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A cargo ship operated by the Russian Navy passed through Turkey's Bosphorus strait en route to Syria on Tuesday loaded with ambulances, Reuters said. The Dvinitsa-50 ship, part of Russia's...

Senators and Trump administrators in the US have reached a $2 trillion rescue package deal to deal with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma have posted a video message to their compatriots, urging them to stay at home for the next three...

India's population of 1.3 billion people has been ordered to stay at home under the world's biggest lockdown in a bid to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

The White House and US senate leaders have reached an agreement on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush in aid measures worth two trillion dollars (£1.7 trillion) for businesses, workers and...

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Singapore's government said on Wednesday it was not ruling out holding a general election during the coronavirus outbreak in the city-state, saying strong leadership was needed in a crisis. Singapore,...

A man accused of operating secret chatrooms where he posted sexually abusive videos of blackmailed women in return for cryptocurrency payments has been detained in South Korea.

A man accused of operating secret chatrooms where he posted sexually abusive videos of blackmailed women in return for cryptocurrency payments has been detained in South Korea.

Respiratory support can mean the difference between life and death for Covid-19 patients.

I'm running in heels through the streets of Kuala Lumpur carrying a bottle of Tiger beer.

So, strictly speaking this is not a lockdown. But - on the day after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics became Tokyo 2021 - we are very much headed in that very...

Originally from Co Galway, I moved to Madrid in September 2019 to teach English as a second language.

I'm running in heels through the streets of Kuala Lumpur carrying a bottle of Tiger beer.

I am an English teacher living in Guangzhou, southeast of China. Originally from the Farney County of Monaghan, I made the move here last August after finishing my degree at...

Originally from Co Galway, I moved to Madrid in September 2019 to teach English as a second language.

“No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all,” wrote Albert Camus in ‘The Plague'.

I am an English teacher living in Guangzhou, southeast of China. Originally from the Farney County of Monaghan, I made the move here last August after finishing my degree at...

Blood from recovered coronavirus victims could soon be used to treat patients who are battling the disease and even help vulnerable people avoid the illness altogether.

“Daddy....I love the coronavirus.” Taken at face value, this was a pretty controversial interjection into the misery gripping us all from my seven-year-old daughter Ana, but she is viewing our...

“No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all,” wrote Albert Camus in ‘The Plague'.

The US said it will cut assistance to Afghanistan by $1bn (€927m) this year and threatened more cuts could come as a breakdown in talks over forming a unity government...

“Daddy....I love the coronavirus.” Taken at face value, this was a pretty controversial interjection into the misery gripping us all from my seven-year-old daughter Ana, but she is viewing our...

We left China for our annual Chinese New Year vacation on January 18. The plan was to spend three weeks in Cambodia. As the virus started spreading and flights to...

'Good morning, apologies for the early email…" so begins almost every pre-6am work email I've sent in the last week. My work window - now that my husband and I...

Making your own hours, wearing what you like and escaping a dreary commute are often the dream. Yet according to experts, working from home - even when it isn't sprung...

We've been confined to quarters in France for a week now and so far it's been… bearable.

The US Marine Corps is to ditch its tanks and slash troop numbers as it prepares to fight World War II-style Pacific island-hopping campaigns, amid tensions with China.

US carrier Delta Airlines flew a cargo-only passenger jet carrying vital medicine from Dublin to Atlanta yesterday in what is likely to be the first of a number of such...

We left China for our annual Chinese New Year vacation on January 18. The plan was to spend three weeks in Cambodia. As the virus started spreading and flights to...

India will begin the world's largest lockdown today in a move that will keep 1.4 billion people in their homes for at least three weeks.

The Tokyo Olympics were put off to next year as coronavirus deaths and infections surged in Europe and the US yesterday, with New York warning it is about to get...

Kodaline guitarist Mark Prendergast has said he had coronavirus and felt the onset of symptoms while at his parents' house.

After sponsoring a refugee family to move to Canada, one Vancouver Island resident found her kindness repaid when they brought her a food parcel while she was self-isolating.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal to inject nearly two trillion US dollars (£1.7 trillion)...

Another person has died from the coronavirus in the Republic.

Childcare providers will be asked to stop charging parents for places in crèches in return for a major bailout for the sector during the Covid-19 emergency.

Independent.ie reporters are bringing you the latest coronavirus stories you may have missed today.

Aldi is to pay its almost 4,000 workers in Ireland a 10pc bonus for their efforts during the current Covid-19 crisis.