Head of the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization(WHO) Dr Anthony Costello attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland on February 2, 2016. The
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A woman walks through an almost empty outdoor restaurant after the government announced the extension of the state of emergency, which had already been declared for the capital and some prefectures, to the whol
Veteran Capt Tom Moore talks to soldiers from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment who formed a Guard of Honour for the veteran as he completed his fundraising walk for the health services, in Bedfordshire, Bri
GENEVA, April 17 (Reuters): The Myanmar army is carrying out "almost daily airstrikes and shelling" in the restive Rakhine and Chin states, where at least 32 civilians have been killed since March 23,
Doctor Katharina Franz and paramedic Andreas Hankel, of the rescue helicopter "Christoph Giessen", reanimate a patient during preparations for his transport in the special isolation chamber "IsoArk", for highly
Women wear miniature skirts like bandanas as a way of claiming the rights of indigenous Aymara women at a demonstration during a global protest against gender violence, in La Paz, Bolivia on March 9, 2020. (REU
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves his apartment to report to prison in Manhattan, New York, US on May 6, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo) Washington, April 17 (Reute
Online motorbike taxi drivers stand in the queue for free boxes of meals amid spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 17. (REUTERS Photo) JAKARTA, APRI
A health worker sprays disinfectant as people gather outside Insein prison waiting for the release of prisoners after Myanmar government announced the release of almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark th
Homeless person stand near their tents in the deserted Rue de Rivoli in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
A family wearing face masks queues in a check-in line at Dulles International Airport a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced travel restrictions on flights from Europe to the United States for 30 day
A medical staff member looks out over the intensive care unit, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, at the Circolo hospital in Varese, Italy, on April 9, 2020. REUT
New York, April 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has proposed a three-phase, locally targeted plan for opening the coronavirus-battered nation, but will leave the decision on implementing it in the hand
Wuhan, April 17 (IANS) Wuhan city, the capital of China's Hubei province where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Friday revised the numbers of its confirmed coronavirus cases and
REUTERS Photo New Delhi, April 17 (PTI): A record number of 4,591 Americans have died in the last 24 hours due to the deadly novel coronavirus in the US, which has the highest number of COVID-19 ca
London, April 17 (IANS) Lockdown in the UK, imposed last month, will continue for "at least another three weeks" to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Thursday, sa
Washington, April 17 (IANS) More than 100 countries have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial support to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the
Berlin, April 17 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for more global cooperation to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and voiced support for the World Health Organization (WHO). Merkel told
Pankaj Shah, founder of the Team Pankaj aid group, poses for a picture near boxes with food donations to be distributed for people in need in the capital's poorest neighbourhoods, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 14, 2
Chinese commuters wear protective masks as they exit the subway during rush hour on April 15, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) New Delhi, April 17 (PTI): Chi
