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Hospitals in Brazil’s largest city ‘near collapse’

Hospitals in Brazil’s largest city ‘near collapse’

-- 2020-05-18 15:43:57

The mayor of Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. Bruno Covas said the city's public h...

Obama criticises Trump’s coronavirus response

Obama criticises Trump’s coronavirus response

-- 2020-05-17 21:07:00

Former US President Barack Obama has criticised his successor Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis. In an online address to graduating college students, he said the pandemic had shown th...

New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home: Cuomo

New COVID-19 cases in New York coming from people leaving home: Cuomo

-- 2020-05-17 10:33:28

New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialise, rather than from essential workers, Governor Andrew Cuomo said o...

Mexico at ‘peak moment’ of coronavirus crisis after biggest daily rise in cases

Mexico at ‘peak moment’ of coronavirus crisis after biggest daily rise in cases

-- 2020-05-15 15:00:30

Mexico has reached "the peak moment" of its coronavirus outbreak, officials said, as the country recorded its largest one-day rise in cases so far. More than 2,409 new cases of the virus were confirm...

More than one-third of hospitalised coronavirus patients develop kidney injury

More than one-third of hospitalised coronavirus patients develop kidney injury

FE Online Report 2020-05-14 19:50:17

Over a third of patients treated for Covid-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15 per cent required dialysis, US researchers reported on Thursday, reports R...

US envoy threatens to trigger return of UN sanctions on Iran

US envoy threatens to trigger return of UN sanctions on Iran

Reuters 2020-05-14 13:59:42

The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the UN Security Council does not extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expir...

Canada, US likely to extend travel restrictions until June 21

Canada, US likely to extend travel restrictions until June 21

-- 2020-05-14 11:11:11

Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on non-essential travel until June 21 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Canadian government source and a top US official said on Wednesd...

US Vice President Pence limits social contact

US Vice President Pence limits social contact

-- 2020-05-11 13:08:33

US Vice President Mike Pence has been distancing himself from others, but is not in self-quarantine, after his press secretary tested positive for the coronavirus, an administration official said Sund...

Three key US coronavirus officials in self-quarantine

Three key US coronavirus officials in self-quarantine

REUTERS 2020-05-10 10:43:20

Three key US officials guiding the coronavirus response were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to spokesmen and medi...

In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

Reuters 2020-05-10 10:16:03

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a s...

US house assistants 'hardest hit' by Covid-19 without food or rent

US house assistants 'hardest hit' by Covid-19 without food or rent

-- 2020-05-09 17:44:18

Almost three-quarters of US domestic workers have lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus, with most unable to pay rent and worried about buying food, researchers found, calling for broader governm...

US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists

US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists

-- 2020-05-09 16:41:23

The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, a shift that comes amid tension...

The government is failing us: Laid-off Americans

The government is failing us: Laid-off Americans

Reuters 2020-05-08 16:47:54

For Claudia Alejandra, unemployment has become a full-time job. Since losing her position at the makeup counter at the Macy’s department store in Orlando, Florida, on March 28, Alejandra spends...

Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

REUTERS 2020-05-08 13:44:03

For Claudia Alejandra, unemployment has become a full-time job. Since losing her position at the makeup counter at the Macy’s department store in Orlando, Florida, on March 28, Alejandra spends...

Trump says coronavirus worse ‘attack’ than Pearl Harbour

Trump says coronavirus worse ‘attack’ than Pearl Harbour

-- 2020-05-07 11:42:28

US President Donald Trump has described the coronavirus pandemic as the "worst attack" ever on the United States, pointing the finger at China. Mr Trump said the outbreak had hit the US harder than t...

Dozens infected with coronavirus at Mexican retirement home

Dozens infected with coronavirus at Mexican retirement home

-- 2020-05-07 10:41:31

At least 47 residents and three workers have been infected with coronavirus at a retirement home in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, authorities said on Wednesday (local time), in one of the...

Trump tours new face-mask factory but does not wear one

Trump tours new face-mask factory but does not wear one

Reuters 2020-05-06 10:34:07

Without wearing a face-covering himself, US President Donald Trump toured a new medical mask factory in Arizona on Tuesday (local time), taking a rare trip out of Washington to visit a state he hopes...

Trump health official played down coronavirus threat: Whistleblower

Trump health official played down coronavirus threat: Whistleblower

REUTERS 2020-05-06 09:48:40

The ousted director of a US agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblower's complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trump's administration of r...

Trump urges China to reveal COVID-19 origin

Trump urges China to reveal COVID-19 origin

-- 2020-05-06 09:48:32

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged China to be transparent about the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than a quarter of a million people since it started in the Chinese ci...

Black author makes Pulitzer Prize history

Black author makes Pulitzer Prize history

-- 2020-05-05 12:14:28

US author Colson Whitehead has become only the fourth writer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice. The African-American author was honoured for The Nickel Boys, which chronicles the abuse...

Trudeau announces funding for virtual health care, antibody research against COVID-19

Trudeau announces funding for virtual health care, antibody research against COVID-19

Xinhua 2020-05-04 19:55:31

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an allotment of 240 million Canadian dollars (about US$168 million) on Sunday for moving mental health and primary care services online during the COVI...

Total coronavirus cases in Brazil top 0.1 million

Total coronavirus cases in Brazil top 0.1 million

Reuters 2020-05-04 11:48:06

There have been 4,588 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Brazil and 275 deaths over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, bringing total confirmed cases in the country to over 0.1...

Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

-- 2020-05-04 10:17:56

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confiden...

Trump welcomes reemergence of Kim Jong Un

Trump welcomes reemergence of Kim Jong Un

-- 2020-05-03 19:15:20

US President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed the reemergence of North Korea's Kim Jong Un after weeks of speculation about his health, but prospects for the US efforts to persuade Pyongyang to denuc...

New York's Cuomo warns against 'blindly' reopening states

New York's Cuomo warns against 'blindly' reopening states

REUTERS 2020-05-03 10:26:22

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday pushed back against what he called premature demands that he reopen the state, saying he knew people were struggling without jobs but that more understanding...

Americans begin to surface from isolation as states ease clamp-downs

Americans begin to surface from isolation as states ease clamp-downs

-- 2020-05-02 10:11:50

Americans in about half of US states, led by Texas and Georgia, began emerging on Friday from home confinement while California and New York held fast to business closures and other restrictions impos...

Trump confident that COVID-19 may have originated in Chinese lab

Trump confident that COVID-19 may have originated in Chinese lab

-- 2020-05-01 11:00:50

US President Donald Trump has said that he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over...

Half of US states easing virus restrictions as jobless numbers grow

Half of US states easing virus restrictions as jobless numbers grow

REUTERS 2020-05-01 10:47:11

As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all US states forged ahead with easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses in hope...

Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

REUTERS 2020-04-30 11:03:16

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in...

US coronavirus deaths surpass Vietnam War toll

US coronavirus deaths surpass Vietnam War toll

-- 2020-04-29 10:10:53

The US coronavirus death toll climbed above 58,000 on Tuesday, surpassing the loss of American life from the Vietnam War, as Florida’s governor met with President Donald Trump to discuss an easi...