Originpally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India’s poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming. The virus at its most lethal attacks the lungs, making ventilators—which pump…

While the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, war-shattered Libya marks one year Saturday of its latest bloody conflict that is plunging it…

Germany’s far-right AfD party is considering a split with its radical Fluegel faction to create two separate parties, according to party co-leader Joerg Meuthen. Separate parties could probably reach more voters than the “current... conflict-prone constellation”, Meuthen told the Tichys…

North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders after the virus was first detected in…

The UN envoy to Yemen said yesterday he was engaged in talks with the country’s warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire to help counter the threat of the coronavirus. Martin Griffiths’ office said he is discussing “concrete steps” with the warring sides despite a recent…

President Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus despite his administration’s…

As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, the main question for most is simply: “When will it end?”. But other, troubling questions are…

SPAIN VIRUS DEATH TOLL TOPS 10,000: GOVT AFP, Madrid The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 yesterday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy,…