New York, April 1 (IANS) As the number of deaths from coronavirus passed the grim milestone of the toll of 9/11, the US stared at questions about its preparedness and the stark prospects of more than 100,0
People wearing face masks line up to enter a supermarket in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
HONG KONG,
Firefighters spray disinfectant on a street during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 31. (REUTERS Photo)
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A motorcyclist wears a protective mask next to a police officer, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bari, Italy on March 31. (REUTERS Photo)
ROME, March 31 (Reuters):
An Iraqi soldier wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant to sanitize a street, during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq on March 31. (REUTERS Photo
A woman wearing a protective mask is seen past a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus, in Shanghai, China on March 12, 2020. (REUTERS File
A man is seen at the Cordova Americas border bridge, where the flow of people has decreased as new travel restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have stopped millions of Mexicans living
Seven-year-old Uzbillah stands with face masks on a stick selling them with his brother at the corner of a street during a lockdown after Pakistan shut all markets, public places and discouraged large gathering
Mount Fuji is seen from a plane in Japan on November 24, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters): A Japanese government panel has said any major eruption of Mount Fuji would
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam take part in a session of parliament in this file picture dated July 17, 2000. Khaddam, who later became a prominent opponent o
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wipes his nose as he holds a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan on March 28, 202
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters): Th
Yangon, March 31 (Reuters): Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, a 69-year-old man who also had cancer and died in a hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon, a government spokeswom
Men wearing protective masks sit inside a bus that will take them to a quarantine facility, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi, India, March 31, 20
Washington, March 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to combat COVID-19 and other global issues during a phone conversation, the White House said.
Jerusalem, March 31 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his office said, after one of his aides has contracted the virus.
The prime minister's
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he u
A medical worker in a protective suit is seen at the San Filippo Neri hospital, where patients suffering from the coronoavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Rome, Italy, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo M
Berlin, March 31 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tested negative for coronavirus for the third time, her spokesperson Steffen Seibert said.
Seibert on Monday said in a statement that Merkel w
Aug 28, 2018; New York, NY, USA; Roger Federer of Switzerland hits to Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in a first round match on day two of the 2018 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tenn