Pandemic
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US faces a Memorial Day like no other; Greek islands reopen
Americans prepared to mark a Memorial Day like no other as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations, while Greece sought to revive its crucial ... -
Muslims celebrate major holiday amid curfews, virus fears
Muslims around the world on Sunday began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with ... -
Britain | Johnson aide faces more pressure as lockdown reports persist
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser faced further calls to resign, hours after a minister said he had the full support of the prime minister, as ... -
Wuhan lab head calls virus leak claims ‘pure fabrication’
Claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city are ... -
China kicks off key political event delayed by pandemic
China began its most important political event of the year yesterday after a two-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. The opening of the ... -
White House report blasts Chinese ‘malign activities’
Beyond its hard-hitting rhetoric against China over its handling of the coronavirus, the White House has issued a broad-scale attack on Beijing’s predatory economic ... -
Virus looms over China’s national legislative session
When China convenes its National People’s Congress tomorrow, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder? Will they wear masks? This year’s version of ... -
‘New normal’ anything but as countries continue to reopen
Hundreds of thousands of high school seniors in South Korea had their temperature checked and rubbed their hands with sanitizer as they returned to ... -
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
The World Health Organization bowed to calls yesterday [Macau time] from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it ... -
This Day in History | 1965 British police to be issued with tear gas
Britain’s police are to be armed with tear gas guns and grenades to be used against armed criminals or dangerous individuals. The Home Secretary, ... -
Trump’s use of malaria drug likely to be welcomed in India
President Donald Trump’s declaration that he was taking an antimalarial drug of dubious effectiveness to help fend off the coronavirus will likely be welcomed ... -
US-China fight over chip kingpin rattles tech industry
Since its founding more than three decades ago, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has built its business by working behind the scenes to make customers ... -
China announces $2 billion in virus help at WHO assembly
China will provide $2 billion over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout from it, President Xi Jinping said ... -
Pandemic Probe | Russia, Australia join growing support for coronavirus inquiry
Australia’s foreign minister yesterday welcomed international support for an independent investigation of the coronavirus pandemic, a proposed inquiry that has been condemned by China ... -
Trump aide accuses China of using travelers to ‘seed’ virus
The Trump administration stepped up its campaign of blaming China for the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with a top aide suggesting Beijing sent airline ... -
Brazil | Praise and push-ups for embattled Bolsonaro
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greeted hundreds of supporters — and joined some in a series of push-ups — who gathered before the presidential offices ... -
China faces angry world at key WHO meeting
At the first meeting of the World Health Organization’s governing body since Covid-19 stormed the globe, China is set to be challenged on two ... -
Tedros | UN health agency chief unbowed amid attacks, Trump criticism
The World Health Organization’s director-general has faced many challenges during the coronavirus pandemic: racial slurs, death threats, social media caricatures — he was once ... -
Mass testing to begin in Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
At least one community in the Chinese city of Wuhan was to begin testing residents for the new coronavirus yesterday after officials were given ... -
FBI says Chinese hackers might be targeting virus researchers
Organizations conducting research into COVID-19 may be targeted by computer hackers linked to the Chinese government, according to the FBI and the Department of ... -
Virus spikes could emerge weeks after US economic reopenings
U.S. states are beginning to restart their economies after months of paralyzing coronavirus lockdowns, but it could take weeks until it becomes clear whether ... -
China may test all of Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next ... -
Trump: Fed retiree fund should ban Chinese investments
The Trump administration has directed the U.S. federal employee retirement fund to scrap its plan to place more than $4 billion into Chinese investments, ... -
Italy’s South Tyrol invokes autonomy to pry open lockdown
The blazing orange letters of fire spelled out a familiar message in Italy’s South Tyrol province, an old call to resistance repurposed for the ... -
US Senate joins calls for Taiwan to regain WHO status
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill seeking the restoration of Taiwan’s observer status with the World Health Organization, escalating an international campaign to ... -
China and Taiwan at odds amid pandemic
U.S.-China relations have never been worse. Verbal sparring between a Trump administration determined to find someone to blame for the pandemic and China’s aggressive diplomats pushing ... -
Foretaste of Brexit | Virus cuts off much of UK farm labor
Britain’s fruit and vegetable farmers have long dreaded their country’s exit from the European Union, worrying that it would keep out the tens of ... -
Tale of two outbreaks | Singapore tackles a costly setback
Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he’s still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined ... -
Restart or re-stop? Countries reopen amid second-wave fears
Plastic spacing barriers and millions of masks appeared yesterday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities, as France and Belgium emerged from lockdowns, ... -
More slog than snapback is outlook for Europe’s virus recovery
For Javier Vazquez, business as usual will be a faint prospect even when he does get to reopen his two Madrid restaurants shuttered by ... -
UK expected to stick to lockdown as Johnson outlines future
Taking a different tack than most other nations, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to extend the bulk of the country’s coronavirus lockdown ... -
Europe agrees on $260 billion credit lines to stem fallout
Euro-area finance ministers agreed to allow the region’s bailout fund to extend credit lines to each of the bloc’s governments on concessionary terms, paving ... -
Australia | Most populous states start to ease virus lockdowns
Australia’s two most populous states, responsible for 65% of the nation’s coronavirus cases, are edging toward easing social-distancing restrictions after Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... -
Pandemic poses special threat to indigenous health, culture
In Indonesia’s easternmost province, felled trees are stacked to block a road that leads to Papuan villages. On the Thai-Myanmar border, the Karen people ... -
Fractures in many nations widen as virus lockdowns ease
Regional and political fractures are emerging in many nations over how fast to lift the lid on coronavirus-imposed lockdowns, as worries about economic devastation ...
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