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A cargo plane carrying medical equipment from Turkey lands at Brize Norton Station U.K., April 22, 2020. (DHA Photo)  Acargo plane carrying medical equipment from Turkey reached coronavirus-hit U.K. early Wednesday. The Airbus A400M belonging to the Royal Air Force landed at Brize Norton Station at 5:30 a.m. (0230 GMT). The equipment is expected to […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (KCNA-Yonhap) Conflicting reports about whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill highlight the intelligence challenges that allies face in dealing with the security-obsessed nation, observers said Wednesday. Admitting the lack of intelligence access, US President Donald Trump said he did not know the status of North Korean leader […]

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the trials will start at Oxford this week (Picture: PA/Reuters) A Covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on humans for the first time in 48 hours. Speaking during the daily No 10 press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government was ‘throwing everything […]

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle past graffiti on walls in Wuhan, China, widely believed to be the original epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak. ©  Reuters / Aly Song The novel coronavirus may have first passed to humans somewhere in southern China months before the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, […]

An ambulance carrying a COVID-19 patient who was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship arrives at a hospital in Yokohama on Feb. 5. | KYODO Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people as they struggle with surging coronavirus infections and a collapsing emergency medical system. In one recent case, an ambulance carrying a […]

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [Photo/Agencies] The World Health Organization confirmed on Monday that it has been working very closely with United States COVID-19 experts since the beginning of the outbreak, a rebuke to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the WHO did not inform the US of the threat in a timely fashion. WHO […]

April 11, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)  The South Korean government said Tuesday no unusual activity has been detected in North Korea after unconfirmed […]

President Donald Trump speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on Monday. | Alex Wong/Getty Images  President Donald Trump on Monday night said that he was suspending immigration into the U.S. because of the coronavirus pandemic. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect […]

(ANSA) – Rome, April 20 – The Civil Protection Department said Monday that, for the first time since the start of the coronavirus emergency, the number of infected fell with respect to the previous day. There are currently 108,237 people infected with COVID-19 in Italy, compared to 108,257 Sunday, a drop of 20. On Sunday […]

Russia commemorates the Soviet victory over the Nazis each year on May 9 with a massive military display.Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency The Russian military will quarantine everyone involved in rehearsals for Russia’s postponed Victory Day Parade, the Defense Ministry said Monday following reports that some participants have tested positive for the coronavirus. President Vladimir Putin […]