Washington:  A senior US scientist issued a cautious prediction Sunday that the novel coronavirus could claim 100,000 to 200,000 lives in the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who leads research...

Madrid: International travel will likely fall by 20-30 percent in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, putting millions of jobs in the global tourism sector at risk, the World...

Copenhagen, Mar 26 : The World Health Organisation's European office said Thursday it saw "encouraging signs" as Italy reported a lower rate of infections of the new coronavirus, cautioning it...

Paris, Mar 26 :  The number of declared coronavirus cases in Europe topped 250,000, according to an AFP tally Thursday, more than half of which are in hard-hit Italy and...

Paris, Mar 26 :  With more than one third of the globe's population confined to their homes in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus, some are asking...

Milan, Mar 26 :  Italian football federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina said he was determined that the Serie A season would be concluded even going into August. All sport in...

Tehran, Mar 25 :  Iran will ban intercity travel within days as it finally gets tough with the coronavirus that has killed more than 2,000 people in one of the...

Laussane, Mar 25 :  Olympic chief Thomas Bach says "all options are on the table" over finding a new date to hold the postponed Tokyo Games. Tokyo 2020 became the...

Paris, Mar 24 : The number of deaths around the world from the novel coronavirus cases stood at 16,961, according to a tally compiled by AFP on Tuesday from official...

Tokyo, Mar 24 :  The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic...