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     (Yonhap) Korea on Thursday reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, all of which were imported from overseas, marking the first time in 75 days that zero local community infections were reported. The total number of confirmed cases in Korea stood at 10,765 as of midnight, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and […]

  An ampule of the drug remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany [File: Ulrich Perrey/Pool/Reuters]  An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, shortening the time it takes for patients to recover by four days on average, United States government […]

Germany should allow migrants from Africa to pay a cash deposit to obtain temporary German work visas, a panel of migrations experts proposed in a report published Tuesday, a measure they argue would reduce illegal migration to the EU.In its latest annual report, the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR) suggested such […]

World Bank/Dominic Chavez Young factory workers producing shirts in Accra, Ghana. Some 1.6 billion people employed in the informal economy – or nearly half the global workforce – could see their livelihoods destroyed due to the continued decline in working hours brought on by lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19, the International Labour Organization (ILO) […]

At least 38 people were killed in a fire that broke out at a construction site for a logistics warehouse in Gyeonggi Province, authorities said Wednesday. Ten others were injured. The blaze was extinguished at around 6:42 p.m., about five hours after it was first reported at the site in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, according to […]

Stock photo: Artist’s illustration of an asteroid.ISTOCK Today, an asteroid known as 1998 OR2—which measures somewhere between 1.1 and 2.5 miles wide—is making a close approach to our planet, and you can watch it online as it sails by. The asteroid, known as 1998 OR2, is large and bright enough that it can be viewed […]

Image: KCNA South Korea’s unification minister on Tuesday dismissed a local media report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un having undergoing surgery at the North’s Hyangsan Hospital as “fake news.” Speaking at the National Assembly, unification minister Kim Yeon-chul said it was “hard to accept” reports from the Seoul-based Daily NK that a doctor from the […]

Lebanese soldiers clear the road next to a burning bank branch, set ablaze by demonstrators following the funeral of protester Fawaz al-Samman, in the northern port city of Tripoli. AFP  Clashes between protesters and security forces in Lebanon erupted on Tuesday evening as violence continued for a second night. Lebanon’s protesters and security forces are […]

Packages of personal protection equipment donated by Turkey to help the United States combat the new coronavirus outbreak sit at Etimesgut Air Base outside Ankara, Turkey, April 28, 2020. (DHA Photo)  The U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison on Tuesday thanked Turkey for providing personal protection equipment in Washington’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak. […]

A healthcare worker is seen outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center, during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 28, 2020. © REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The United States on Tuesday recorded its one-millionth coronavirus case as countries including Spain, Russia and Nigeria took tentative steps back towards […]