Small rifts don’t negate the Chinese kind efforts in Nigeria: experts
File photo shows members of the 21st Chinese medical aid to Tunisia pose for a photo in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. Since 1963, some 220 million patients in 48 African countries…
Pandemic spells death sentence for India’s non-virus patients
SLiver patient Shahjahan's family feared the worst when a New Delhi public hospital told her to leave because her bed was needed in a coronavirus unit. The 40-year-old mother…
N.Korean leader holds politburo meeting to discuss anti-viral measures
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in an undisclosed location, the Korean Central News Agency…
India’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 242, total cases at 7,529
India's federal health ministry said Saturday evening the death toll due to the COVID-19 in the country rose to 242 and the total number of confirmed cases in the…
South Asia to be hit hard: World Bank
India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank said on…
Sri Lanka church forgives deadly Easter bombings
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (center) looks on as military personnel conduct parade during Sri Lanka's 72nd Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on Tuesday. The event brought together 2,500 guests…
Southern California Chinese Americans donate much-needed supplies to U.S. hospitals, first responders
Representatives of the Chinese American Federation (CAF) pose for a photo as they deliver donations to a store of Walgreens in Temple City, Los Angeles County, the United States,…
Harbin requires mandatory 28-day quarantine, multiple tests amid rising risk of imported infections
A plane carrying Chinese medical experts is seen at the airport in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 11, 2020. A team of 10 Chinese medical experts departed from…
Death toll of COVID-19 surpasses 1,000 in Brazil
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro wears a face mask during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on Friday. Photo: AFP The Brazilian…
New study starts to quantify undetected COVID-19 cases in US
A family walk on Madison Avenue wearing protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic on April 08, 2020 in New York City. Photo: AFP A new study has begun recruiting at…