A memo sent to California police chiefs says Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday to curb the spread of the coronavirus
A Canadian military helicopter serving with a NATO naval task force has reportedly crashed while participating in a mission in international waters off Greece. A tweet from the Canadian Armed Forces operations confirms the incident involved one of their CH-148 Cyclones.
An experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study, U.S. government and drug company officials say.
German prosecutors have charged a far-right extremist with the killing of a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party last year, and a near-fatal attack on an Iraqi asylum-seeker in 2016.
Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan said late Tuesday that he is launching an exploratory committee for the 2020 Libertarian Party's presidential nomination.
Hundreds of times every week during this pandemic, doctors and nurses treating critically ill COVID-19 patients in the U.S. steel themselves to insert ventilator breathing tubes.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The Federal Reserve, which has pumped trillions in emergency funding into U.S. financial markets to stem the damage from the coronavirus pandemic, is expected on Wednesday to reiterate its promise to do whatever it takes to support the world's largest economy.
China accused Australia of "petty tricks" on Wednesday in an intensifying dispute over Canberra's push for an international inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak that could affect diplomatic and economic ties between the countries.
At least 38 people were killed Wednesday when one of South Korea's worst fires in years broke out at a construction site in Icheon.
Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor who brought versatility and style to recent hit films and had roles in Hollywood movies such as Life of Pi and The Namesake, died on Wednesday at age 53.
British Airways plans to cut more than a quarter of its jobs because of the coronavirus crisis, parent company IAG said on Tuesday, forecasting that passenger numbers will take years to recover. Meanwhile, Boeing and Airbus reported expected losses on Wednesday and outlined some of their future plans amid the pandemic.
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancée, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected.
China, in a step toward returning to business as normal, announced Wednesday that its previously postponed national legislature session would be held in late May.
