Britain looks to the great outdoors to ease its coronavirus lockdown
1st freedom regained by cooped-up residents of England is unfettered outside time. Maybe it will help get them dodge social media rumors.
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19th-century ritual forcing Japanese into the office amid pandemic
Many workers still commute just to stamp papers with carved wooden hand seals. But in a time of social distancing, the custom is under mounting pressure.
Worldwide coronavirus cases top 4 million
The worldwide death toll topped 277,000 on Saturday, with the United States recording more than 78,000 deaths, the highest of any country in the world.
Hong Kong seizes record $1 million worth of shark fins
More than 72 million sharks are killed each year for their fins, which are commonly used in soup.
COVID-19 expected to peak in world's poorest countries soon, UN says
The United Nations said a "smart strategy" is to contain coronavirus in the world's most vulnerable countries to stem a "further phase of the pandemic."
"Murder hornets" likely came to U.S. as "unwitting hitchhikers"
Two of the wasps — the world's largest hornet species — were found in Washington state, and scientists have since been trying to track the invasive insects to eradicate them.
"Murder hornets" are the newest lethal threat in the U.S.
Just when 2020 couldn't seem to get any more chaotic, hornets that look "like something out of a monster cartoon" invaded Washington State to decapitate honeybees and eat their young.
Why Taiwan is a "great example of how to deal with the coronavirus"
"I think a lot of countries are thinking, well, we can learn a lot from Taiwan. Why is Beijing not letting Taiwan get up and tell its story?"
UN chief says pandemic spurring "tsunami of hate"
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also says xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering have intensified, but suggests solutions.
New Iraqi leader caught between Iran and the U.S.
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi must fix a coronavirus-hit economy and crumbling infrastructure - and keep his U.S. and Iranian allies from turning his country into a battlefield.
Immigrant in ICE custody dies after testing positive for COVID-19
At least 788 immigrants in ICE custody have tested positive for coronavirus across the country.
U.K. economy forecast to shrink by most since 1706
British economy could suffer its deepest annual contraction in more than three centuries as a result of coronavirus.
Study shows major racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths in parts of UK
The disparity is partly due to factors like socio-economic disadvantage, "but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained," Britain's Office of National Statistics said.
20,000 migrants have been expelled along border under coronavirus order
More than 90% of the families, children and single adults that Border Patrol encountered in April were expelled under a public health order.
Germany declares "first phase" COVID-19 victory and eases its lockdown
"We have reached the goal of slowing down the spread of the virus," Angela Merkel says, as shops get the green light and restaurants prepare to reopen.
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