British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital Sunday for tests, his office said, because he is still suffering symptoms, 10 days after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.
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With the coronavirus pandemic spreading into the developing world, global agencies on Friday said the fight to contain the virus needs to be bolstered by debt relief, ceasefires and funneling emergency funds to the world’s poorest and most troubled countries.
Read moreBusinesses worldwide have gone dark under coronavirus shutdowns, but in Albania, the anchovy trade is booming as demand for the tinned delicacy surges among European households.
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For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn.
Read moreIn his years as a mountain climber, he’s learned to not look up toward the summit in expectation, anxiously hoping the peak is closer. His mantra is to keep his eyes on the ground and put one foot in front of the other.
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A virus-stricken cruise ship with dozens of ill passengers and crew docked in Florida Thursday after being barred from several South American countries, concluding a harrowing time at sea for those stranded aboard.
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Germans risk being fined up to $540 for standing too close to each other as of Friday, as officials crack down on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus.
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A Nigerian man has been shot dead for allegedly flouting a stay-at-home order aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, police and a lawmaker said on Friday.
Read moreOf the two rival resolutions to hit the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, the first global response to the novel coronavirus pandemic unanimously opted for the one emphasizing global cooperation rather than the version with veiled swipes at the United States.
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An Austria-based consumer rights group can sue Volkswagen in Austrian national court over defective cars sold during the automaker’s emissions scandal even though the company is headquartered in Germany, a magistrate with the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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The coronavirus pandemic reached grim milestones on Thursday with more than 50,000 deaths registered worldwide, nearly 1 million confirmed cases reported around the globe and half of the world’s population told to stay home.
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Trademark law offers no recourse to hold Amazon liable for hosting inventory of a luxury perfume by unauthorized third parties, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
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European Union member states must make sure countries outside the bloc that ask to extradite someone will not torture or kill that person, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Droughts will linger longer and flood waters will reach further inland due to climate change in the coming years, and those disasters will also prove to exacerbate armed conflicts in developing countries across the globe, new research posits.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing “trouble” in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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America’s trade gap with all countries dropped 12.2% in February to the lowest level since fall 2016, while the closely watched deficit with China also shrank as the coronavirus pandemic shut down that country’s economy.
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More than 20,000 cases of Covid-19 were registered in Latin America and the Caribbean by Wednesday — double the figure from five days ago, according to an Agence France-Presse tally.
Read moreEuropean airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday it has placed 87,000 workers — more than 60% of its workforce — on government-backed shorter hours schemes, as air travel idles amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic violated European Union regulations by refusing to take in their share of refugees, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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