A fourth person has died after being taken to hospital from a quarantined coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off Japan, local media reported on Tuesday. Public broadcaster NHK and other local outlets
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, at 94 the world’s oldest leader, submitted his resignation to the king Monday after a bid by his allies to bring down the government and
Kuwait and Bahrain confirmed on Monday their first novel coronavirus cases, the countries’ health ministries announced, adding all had come from Iran. Kuwait reported three infections and Bahrain one in
The Hubei health authority reported that 96 more people died of the coronavirus in China’s Hubei province on Sunday, February 23, raising the death toll in the outbreak’s epicenter to
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 77,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year
The Hubei health authority in China reported that 115 more people died of the coronavirus in Hubei province on Thursday, raising the death toll in the epicenter since the beginning
At least nine people were killed in shootings targeting shisha bars in Germany that sparked a huge manhunt overnight before the suspected gunman was found dead in his home early
Weeks into the novel coronavirus crisis, the outbreak finally appears to be stabilizing in central China, where the virus was initially detected before it spread throughout the country and the
The death toll from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday. Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. Meanwhile, an elderly man
Four people were killed in a mid-air collision between two light planes in Australia on Wednesday, scattering debris across a rural area north of Melbourne. Police said the two twin-engined