Category: Foreign
Google to fight misinformation on COVID-19 with $6.5m
Google is providing $6.5m in funding to fact-checkers and non-profit organisations fighting misinformation around the world in an effort to help addre [...]
French doctor apologises for suggesting COVID-19 drug be tested in Africa
One of the French doctors, Jean-Paul Mira, who suggested that the potential COVID-19 treatment be brought to Africa for testing, sparking an outrage o [...]
US records 1,169 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours as global case crosses 1million
The United States have recorded 1,169 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death [...]
French doctors want COVID-19 treatment tested first on Africans
Two French doctors, Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, on live television discussed how a potential new treatment for the coronavirus pandemic should b [...]
Indian couple name their twins ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’
An Indian couple have reportedly named their newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’ despite the havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The two words de [...]
Chadian president leads war against Boko Haram personally
Chadian President, Idriss Dèby Itno, has taken the war against terror groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) personal by [...]
COVID-19: Duterte gives order to shoot dead violators of lockdown
Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing "trouble" in areas locked down due to the coronav [...]
COVID-19: UK builds huge morgue the size of two football pitches
A huge temporary coronavirus morgue is currently being built inside the ExCel convention centre, near the NHS Nightingale Hospital in the United Kingd [...]
COVID-19 testing kits headed to the UK contaminated with the virus
The United Kingdom has halted its proposed mass testing for coronavirus after discovering that some of the kits being imported into the country were c [...]
COVID-19: Russia sends plane full of medical supplies to US
Russia has dispatched a cargo plane with masks and medical equipment to the US after Donald Trump accepted an offer of humanitarian aid from Vladmir P [...]