A park in Stockholm on Sunday. (Andres Kudacki/AP)
Coronavirus? Pandemic? For many in Sweden, life goes on as usual.
The country has declined to implement strict measures to combat the virus. That may soon change.
Cardinal George Pell wins appeal against sexual-abuse conviction
The High Court of Australia acquitted the former Vatican finance chief, who had been serving a six-year sentence, ruling there was sufficient doubt.
As layoffs surge in richer countries, poorer nations lose a crucial economic lifeline
Many workers around the world are no longer able to help relatives in developing nations whose lives can hinge on the payments sent home.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
Raab is running the country while Boris Johnson is in intensive care with covid-19.
Struggling to breathe, the British prime minister spent the night in a hospital ICU in London.
The number of new coronavirus cases is starting to decline as the country pursues a policy of elimination rather than containment.
Experts warn that it may already be too late and the virus is rampant in Tokyo and elsewhere.
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His skepticism over the virus fits into a broader narrative of his far-right nationalist rule.
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general says U.S. hospitals face "severe" and widespread shortages of personal protective equipment, testing supplies, ventilators and staff.
At 600 deaths a day in New York, officials hope they are now seeing the worst of the crisis.
Restrictions would be lifted in stages, starting in mid-April.
He has deputized Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab as a stand-in.
Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. pushed past 10,000 on Monday. Experts say the true count is certainly higher.
Since the coronavirus outbreak began in China, new cases have been confirmed in more than 100 countries, with thousands of cases reported in South Korea, Italy and Iran and hundreds in the United States.
From a restricted Italy, an artist’s eye on the deadly coronavirus outbreak
“If the Easter Bunny doesn’t make it to your household, we have to understand that it’s a bit difficult at the moment," she said.
A rigid work culture and a technological blind spot leave Japan unprepared for the challenge of remote working.
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Martial rhetoric comes easily to many politicians. But some public health experts argue the wartime narratives obscure the reality of the pandemic.
The Pakistani military says dozens of doctors who were briefly jailed for taking to the streets in southwestern Baluchistan province to protest the lack of protective equipment to treat the growing number of coronavirus cases will get the equipment they need
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre has been granted 60 days of home arrest by Senegal’s justice ministry because of the threat of COVID-19 in the prison where he is serving a life sentence
People across Rwanda are marking the anniversary of the 1994 genocide at home
Four German students who were invited to shelter with a New Zealand family during a nationwide lockdown say they’ve been having lots of fun sharing meals, playing soccer and trying to learn guitar
Ancient burial rituals common across the largely Muslim Middle East are being disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak