MARCH 31, 2020
FILE A photos shows a general view of Monument Valley, Utah, Oct. 25, 2018. Rick Bowmer/AP
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham raised alarms with President Donald Trump Monday about 'incredible spikes" in coronavirus cases in Navajo Nation, warning that the virus could "wipe out" some tribal nations, according to a recording of a call between Trump and...
MARCH 30, 2020
A lone traveler enters an empty baggage claim area in Terminal Four at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Airlines are reducing flights due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
The unemployment rate in the U.S. could reach a staggering 32.1% in the second quarter as 47 million workers are laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to...
MARCH 29, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday apologised to Indians whose lives had been disrupted by the lockdown but said the step was necessary to battle coronavirus.
Speaking to the nation via Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi said, "I apologize for taking these harsh steps which have caused difficulties in your lives, especially the poor. I know some...
MARCH 29, 2020
(Pictured) President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, on March 29, in Washington.
* U.S. cases top 141,000, over 2,400 deaths
* Fauci softens dire predictions
* NYC, New Orleans, Michigan short on medical equipment
* "Feels very apocalyptic," New York resident says
* (Updates with Trump extending guidelines, quotes)
WASHINGTON, D.C./...
MARCH 29, 2020
An aerial photo shows vehicles waiting to cross into Wuhan at a highway toll station in Wuhan. (AP/FMT pic)
WUHAN: The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases.
Travel restrictions have been loosened, with...
MARCH 28, 2020
President Trump leaving the White House this month to travel to Nashville. - Anna Moneymaker/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said Saturday night that he would not impose a quarantine on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but would instead issue a “strong” travel advisory for the region to be...
MARCH 28, 2020
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. - Samir Jana/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with the affiliated state associations on Saturday pledged to donate Rs 51 crores to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) to contribute towards strengthening the nation’s disaster management capacities and...
MARCH 28, 2020
Wuhan market shrimp seller may be COVID-19 patient zero: Report - IANS
A shrimp seller at the wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan believed to be the centre of the coronavirus pandemic, may be the first person to have tested positive for the disease, a media report said on Saturday.
The report by the London-based Metro...
MARCH 28, 2020
A daily labourer wearing a facemask waits for trucks to come for food commodities at a wholesale market during a 21 day government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kolkata, India on March 26.
India on Saturday reported 179 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest in a single day, taking the total count to 918....
MARCH 28, 2020
Joe Biden during a CNN town hall Friday night detailed how he'd respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
From a remote feed in his home in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said he starts his mornings with back-to-back briefings on the health and economic fallout of the pandemic -- and that he is regularly speaking with governors who are...
