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‘May Allah remove the virus’: Pandemic a grim addition to Afghanistan’s woes
Delkhah Sultani scrubs laundry outside her home in Kabul as her young daughter watches on. She says she once got paid around ...Powerful storm forces thousands from homes in virus-hit Philippines
Tens of thousands of people were forced into cramped shelters by the powerful storm pounding the Philippines on Friday, making social distancing ...Spain’s coronavirus death toll climbs by 138 on Friday
Spain’s death toll from coronavirus registered its lowest increase since Monday as health authorities registered 138 new fatalities on Friday, the health ...Coronavirus deaths surpass 300,000 worldwide
The global death toll from the coronavirus has reached more than 300,000, as nearly 85,000 people in the US have died following ...Putin says virus crisis easing as new cases fall below 10,000
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the coronavirus crisis was easing in Russia as the number of new daily cases fell below ...Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases climb
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 262 on Thursday, against 195 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, ...Europe gets on its bike as virus lockdown eases
Andre Wu and a dozen or so other people queue up at an appropriate social distance outside Brixton Cycles in south London ...Finland reopens schools despite virus warnings from teacher’s union
Finnish school children began returning to class on Thursday after eight weeks of coronavirus lockdown despite warnings from the teacher’s union it ...Japan lifts virus emergency for most regions
Japan’s prime minister on Thursday lifted a state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus for the majority of the country but ...Fresh test for Wuhan as cluster sparks mass virus screening
Nervous residents of China’s pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queued up across the city to be tested for the coronavirus on Thursday after ...