MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) - Russia overtook China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, when its tally climbed above 87,000, as pressure rose on the government to consider easing lockdown res
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United Nations, April 28 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to do more to address various challenges faced by young people who are encountering such probl
New York, April 28 (IANS) As the number of people killed by COVID-19 in the US reached 56,144, US President Donald Trump raised the forecast for deaths from the deadly disease sweeping the world to 70,000. &
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting "serious investigat
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he has a good idea how Kim Jong Un is doing and hopes he is fine, after days of speculation over the North Korean leader's health.
GENEVA, April 28 (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunisation for children in the poorest countries, the head of th
Medical workers from a hospital collect swabs from high school teachers for nucleic acid tests at a school, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Yichang, Hubei province, China April 27, 202
A child plays under The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Queens borough of New York City, US on April 25. (REUTERS Photo) B
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on February 27, 2020. (REUTERS File photo)
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wears a face mask as he attends a session of the lower house of parliament on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rome, Italy on April 21, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo) &
A health worker takes temperature of passengers of a van, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Taiz, Yemen on April 12, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo) ADEN/DUBAI, April 27 (
People wearing face masks walk on the platform of Constitucion railway station, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 16, 2020. (REUTERS File photo)
RIYADH, APRIL 27 (IANS): Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission has said. The announcemen
Relatives stand on an aerial platform installed near the facade of Belgian care home Le Cinquantenaire Orpea, allowing people to be in touch with their loved ones while inside their room, amid the outbreak of t
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a gold bar during a meeting with representatives of the mining sector in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela on December 5, 2017. (REUTERS File Photo) PUERTO ORD
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a signing ceremony after the House of Representatives approved a $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US on March 27
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks with a delegate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during an event hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Energy Resources Governance Initiative at the P
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain on January 13, 2020. (REUTERS File photo) LONDON, April 27 (Reuters): The second part of the U.S. extraditi
A volunteer walks inside a convention center that was used as a makeshift hospital to treat patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) The Nepali government decided to extend the nationwide lockdown until May 7 to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The cabinet meeting held on Sunday decid
