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European leaders push vaccine financing drive

May 3, 2020

LONDON (AFP) -- European leaders are backing an initiative from Brussels to raise 7.5 billion euros ($8.3 billion) to tackle the global coronavirus pandemic. The president of the European Commission...
Europe prepares for more lockdown easing as virus hopes rise

May 3, 2020

ROME (AFP) -- Europe on Sunday prepared for a further cautious easing of coronavirus restrictions following signs the pandemic may be slowing, with hard-hit Italy set to follow Spain in allowing peop...
Japan to extend state of emergency over virus: reports

Apr 30, 2020

TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to extend a nationwide state of emergency imposed over the coronavirus, possibly by another month, local media reported on Thursday. The me...
White House boasts US has passed S. Korea in virus testing

Apr 29, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The White House boasted Tuesday that the United States has tested more people for the coronavirus than South Korea, even as reports suggested that more testing needs to be done. In "We...
[Graphic News] Americans sour on China amid pandemic, broader rivalry: poll

Apr 28, 2020

Americans are increasingly hostile to China as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the US and global economies and after three years of Trump administration antagonism toward the country, accor...
[Graphic News] Major cities now have less air pollution during lockdowns

Apr 27, 2020

Restrictions on travel and nonessential business over the past weeks to control the spread of COVID-19 have meant dramatically cleaner air for some of the world’s most polluted cities. Global cities...
Global death toll from coronavirus surpasses 200,000

Apr 26, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) -- As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandem...
Muslims begin marking a subdued Ramadan under virus closures

Apr 24, 2020

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Muslims worldwide began Ramadan on Friday with dawn-to-dusk fasting, but many will have to forgo the communal prayers and family gatherings that make the holy month special...
[Graphic News] Consumers think pandemic may last more than 4 months

Apr 24, 2020

Consumers at home and abroad think the coronavirus pandemic will likely grip the world for more than four months, an international poll showed. The survey of 6,566 people in six countries - South ...
WHO warns 'long way to go' in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000

Apr 23, 2020

GENEVA (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global deat...
Trump order to bar new green cards, not temporary visas

Apr 22, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) -- US President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States.” But an executive order he is expected to sign Wednesday to ...
Trump bars new immigration green cards

Apr 22, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump announced what he described as a "temporary suspension of immigration into the United States." But the executive order would bar only those seeking permanent...
Maryland governor rebuts Trump over buying S. Korean coronavirus test kits

Apr 22, 2020

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday he has "no idea" why President Donald Trump got upset that he purchased coronavirus test kits from South Korea. Hogan, a Republican, said he thinks Trump "got ...
Trump vows immigration ban as virus roils world economy

Apr 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Donald Trump vowed to temporarily ban immigration to the United States to combat the "invisible enemy" of coronavirus, claiming it would save American jobs as the world economy pl...
Coronavirus could double number facing acute hunger: UN

Apr 21, 2020

PARIS (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger, the UN's World Food Programme warned Tuesday. "The number of people facing acut...