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In virus fight, Singapore may jail people who stand close

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

The city-state has introduced a series of new measures to tackle the virus, including closing bars and cinemas as well as banning large events. One step aimed a...

Google offers $800 mn to pandemic-impacted businesses, health agencies

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

The aid will come in the form of cash, ad credits, and cloud services from the California-based internet colossus, according to chief executive Sundar Pichai. G...

Airbnb to offer housing to 100,000 crisis responders

Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)

The home-sharing platform said it would subsidize the stays for health professionals and other emergency responders to enable them to live closer to their work ...

Spain deaths surpass China's as third of planet in lockdown

Mar 25, 2020 (AFP)

Markets rebounded after Washington vowed to spend $2 trillion to fend off a US economic collapse, while capitals elsewhere are still taking ever more dramatic s...

Southwest Valley awarded $524M for border wall construction in Arizona

Mar 24, 2020 (UPI)

The deal modifies an earlier contract, originally awarded in May 2019, for design build replacing the section of the wall near Tucson, Ariz. In February, Southw...

Navy's USNS Comfort hospital ship to arrive in NYC within weeks

Mar 24, 2020 (UPI)

In a Monday press briefing Esper told reporters the USNS Comfort would head to New York City "for the same purpose" as the USNS Mercy, which left its home port ...

1964 Olympic torchbearer frets about virus-hit Olympic relay

Mar 24, 2020 (AFP)

But with the coronavirus threatening the torch relay and even the Olympic Games themselves, the 73-year-old believes the 2020 version should be scrapped, as tor...

Czechs send Italy replacements for seized masks

Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)

Described as a "theft" by some media, the seizure angered Italy, currently the global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with almost 5,500 deaths and its hospit...

Austria, Hungary get Chinese masks, gear to fight virus

Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)

Two Austrian Airlines planes from Xiamen in China arrived in Vienna carrying masks and other protective gear destined for Austria's western Tyrol province, as w...

Virus deaths surge past 13,000 as one billion confined to homes

Mar 22, 2020 (AFP)

The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries across the globe, disrupting lives, travel and businesses as governments scramble to shut borders and u...

Scientists develop AI device that detects coughs in crowds

Mar 19, 2020 (UPI)

Inventors have envisioned the device being used in hospitals, waiting rooms and larger public spaces. They say it may expand on health surveillance tools alread...

Chinese PM pledges two million anti-virus masks to EU

Mar 18, 2020 (AFP)

In a phone conversation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China was also ready to provide 200,000 respirator masks for more serious cases, Ursula von der Leyen s...

'Elderly hour' in Aussie stores as panic-buying continues

Mar 17, 2020 (AFP)

After rushes on groceries, the country's biggest supermarket chain opened exclusively for elderly and disabled shoppers for an hour in an attempt to let them pu...

Curfews as US shuts down to fight coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

New Jersey state and San Francisco announced curfews and Trump asked Americans to restrict gatherings to groups of fewer than 10 as the US dramatically ramped u...

Europe locks down as global virus panic spreads

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

With French President Emmanuel Macron describing the battle against COVID-19 as a "war", governments around the world are imposing restrictions rarely seen in p...

Swiss army says preparing to deploy to assist virus fight

Mar 14, 2020 (AFP)

The army will as of Monday deploy one of its four hospital battalions, army chief Thomas Sussli said in a tweet. The battalion will be carry out a "special serv...

Schools, sports, entertainment: coronavirus sparks global shutdown

Mar 13, 2020 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump defended his shock decision to impose a 30-day ban on travel to the United States from mainland Europe, a move which sparked panic amo...

Flame for 2020 Tokyo Olympics lit in Greece amid virus lockdown

Mar 12, 2020 (AFP)

With spectators banned, an actress dressed as an ancient Greek high priestess lit the flame using the rays of the sun reflected off a concave mirror, launching ...

Virus scales back Japan events marking 2011 disaster

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled the annual public ceremony at National Theatre, attended by members of the royal family and people from th...

China quarantine hotel collapse toll jumps to 20

Mar 10, 2020 (AFP)

Forty-one survivors pulled from the wreckage are injured, the Ministry of Emergency Management said at a press conference Tuesday. The building in the coastal c...