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Coronavirus: How football fans want to fill stadium if league returns [photos]
Fans of German club, Borussia Monchengladbach, have paid for more than 8,000 cardboard cutouts of themselves to fill their stadium if the Bundesliga returns...
Basketball player, Teshaun Hightower charged with murder
A Tulane men's basketball star, who just declared for the 2020 NBA Draft -- was arrested this weekend for felony murder, records show.Officials believe...
Check out six new symptoms of coronavirus
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added six new symptoms of the coronavirus to its website as officials grapple with gauging...
Children wear social distancing headgears as schools resume in China (photos)
Life in China is now returning to normalcy since the outbreak of Coronavirus. ALSO READ:Funny Face’s message to Adebayor after he refused to donate to...
Man dies of Coronavirus few hours to his 60th birthday
A Nigerian man, identified as Jide Arije, has been reported to have lost his life to the deadly pandemic coronavirus disease few hours to...
Liberia’s justice minister tests positive for coronavirus
The health authorities in Liberia have announced that Justice Minister, Frank Musa Dean, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is receiving treatment at a...
Nurse who battled coronavirus with Boris Johnson in intensive care dies
An NHS nurse, who fought for his life alongside Boris Johnson, has died from coronavirus.Larni Zuniga, 54, passed away after battling the disease in...
Kenya’s top coronavirus scientist demotion ‘sparks row’
The demotion of Kenya's top scientist who was in charge of coronavirus tests in the country has sparked an uproar among his colleagues, according...
Coronavirus: More US states begin lifting virus lockdown orders
More US states are beginning to lift lockdown orders even as US leaders say social distancing guidelines will be necessary throughout the summer.But governors...
Coronavirus: Spain records lowest daily death toll as lockdown eases
Spain, which has been one of the countries worst hit in the coronavirus pandemic, has reported its lowest daily death toll in more than...
‘Immunity passports’ against Coronavirus premature – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has stated that there is not enough evidence about the effectiveness of antibodies-mediated immunity to guarantee the accuracy of...
Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging as punishment for crime
Saudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana’s tally increases...
China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim
China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people...
Coronavirus: USA boosts Ghana’s testing capacity with critical medical supplies [photos]
The United States of America (USA) has supported Ghana’s fight against Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, with medical supplies to boost...
Coronavirus: Worldwide death toll climbs to 200,000
More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases...
Same-Sex marriage, abortion to blame for COVID-19 – Pastor
Televangelist, Pat Robertson, has agreed that abortion and same-sex marriage are partly to blame for the novel coronavirus that has caused massive social and economic upheaval...
Chinese company produces dolls of famous Ghanaian funeral pallbearers for sale
A doll-making workshop that is based in Honk Kong, China, called JMG 1/64 Miniatures, has started producing figurines of the popular Ghanaian funeral pallbearers...
World’s top 100 billionaires lost $408 billion in 2 months to COVID-19
In just two months, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out a combined US$408 billion from the world’s top 100 billionaires, with LVMH chief executive, Bernard...
Chad repays $100m Angola debt with 75,000 cows
Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt...
Man arrested for putting up maid for sale
There has been a huge uproar on social media after a Syrian national based in Lebanon put a Nigerian maid up for sale.The man,...
Coronavirus: Hairdressers may have to remain shut ‘for 6 months’
Hairdressers could be forced to remain closed for six more months because of the risk of spreading coronavirus, it is claimed.Government scientists are yet to...
Trump says US suspending Immigration due to Coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will suspend immigration to the United States due to the coronavirus outbreak.In a tweet late Monday, Trump called...
Twitter bans tweets encouraging attacks on 5G stations
Twitter has banned tweets supporting 5G conspiracy theories that encourage vandalism. The social media company said it would remove tweets linking 5G with the coronavirus...
This is what happened after paramedics mistook call for help as cheering
A teacher has described how she gave birth to her baby son in a supermarket car park after an ambulance failed to stop because...
Covid-19: Excavators dig mass graves in Brazil
The Brazilian city of Manaus is handling more than 100 burials a day due to the #coronavirus, according to the office of the mayor...
WHO cautions Madagascar over coronavirus ‘herbal cure’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no proof of a cure for Covid-19 after Madagascar’s President launched a herbal coronavirus ...
Coronavirus: Chinese nationals jailed for escaping quarantine (photos)
A Ugandan court in Kampala has convicted six Chinese nationals for escaping from a hotel in the country's capital where they had been ...
The city designed around quarantine
Since ancient times, societies have attempted to separate people with disease from those who remained unaffected, with references to self-isolation dating back to...
‘Tom and Jerry’ director dies “unexpectedly” at 95
Oscar-winning illustrator and animator Gene Deitch, best known for directing popular cartoons like Tom & Jerry and Popeye died at the age of...
Coronavirus: UK to begin human trial for vaccine
Oxford University researchers will begin human trials of a potential vaccine on Thursday, says Health Secretary Matt Hancock.ALSO READ:3 siblings, one other perish in...
Madagascar President unveils a local herbal remedy that can “prevent and cure” Coronavirus
The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has officially launched a local herbal remedy claimed to prevent and cure the novel coronavirus."Tests have been carried...
Coronavirus: WHO worker killed while collecting samples
A World Health Organization (WHO) driver has been killed in a conflict-riven region of Myanmar while out collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples.Pyae Sone Win Maung...
North Korea’s very sick leader missed important holiday
North Korea's leader missed celebrations on the country's most important holiday, prompting media speculation.Several outlets have been reporting he may in...
Watch: How popular CNN presenter revealed his coronavirus test
CNN’s Richard Quest shares that he has tested positive for coronavirus, expressing why he plans to continue hosting his show.ALSO READ:Covid-19: Man turns pizza shop into...
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow – UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double
this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the...
North Korean leader, Kim Jun Un in grave danger after surgery
The United States (US) is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after undergoing a previous surgery, according...
Oil price crashes, ends negative for the first time in history
United States (U.S.) crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63...
Japan is offering sex workers financial aid amid coronavirus pandemic
Mika is worried. As a sex worker in Japan, she used to see three or four clients a day — then the coronavirus pandemic...
Boko Haram suspects ‘die of poison’ in Chad jail
Forty-four suspected Boko Haram militants in Chad have died in detention from apparent poisoning, the country’s public prosecutor says.The men were part of a...
Coronavirus: China angrily reacts after Germany sends £130 billion bill for ‘coronavirus damages’
Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following the impact of the...