Virus lockdowns begin to ease, cases top three million
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide soared past three million on Monday as several European nations and a handful of US states began...
Arab doctor leads Israeli hospital’s anti-virus fight
Each morning since February, Israeli Arab doctor Khitam Hussein has woken up before dawn to rush to a job on the frontline of the...
Leading Democrat Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for US president
Joe Biden won the endorsement for US president Monday of Nancy Pelosi, who hailed him as a "voice of reason" capable of leading America...
US airlines announce new policies to slow coronavirus spread
Major US airlines announced Monday new health and safety measures to protect in-flight personnel and passengers from the coronavirus, even as states begin lifting...
As society opens, Saudi women surge into job market
Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that neither grumbling male bosses...
Trump says US may seek damages from China over virus
US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city...
Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and...
Virus-hit British PM back to work with hope but no lockdown...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, saying Britain was beginning to...
Trump backs US health secretary, lashes media
President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed reports he was considering sacking health secretary Alex Azar as criticism mounts over the US response to the...
North Korea’s Kim ‘alive and well’: Seoul
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over...
