A vaccine to counter the novel coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an "optimistic" scenario, a agency that approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday.
Egypt's crowded, polluted capital, Cairo, is about to get a rival, in a gleaming new city that is meant to be home to 6.5 million people.
A strong typhoon has slammed into the eastern Philippines where authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people while trying to avoid the virus risks of overcrowding storm shelters
A distinct feature of the U.S. health system is that many people get insurance through their job. But a surge in COVID-19-related unemployment has left many Americans without coverage.
New Zealand's government plans to borrow and spend vast amounts of money as it tries to keep unemployment below 10 per cent in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
