Internally displaced Afghan children play outside their shelter, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 7, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
BARCELONA, May 8 (
People wearing face masks exit a subway station during a rainy day, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China on May 8. (REUTERS Photo)
BERLIN, May 8 (Reuters):
A security guard wearing a face mask sits at the entrance of a closed temple following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China on May 8. (REUTERS Photo)
BEIJING, May
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin speaks during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia on March 11, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Reuters): Prime Minister Muhyiddi
A social distancing marker is seen on the sidewalk outside Whole Foods supermarket, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Santa Monica, California, US on May 4, 2020. (
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump listen to reporters questions during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in N
A North Korean flag flutters on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from the Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), insi
Pan-democratic legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen is being taken away by security during a Legislative Council's House Committee meeting, in Hong Kong, China on May 8. (REUTERS Photo)
HONG KONG, May
United Nations, May 8 (IANS) The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has estimated that 116 million babies will be born under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New mothers and newborns will experience gl
United Nations, May 8 (IANS) The UN has launched an updated COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan that requires $6.69 billion to help fragile countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Seoul, May 8 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message to Chinese President Xi Jinping for successfully containing the novel coronavirus, Pyongyang's state media reported on Frida
People gather at a lookout point as a general view of the city of Barcelona is seen in the background, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Barcelona, Spain on May 6, 2020. (REUTERS
Social distance markers are seen at a Mercedes car dealer, as Belgium began easing lockdown restrictions allowing some businesses to reopen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgiu
People wearing masks to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arrive at Gimpo international airport in Seoul, South Korea on May 1, 2020. (REUTERS File photo)
SEOUL, May 7 (Re
Scientists work in a lab testing COVID-19 samples at New York City's health department, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York US on April 23, 2020. (REUTERS F
An empty street is pictured on Labour Day, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany on May 1, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
BERLIN, M
A man pushes a bicycle past the BBMG cement factory following the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Fangshan in Beijing, China on May 7. (REUTERS Photo)
BEIJING, May 7 (Reuters)
A woman wearing a face shield walks past a wall decorated with colored bottles amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain on May 7. (REUTERS Photo)
LONDON, May 7 (Reuters):&n
A vehicle and push carts are used as a road block in a business district during a lockdown in efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan on May 1, 2020. (REUTERS File
UNITED NATIONS, MAY 7 (IANS): The UN has appealed for a further $4.7 billion in funding to "protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries", it was reported on Thursday.