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Trump news – live: White House insists Fauci will not be fired, as reports...
Donald Trump has stoked speculation that he intends to sack his top immunologist, Dr Anthony Fauci, from the White House coronavirus task force by...
Police collect nearly 800 bodies from Ecuador’s virus epicenter
Ecuador said police have removed almost 800 bodies in recent weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the epicenter of the country's coronavirus outbreak, after the...
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to reopen parts of its...
At least six dead as tornadoes hit Mississippi
At least six people were killed when tornadoes ripped through Mississippi on Sunday, officials said, prompting the southern US state to declare an emergency....
Tokyo governor Koike, a PM Abe rival, takes tough stance on coronavirus
With blunt warnings, flip-charts and daily online briefings, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been delivering a tough message to the Japanese capital's residents and...
Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic
Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. Earlier this year, a cleric at...
World’s biggest water fight cancelled as Thailand combats coronavirus
Thais will have to find another way to cool off this year after the government called off the annual water festival that celebrates the...
Fauci comments on US virus response seem to draw Trump’s ire
Social restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus could have saved lives if they'd been started earlier, and when they're eased new...
Russian border becomes China’s frontline in fight against second virus wave
China's northeastern border with Russia has become a frontline in the fight against a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic as new daily cases...
Researcher says if U.S. reopens May 1, there would ‘very clearly’ be a coronavirus...
The White House is paying close attention to several models that use data to project the number of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths that may...
