The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. People still sit at outdoor cafes in the center of Sweden's capital. Vendors still sell flowers. Teenagers still chat in groups...
March 29, 2020
Rolex, Cartier and Bulgari were shut down, the Cuban cigar joint was empty, and it just wasn't happening for the guy hawking shark jawbones. "We've got all kinds of sharks...
March 29, 2020
Mexico’s president shifts tone on coronavirus, urges people to stay home, warns of dire consequences
MEXICO CITY – As the coronavirus pandemic spread globally, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been criticized at home and abroad for what many called a lackadaisical posture –...
March 29, 2020
GUATEMALA CITY – Marcelo Ibate waited outside the big black door, eating tortillas out of a sweating plastic bag. A line of camouflaged soldiers stood beyond with large weapons and...
March 29, 2020
In a letter to the nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons to stay home and outlined stricter measures yet to come as the country registered 209 new coronavirus-related deaths....
March 29, 2020
Spain registered a record number of deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours as the government tightened restrictions on movement to slow the spread of a pandemic that's proving...
March 29, 2020
European officials warned against loosening lockdowns after the coronavirus outbreak claimed more than 3,000 lives in Spain and Italy over the weekend. Strains in health care systems increased as Spain...
March 29, 2020
North Korea on Monday lauded its latest test of what it said was a "super-large" multiple rocket launcher. The system, which was successfully tested, would soon be delivered to the...
March 29, 2020
In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and discipline to slow the spread of the virus, acknowledging...
March 29, 2020
U.S. health authorities urged millions of residents of the New York City region to avoid non-essential travel due to surging coronavirus infections there as deaths in the United States and...
March 29, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife said Saturday that she has recovered from being ill from COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus. “I am feeling so much better,” Sophie...
March 29, 2020
North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea said, calling it “inappropriate” at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic. South...
March 28, 2020
Thousands of Americans have been trapped overseas trying to find a way home after foreign governments closed their borders and airports to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. U.S. Immigration and...
March 28, 2020
South Korea says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into the sea. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the projectile launched on Sunday morning flew into the waters...
March 28, 2020
Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America's largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major world leader, calling the pandemic...
March 28, 2020
They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and more hazardous. And so...
March 28, 2020
Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country's first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone...
March 28, 2020
As Cubans received news this week of stringent measures announced by the government to fight the spread of the coronavirus on the island, many wonder how they will fare as...
March 28, 2020
Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost...
March 28, 2020
Authorities on Saturday were still hoping to fly 800 cruise ship passengers from Australia to Germany this weekend, but a sharp overnight rise in cases of the new coronavirus on...
March 28, 2020
Italy's coronavirus deaths surpassed 10,000 on Saturday even as the contagion's spread remained substantially stable. Europe's hardest-hit country had 889 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, health authorities said,...
March 28, 2020
Spain is to deploy its armed forces to help transport the bodies of those killed by the coronavirus, the country's health ministry said on Saturday, as the country recorded its...
March 28, 2020
Italy's coronavirus deaths surpassed 10,000 on Saturday even as the contagion's spread remained substantially stable. Europe's hardest-hit country had 889 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, health authorities said,...
March 28, 2020
Spain is to deploy its armed forces to help transport the bodies of those killed by the coronavirus, the country's health ministry said on Saturday, as the country recorded its...
March 28, 2020
Despite coronavirus restrictions, Earth Hour has commenced across the world, starting from New Zealand, followed by Fiji and Australia, with lights switched off on famous buildings and regular homes to...
March 28, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the public for patience on Saturday after a top official said restrictions on people's movements aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus won't be...
March 28, 2020
If there were anything that could force the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition to work together, it might have been the coronavirus. With the pandemic closing...
March 28, 2020
For Boris Johnson, as for others, it started with a cough and a fever. The British prime minister did what he was told by the most senior medic in the...
March 28, 2020
North Korea has fired an "unidentified projectile" toward the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports, citing the military Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul. No further details...
March 28, 2020
Dozens of people clashed on the Hubei border after the Chinese government lifted a two-month quarantine on the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, highlighting the challenges of undoing the...
March 28, 2020
North Korea fired what appeared to be an unidentified missile into its eastern sea, the South Korean military said, raising regional security concerns as world leaders battle the spread of...
March 28, 2020
Under the sign “Take out only” and a tall bottle of antiseptic by his side, Mazin Hashim, 54, rearranged the coals heating a water pipe outside his famed cafe in...
March 27, 2020
The highest-ranking judge in Venezuela — on par with the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — doled out legal favors to obtain millions in bribes paid through Miami...
March 27, 2020
Good news for all those who have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics: You're in for 2021. Olympic officials have confirmed that the 6,200 or so athletes who had already...
March 27, 2020
Health workers racing to save lives as France contends with one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks have received a huge show of gratitude with the help of the Eiffel...
March 27, 2020
Haiti and Venezuela are among 51 countries the United Nations is seeking to help through a $2 billion global humanitarian plan launched this week to respond to the coronavirus. Globally,...
March 27, 2020
Josna Begum lives with her son in a house with four other families in a slum in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, the world's most densely populated city. “Distancing is impossible for...
March 27, 2020
After months of deliberation, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, only to have his political opponent reject it as not...
March 27, 2020
Puerto Rico reported its third death due to COVID-19 on Friday, saying a 48-year-old woman in Aguadilla had succumbed to the novel coroanvirus. It's the first time an island resident...
March 27, 2020
Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear the virus is still silently spreading in the south...
