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8 killed by Nigeria security forces over virus lockdown
Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll ...Ethiopia moves to close Eritrean refugee camp despite virus fears
Ethiopia plans to shutter a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands of its inhabitants in other camps that the UN considers ...Spain’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 19,130
The total number of people who have died from the new coronavirus in Spain rose to 19,130, the Spanish health ministry said ...Struggle, fear and heartbreak for medical staff on virus frontline
Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have become the unwitting heroes of the coronavirus pandemic, winning applause from balconies and streets around the ...Spain’s daily death toll from coronavirus slips to 523, total at 18,579
The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours fell again on Wednesday to 523 from 567 reported the ...US halts funding to World Health Organisation amid coronavirus pandemic
President Donald Trump says he has directed a halt to US payments to the World Health Organisation pending a review of its ...Global recession forecast as countries mull lifting virus lockdowns
The coronavirus is poised to spark a bruising global recession not seen in a century, the IMF warned Tuesday, as countries considered ...Paris climate goals failure ‘could cost world $600 tn’
Nations’ failure to fulfil the promises they made in the Paris climate agreement to make drastic emissions cuts could cost the global ...Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll climbs by 602
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 602 on Tuesday, up from 566 the day before, posting a second consecutive ...Austria re-opens small shops
Thousands of shops across Austria will reopen on Tuesday as it becomes one of the first countries in Europe to loosen its ...