Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Heasley, has received confirmation, after testing, that he has the COVID-19…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange closed indefinitely on Tuesday while currency and bond trading were suspended, the first market shutdowns worldwide…
The first participant in a clinical trial for a vaccine to protect against the new coronavirus will receive an experimental…
President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to the president’s personal physician. The White House released…
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) launched the “National Funding Initiative,” a new initiative to strengthen the fundraising abilities of its…
The COVID-19 shock will cause a recession in some countries and depress global annual growth this year to below 2.5%,…
Female waged workers in Vietnam are earning about 11 per cent less than men and the share of women in…
Human Rights Watch says China’s “bilingual education” policy has accelerated the demise of Tibetan-medium instruction in primary schools in Tibetan areas. The…
The coronavirus outbreak could cost the global economy up to USD 2 trillion this year, the UN’s trade and development…
Former vice-president Joe Biden expanded his lead over Senator Bernie Sanders with projected victories in three of the six states…
Human Rights Watch says judges on the International Criminal Court (ICC) have authorized the court’s prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on Tuesday for his first visit to the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday bid adieu after making their last appearance as working members of the royal…
North Korea has fired three projectiles, Seoul’s military said Monday, a week after it launched what the South said appeared…
Six people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency…
The coronavirus scourge is hitting global exports real hard, going by a report from the United Nations Conference on Trade…
The deadly Coronavirus disease, commonly known as CoVID-19, has amplified the long-standing US/China rivalry which has in the recent past…
About 70 people have been trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has welcomed commitments made by Argentina, Finland, Spain and Uruguay to ratify the Violence and Harassment…
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure on Friday to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The…
The ability of China to curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus within its territory and across the globe has…
The rampaging coronavirus outbreak is not all bad news. News of the outbreak in China helped in no small measure…
Chinese president, Xi Jinping has urged for prompt efforts in the development of safe and effective vaccines, drugs and testing…
Strong pointers have started to emerge that the United Kingdom (UK) might suffer a huge trade drawback in Europe in…
Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, an Italian newspaper reported Tuesday, as…
Twitter Inc. is “strongly encouraging” its almost 5,000 global employees to work from home due to concerns over the spread…
President Xi Jinping and other members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee have come together to make…
From this coming December 6-10, government leaders, global CEOs and other investment stakeholders will be stepping up efforts to promote…
The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds announced their engagement on Saturday evening, adding that they are expecting…