With 740 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the United States has seen more people die from the pandemic than died in World War I, according...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has is lending €20 million ($22.7 million, MVR 351.12 million) to the Maldives to help sustain the Indian Ocean island nation’s...
An estimated 1.7 billion people — more than 20 percent of the world’s population — risk becoming severely infected with COVID-19 due to underlying health problems...
Maldives on Monday lifted a crushing lockdown on its capital region after two months, as the spread of coronavirus in the island nation slows. The lockdown...
Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of the pandemic...
Beijing carried out mass testing for the coronavirus on Sunday after a new outbreak in the city that prompted travel warnings across the country amid fears...
By Sonu Shivdasani As lockdowns go, we mustn’t complain. My wife, Eva, and I have been marooned on Soneva Fushi — the luxury resort we own in...
ROME (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s...
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Researchers in Thailand began collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns they may pose a threat to local...
Maldives has repatriated more than 13,000 foreigners — mostly migrant workers — stranded in the island nation due to the travel restrictions stemming from the global...