When the coronavirus first emerged, it seemed like a distant threat to Brazil and the country's sprawling and impoverished favelas. But as the virus spreads across the South American nation, one favela resident is taking it upon himself to... >>>

When Chloe Fu, 24, went for a run on Monday evening, the streets of Stockholm were filled with people drinking on restaurant patios, enjoying the first warm day of sunshine after a long winter. “When you walk around, there is a total and utter... >>>

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced that the kingdom and its allies would observe a unilateral cease-fire in the war in Yemen starting at noon on Thursday, a move that could pave the way for ending the brutal five-year-old conflict.... >>>

A U.S. air base in Afghanistan was struck by several rockets early Thursday in an apparent Islamic State attack, defense officials confirmed. © Getty Rockets strike US base in Afghanistan The NATO-led mission announced on Twitter that five rockets... >>>

The woman claimed she was "exercising mentally" by meditating near the River Thames, and refused to leave until sunset.This is according to a more than 12-minute-long video the woman posted of the confrontation to YouTube on... >>>

Boris Johnson was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26 and still had a cough and fever 10 days later. He's been in intensive care since Monday.Johnson had a "good night" in the hospital, a Downing Street statement... >>>

Several class splits in the large section in Marseille are postponed until later, due to the coronavirus epidemic who halted the necessary work © BERTRAND LANGLOIS AFP A school in Marseilles EDUCATION - Several class duplications of large section... >>>

© BERTRAND LANGLOIS AFP A school in Marseilles EDUCATION - Several class duplications of large section in Marseilles are postponed until later, due to the epidemic of coronavirus which halted the necessary works The effects of coronavirus on the... >>>

© Copyright 2020, L'Obs The French aircraft carrier "Charles-de-Gaulle", which crossed into the Atlantic, decided to anticipate his return to France after the discovery on board of around forty suspected cases of coronavirus on board. "The Obs"... >>>

Driving to a factory in China's southeastern province of Fujian to meet a friend, Ye Jing was stopped by a security guard soon after returning from two months of lockdown in Hubei, the province hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. "His whole >>>

Over the last month Giovanni Sartori has lost his sense of time. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) { medianetNativeAdOnArticle.getMedianetNativeAds(true); }); He doesn’t remember exactly when his younger... >>>

World powers scrambled Thursday to build a global response to the human and economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus epidemic, as death tolls in the US and Europe soared higher. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function... >>>

The island’s government, locked out of the U.N. agency by the “one China” policy, says Tedros must face legitimate criticism for his handling of the coronavirus crisis.The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said the allegations by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus >>>

Crates of masks snatched from cargo planes on airport tarmacs. Countries paying triple the market price to outbid others. Accusations of “modern piracy” against governments trying to secure medical supplies for their own people. As the United States >>>

The Chinese embassy in Moscow on Wednesday night announced the temporary closure of all land border points of entry for individuals travelling between the mainland and Russia.The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei last December,... >>>