Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ discovered in China
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.
It emerged recently and is...
Fighting in Taiwan parliament after opposition occupies chamber
Fighting erupted in Taiwan’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition...
Global coronavirus deaths top half a million
The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic...
Trump denies being told about Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops...
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was never briefed about the reported Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S....
Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan
Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange building in the city of Karachi, and four assailants have been killed, an official said.
The gunmen attacked...
UK’s Johnson eyes school-building boom after coronavirus slump
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for a 10-year rebuilding programme for schools in England on Monday, part of government efforts to...
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases ?
New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the...
Global coronavirus death toll nears 500,000
Italy has registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deaths on since March 1, a week before the country went into nationwide lockdown. There...
Facebook shares plunge £45 BILLION after Coca-Cola and Unilever pull advertising...
FACEBOOK shares have plunged £45bn after Coca-Cola and Unilever pulled advertising over the platform's "failure to stop hate speech".
Mark Zuckerberg's wallet felt the bite...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal ‘in two...
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will agree a deal to fill the giant Blue Nile dam in two to three weeks, following mediation by the...
