Queen cancels traditional birthday gun salutes for the first time in...
The Queen has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark her birthday on Tuesday for the first time during her 68-year reign...
Global coronavirus deaths pass 150,000, cases tally tops 2.2 million
World coronavirus deaths surged past 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing...
Poor US students miss out as virtual learning sharpens divide
As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school - a...
Horrors revealed at virus-hit Canada nursing home
Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home...
Confusion, seizure, strokes: How COVID-19 may affect the brain
A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented...
Avigan: antiviral being tested for coronavirus patients
It is approved for use in flu outbreaks and has been deployed to treat Ebola, but now Avigan is being trialled as a potential...
Singapore Has Worst Day in Outbreak as Cases Double Over a...
Singapore -- seen as a success model in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic -- is reporting its biggest number of new cases in...
Wuhan revises COVID-19 death toll up by 50%
The Chinese city, Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50 percent on Friday, revealing the ground zero of the...
China revises Wuhan’s Covid-19 death toll with a 50 percent rise
Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicentre of the global pandemic, raised its number of Covid-19 fatalities by 1,290 to 3,869 deaths, state media said...
Saudi princess pleads for release from high-security prison
A prominent Saudi princess jailed without charges made a rare public appeal to the king and crown prince on Thursday for her release from...
