APRIL 20,2020
Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, right, with Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher speaks in Canberra, Monday, April 20, 2020. Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government said on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
CANBERRA, Australia —...
APRIL 20, 2020
COVID-19 testing
After weeks of sheltering in place, Americans are asking how soon we can return to a more normal life outside our homes. Much of the answer might be in a test.
The first phase of testing has been about determining who has COVID-19. The next phase will be about who had it – or may still be fighting...
APRIL 19, 2020
Deep in the Chinese wilderness, virologists found something unusual in the blood of people living near a mysterious cave full of bats.
A scientist from the Wuhan Institute of Virology collects samples from the Yunnan bat cave, the exact location of which is a closely guarded secret. Picture: EcoHealth AllianceSource:Supplied
In 2004, deep in the wilderness of China’s Yunnan...
APRIL 19, 2020
People watch firefighter Elielson Silva play his trumpet from the top of a ladder for residents cooped up at home, during a lockdown to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 5, 2020. A survey by the polling firm Datafolha in the opening days of April found that 76%...
APRIL 19, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Amid rising tensions with governors, President Donald Trump continued to tout the number of coronavirus tests in the United States, insisting that the issue is being politicized and that the...
APRIL 19, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing over its...
APRIL 19, 2020
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam holds a press conference on March 23, 2020. - Dean Hoffmeyer
Governors across the country on Sunday pushed back on the Trump administration's claims that states are conducting a "sufficient" level of coronavirus testing.
Speaking with CNN's "State of the Union," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, said it was "delusional" to suggest the...
APRIL 19, 2020
Indian defence officials have reported a coronavirus outbreak at a key naval base in the western city of Mumbai.
Twenty-one personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 at INS Angre, which is the seat of the force's western command, the navy said in a statement on Saturday.
It added that there are no infections aboard any ships or submarines.
India has...
APRIL 19, 2020
The logo of GoAir airline is pictured on an A320neo aircraft at the builder's headquarters of Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse
NEW DELHI - Indian budget airline GoAir has asked as many as 90% of its 5,500 employees to go on indefinite leave without pay as the Indian government's coronavirus flight restrictions dry up cash flow, Bloomberg News...
APRIL 18, 2020
Protective masks hang in a decontamination unit at the Battelle N95 decontamination site during the coronavirus pandemic, Saturday, April 11, 2020, in Somerville, Mass. - AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
The federal government, scrambling to find N95 masks to protect health-care workers from coronavirus infection, has placed more than $110 million in mask orders at high prices with unproven vendors,...
