Bolivia NGO warns of increase in forest fires
Environmentalists in Bolivia warned Thursday of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threaten a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged...
Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying...
Muralist Kobra finds inspiration in confinement
Professionally speaking, coronavirus confinement is not exactly good for street artists. But famed Brazilian muralist Kobra says he found inspiration staying at home -...
Russian prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
His positive test came on the same day that Russia...
New father Johnson chairs cabinet amid questions over UK coronavirus response
A day after his fiancee gave birth, Prime Minister Boris Johnson leads a meeting of his top ministers on Thursday to discuss how to...
Exclusive: Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make...
ECB’s Lagarde warns of ‘unprecedented’ slump
The coronavirus will push the eurozone economy into an "unprecedented" peacetime slump, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday, vowing to use all...
Twitter offers data to researchers studying virus
Twitter said Wednesday it would allow researchers to access data on real-time conversations about the coronavirus pandemic to help deepen their understanding of the...
Bolsonaro backs down, for now, on controversial police chief pick
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro withdrew his controversial nomination of a family friend for federal police chief Wednesday after a Supreme Court judge stayed the...
US COVID-19 deaths climb past 60,000, according to Johns Hopkins data
The number of people who have died from the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 60,000 on Wednesday, April 29, based on the...
