United States (US) President, Donald Trump, insisted Monday that campaign rallies do not put his supporters at risk of catching or spreading the coronavirus, and insisted the country was well prepared for the disease. “I think it’s very safe,” to continue holding frequent rallies across the country, Trump said when questioned in the Oval Office. […]

The United Nations special envoy for Libya said on Monday he has resigned for health reasons days after his latest effort at peacemaking failed to achieve a breakthrough in the conflict. Ghassan Salame said on Twitter that he had “sought for two and a half years to unite Libyans, prevent foreign intervention and preserve the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to parliament a number of new constitutional changes, including amendments that mention God and stipulate that marriage is a union of a man and woman. Putin in January unleashed a political storm by proposing an overhaul of the constitution, the first changes to the basic law since 1993. Last […]

The legendary former chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE), Jack Welch has died at the age of 84. The renowned former GE CEO’s death was announced by his wife Suzy on Monday. Welch was head of the GE, one of America’s most well-known companies, ruling over a global empire that had its hand in […]

All crew members from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off Japan have now disembarked, the country’s health minister said. The crew began leaving the Diamond Princess on Thursday for quarantine ashore after the last of the passengers had departed. “Including the captain, all crew members disembarked,” health minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters late Sunday. Around 130 […]

Iran’s health ministry raised on Sunday the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of infected cases jumped overnight to 978 people. The ministry’s spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said new cases were confirmed in a number of cities, including Mashhad, which is home to Iran’s most important Shiite shrine that attracts […]

South Africa will evacuate 151 citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan within days, the health minister said Sunday, as the death toll and number of infected worldwide mounted. The virus has spread to more than 60 countries around the globe — killing nearly 3,000 people and sickening 87,000 — prompting the World Health […]

A coughing Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is cancelling his participation at a week-long spiritual retreat in the Roman countryside because of a cold. It is the first time in his seven-year papacy that he has missed the spiritual exercises that he initiated early in his pontificate to […]

Operators of a British cruise ship that was turned away from its destination due to fears of the new coronavirus said Saturday they have chartered planes to ferry passengers home — but don’t yet have permission to dock anywhere. The Braemar, which had been scheduled to disembark its hundreds of passengers in the Dominican Republic […]

Mexico confirmed its fourth case of the new coronavirus on Saturday — all linked to recent travel to Italy — after a young woman tested positive for infection. Health authorities said the 20-year-old from northern Coahuila state was carrying the virus without showing symptoms. She had recently travelled to Milan and was now under isolation […]