Health
Australia accuses China and Russia of virus disinformation
China and Russia were using the heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic to undermine Western democracies by spreading disinformation online, Australia’s foreign ...Taiwan to ease virus border controls to let in some business people
Taiwan will from the start of next week ease border controls put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and ...Flights canceled as Beijing’s new outbreak raises concerns
More than 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been canceled as the Chinese capital raised its alert level ...Life-saving coronavirus drug has been found
Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a ...Europe reopens borders but China battles new virus outbreak
A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monday after months of coronavirus curbs, but China locked down ...Virus more efficient at infection after mutation; diseased lungs more receptive to virus
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments ...Yemen’s rebels: Saudi coalition airstrike kills 13 civilians
An airstrike from the Saudi-led coalition struck a vehicle carrying civilians in northern Yemen on Monday, killing 13 people, including four children, ...EU’s haphazard route to post-lockdown border reopenings
As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming ...Virus second-wave fears rattle global markets, stocks fall
Fears that a second wave of COVID-19 infections is under way sent jitters across global markets on Monday with stocks and oil ...Beijing locks areas down as new virus outbreak gathers pace
China’s capital city raced Monday to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak, with 79 cases linked to a single wholesale food market in ...