Italy took a page from Chinaβs playbook Sunday, locking down around 16 million people β more than a quarter of its population β for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.
At least four killed, dozens other rescued following collapse of a China hotel.
Officials in California were deciding Saturday where to dock a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases aboard and four U.S. universities canceled in-person classes, as Western countries imitate China by imposing travel controls and shutting down public events to contain the outbreak.
Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into the daily lives of millions, infecting the powerful, the unprotected poor and vast masses in between.
The release of the James Bond film βNo Time To Dieβ has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus.
British authorities laid out plans Tuesday to confront a COVID-19 epidemic, saying that the new coronavirus could spread within weeks from a few dozen confirmed cases to millions of infections. Officials hope the most drastic measures wonβt be needed. Britain may not be able to stop the virus, but it has one vital advantage in fighting it: a head start.
The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from Americaβs longest war.
Schools across the United States are canceling trips abroad, preparing online lessons and even rethinking βperfect attendanceβ awards as they brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus could begin spreading in their communities.
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is βvery, very readyβ for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nationβs response.
This little baby was less than impressed after she was born via C-section in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A fashion designer is dividing opinion with some very unique, extra-wide inflatable latex trousers!
Paramount Pictures on Monday halted production on the seventh βMission: Impossibleβ film due to the new virus, as Hollywood began to more drastically adapt to the growing global outbreak.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that they expect the Coronavirus to spread in the United States.Β
President Donald Trump said Sunday heβs ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in Americaβs longest war. βTime to come home,β he said.
On Monday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion to combat climate change, which he described as the "biggest threat to our planet."Β
The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported Friday.
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica.
The phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked after receiving a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Nations experts said Wednesday.
Prince Harry took aim at the journalists who have dissected his life since the day he was born as he expressed regret for the way he has had to step down from royal duties.
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