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China on Friday urged the United States to meet it halfway and strengthen cooperation in the fight against coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump threatened to sever bilateral ties. Relations between the world’s two largest economies have deteriorated in recent weeks, with both sides trading barbs over the origins of…

Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Ahzar Ahmed al-Tayeb launched an international call for prayer on Thursday for the end of the pandemic. The Pope called for the faithful to pray together, brothers and sisters of all religious traditions, urging them to be united as human beings, as he…

An ousted US health official will warn Congress on Thursday that Americans face their darkest winter in decades if the country fails to deploy a coordinated response against the coronavirus pandemic. Rick Bright is expected to sound the alarm about inadequate countermeasures when he testifies at a congressional hearing. Our…

A 113-year-old Spanish woman is believed to have become the oldest person in the world to recover from coronavirus. Maria Branyas, the oldest person in Spain, confirmed she had tested positive for Covid-19 last month despite showing no symptoms. An update on her Twitter account, run by her daughter, on…

Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to current and former moderators to compensate them for mental health issues that evolved when they were on the job, according to a report. The preliminary settlement was filed on Friday in San Mateo Superior Court in California, The Verge reported. Selena Scola…

Fears of a second coronavirus wave smashing China will see each of Wuhan’s 11 million residents tested in just 10 days despite no new domestic cases. A major worry is asymptomatic cases, where people show no clinical signs of infection but spread the bug, authorities admit. China’s National Health Commission…

Five people undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a Russian hospital died after a blaze broke out in the intensive care unit. The fire started at 6 a.m. local time on Tuesday in St. George Hospital, St. Petersburg, where 20 people were hooked up to ventilators, Russian news agencies TASS and…

Britain’s richest men are taking taxpayers’ cash to furlough their staff.Bus firm Optare is using the Government scheme despite owners, the Hinduja family building a £22 billion fortune. Tory MP Peter Bone on Saturday night said he hoped the Hindujas would reflect on the decision. He said: The scheme is…

China on Monday threatened to retaliate against a US rule that tightening visa restrictions on Chinese journalists, in an escalating row after Beijing expelled more than a dozen American reporters. Citing China’s treatment of the reporters, the US Homeland Security Department issued new regulations on Friday limiting visas for Chinese…

Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will self-quarantine for 14 days after a staffer in his office tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office announced Sunday evening. Alexander’s chief of staff David Cleary said in a statement that the Republican senator tested negative for the coronavirus on May 7 and…