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France seized around 140,000 “illegal” masks during a police operation near Paris on Saturday. Two men were arrested in the afternoon whilst unloading “several boxes” from a cargo coming from the Netherlands in the suburban area of Saint-Denis, about 10 kilometres from the capital. Authorities opened an investigation on “possession of counterfeit goods and deceptive […]

The number of people to have died in hospitals in the United Kingdom after testing positive for coronavirus has surpassed 20,000, according to official data. The latest figures on Saturday showed that the UK had become the fifth country in the world to pass the grim milestone, but its actual toll could be much higher when deaths […]

Somalis protest against the killing Friday night of two people during an overnight curfew, intended to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, on a street in Mogadishu/Somalia Hundreds of disgruntled people took to the streets of Mogadishu on Saturday to protest alleged abuses by government security forces. The demonstration came after a government police […]

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Satellite photos show a train believed to belong to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at his compound at a resort town in the country’s east, amid rumors about the leader’s health. The website 38 North, which specializes in North Korea studies, released the images Saturday, saying that on April 21 […]

At least 1,300 police officers — out of roughly 140,000 in the force — have been infected by COVID-19 Sebastian ENRIQUEZ AFP  Seventeen police officers in Peru have died after contracting novel coronavirus while enforcing the nation’s pandemic lockdown, officials and state media said. Authorities admitted earlier this week that at least 1,300 officers had been […]

A member of the medical staff waits for more patients at a Brussels hospital on Saturday. Photo: Reuters Global deaths linked to the coronavirus have passed 200,000, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally. More than half of the fatalities have been […]

The presidents of Turkey and Iran on April 22 discussed the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic in a phone call, according to an official statement. Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani also exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments. Erdoğan also spoke with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte over […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about product research and development, production and marketing, and the resumption of work and production during an inspection of production line in Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, April 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)  April 24 (Xinhua) — At a time when the world economy […]

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on the new coronavirus dubbed COVID-19, at the WHO headquaters on March 2, 2020 in Geneva. (AFP Photo)  The World Health Organization is cautioning against the idea of “immunity passports.” It says there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered […]

A technician works in the lab of the COVID-19 department of the Policlinic of Tor Vergata in Rome, Friday, April 17, 2020.   –   Copyright  Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse With all the information circulating on coronavirus, it can be hard to sort fact from fiction. In our latest Q&A we asked our experts to answer your questions. Our experts this week […]