President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by coronavirus, on a day the nation saw a record 18,000 new confirmed cases of infection. Hours earlier, the House of Representatives passed the package, with lawmakers uniting to greenlight the mega-plan as the world-topping number of US infections […]

South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. “This morning, we South Africans wake up with sad news that we now have our first deaths resulting from COVID-19,” the health ministry said on Friday. Both deaths took place in hospitals in the southern province […]

The British government is not crashing the economy with its multi-billion pound schemes to help businesses and workers as both companies and citizens needed support to survive the coronavirus crisis, its business minister said on Friday. READ ALSO: Britain’s post-Brexit budget to combat coronavirus fallout “I don’t think we are crashing the economy,” British Business […]

The Red Cross appealed Thursday for nearly $825 million to help the world’s most vulnerable communities face the challenges posed by the new coronavirus pandemic. It came a day after the United Nations launched its own COVID-19 humanitarian response plan calling for $2 billion to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. The International […]

Mali’s main opposition party, Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) have confirmed that its leader and 11 other members have been missing since Wednesday, March 25. Soumaila Cisse and his entourage are believed to have been kidnapped during an election campaign in a region where terrorists frequently carry out attacks. Cisse lost presidential polls […]