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The coronavirus pandemic is making Earth shake less

Once-crowded city streets are now empty. Highway traffic has slowed to a minimum. And fewer and fewer people can be found milling about outside. Global...

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this morning

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT. 1....

Confirmed global coronavirus cases pass one million

More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University – another grim milestone...

Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs

Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat. ALSO READ: READ: NDC’s COVID-19 Technical Team’s proposal...

Philippines president warns people violating coronavirus lockdown will be shot dead

People who don't obey coronavirus lockdown rules in the Philippines should be shot dead, the country's president said. In a chilling televised speech, Rodrigo Duterte...

Coronavirus: Morgue the size of two football pitches being built in UK [Photos]

A morgue the size of two football pitches is being built near the new London hospital for coronavirus patients. The temporary mortuary is under construction on Wanstead...

Chinese city bans dog and cat meat trade amid coronavirus outbreak

A Chinese city has banned the dog and cat meat trade amid the coronavirus crisis. Shenzhen passed the law prohibiting the consumption and production of dog and...

Covid-19: Topless dad interrupts daughter’s news broadcast [photos]

As many of us slowly get to grips with the ups and downs of working from home, it's not a skill which has been...

Lightning kills 20 people during Congo’s virus lockdown

Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in Congo Brazzaville, the authorities say. The incident happened on the first...

Coronavirus: Police raid sex party during lockdown

Police in Thailand busted a secret sex and drugs party packed with naked women during the coronavirus lockdown in Thailand. Earlier this week, officers were alerted by furious neighbours...

China concealed extent of virus outbreak – U.S. intelligence

China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, under-reporting both total cases and deaths it suffered from the...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles speaks after recovery

Prince Charles has spoken for the first time about suffering Coronavirus which he described  as a 'strange, frustrating and often distressing experience.' The 71-year-old Prince...

Coronavirus: Amazon workers strike over virus protection

Amazon has fired a New York warehouse worker who organised a protest over the safety precautions taken by the firm to deal with the...

Coronavirus: The unusual ways countries are managing lockdowns

Countries across the globe are taking unprecedented measures to prevent the coronavirus spreading, ranging from the extreme to the relaxed to the creative. We've taken...

Coronavirus: Woman, unborn baby die during emergency CS

A woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 and her baby have died during a caesarean section. The 37-year-old mother-to-be died in hospital in Spain on...

Nigeria confirms 4 new cases, Coronavirus cases rise to 139

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria. According to the agency, three of the new...

Boy, 13, dies in London after testing positive for coronavirus

A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, King’s College Hospital Trust in London said. A spokesman for the trust said the boy’s...

All set for Rihanna to have 4 kids with or without partner

Sensational singer, Rihanna, has revealed plans to expand her family in the next 10 years. The songstress disclosed that she is aiming to have four kids...

Former Congo President dies of coronavirus

Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He...

Female MP compares coronavirus to bad boyfriends

A Kenyan MP has tickled many with her comparison of coronavirus to lousy men and bad boyfriends. Burna Boy breaks silence on losing Grammy to...

Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in US [audio]

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States o f America (USA) have died of COVID-19. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases;...

Coronavirus: CNN anchor tests positive

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Covid-19. He is feeling well, and will continue to anchor his 9:...

Student dies of coronavirus weeks before graduation

Weeks before he was set to graduate at the Western Michigan University, a Nigerian-America student, Bassey Offiong, died from coronavirus after being refused a...

Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus

The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, has died in Paris from complications related to coronavirus. He was 81 years old....

US to evacuate nationals amid Nigeria lockdown

The US is evacuating its nationals from Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, and the capital, Abuja, after the two cities were placed on a...

Coronavirus: King ‘isolates’ with 20 women

Thailand’s playboy king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according...

Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with prison inmates while awaiting trial [Watch]

A footage has emerged showing football icon Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with fellow inmates in a Paraguay prison while awaiting trial. Ronaldinho, who turned 40 on...

Coronavirus: Kenya wants 50 MPs tested

Kenya’s lower parliamentary chamber wants some 50 lawmakers to be tested for coronavirus amid fears they may have contracted the virus from a member...

Police arrest pastor for holding church service despite stay-at-home order

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne said he wouldn't close the doors of his Tampa, Florida, megachurch until the End Times begin. The police weren't willing to...

Ladies with long and artificial nails are at high risk of contracting Coronavirus – Health Expert

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

Coronavirus: Niece dies, 16 members infected after attending funeral of aunt killed by virus [photos]

An 86-year-old woman, Sheila Brooks from the United Kingdom died last month from coronavirus and now the family has come out to encourage...

Coronavirus: Prince Charles recovers

Prince Charles is out of self-isolation and is in good health after testing positive for coronavirus. ALSO READ: Lockdown: Military officers punish man for...

COVID-19: Many faces of social distancing

As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, it is necessary to adopt social distancing measures aimed at curtailing further spread of the...

Wuhan records no coronavirus case for six days

China on Monday reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number...

Lockdown Tales: Man hides wife in car boot but gets caught

A driver flouted the coronavirus lockdown to pick up £15 windows with his wife in the boot of his car. The man, who had bought...

Libya releases prisoners to contain virus spread

Libya has become the latest country in the Middle East to release detainees in response to Coronavirus. The internationally recognised government in Tripoli has ordered...

Coronavirus: India’s prime minister seeks ‘forgiveness’ over lockdown

India's prime minister has asked for his country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping lockdown that he said had hurt millions of poor people. Criticism has...

Catch me if you can: How defiant Kenyans dodge cops during curfew

Catch me if you can. That was the message some Kenyans sent to security officers on Saturday as they defied the dusk-to-dawn curfew set by...

UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home...

Coronavirus: Buhari to address Nigerians today

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will, at 7pm today March 29, address the nation. This was made known in a statement released by the Presidency. ALSO READ: Former...