stalks US
Concern that President Donald Trump himself could be exposed to the coronavirus through contact with two Republican lawmakers loomed Monday as US stocks plummeted,...
Incoming Trump chief of staff to self-quarantine
Incoming White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has self-quarantined after he may have come into contact with a person who tested positive for...
Rights groups condemn 10-year jail term for Vietnam blogger
The jailing of a Vietnamese blogger for 10 years was condemned by rights groups Tuesday as "unacceptable" and an attack on free speech.
Truong Duy...
Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as ‘manipulated’
Twitter has used a new policy to identify misleading content for the first time on a post retweeted by US President Donald Trump that...
