Top U.S. Senate Republican decries lack of progress on small business aid
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after a meeting to wrap up work…
U.S. CDC reports 632,548 coronavirus cases, 27,012 deaths
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker is seen at the emergency center at Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the…
U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown; Trump to announce plan for return
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven Northeastern states on Thursday extended a shutdown until May 15 to contain the coronavirus pandemic,…
World stocks seesaw, yields fall on dire financial outlook
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - World stock markets seesawed while bond yields retreated on Thursday as dire U.S. jobless data underscored…
As economic pain deepens, protesters pushing back on U.S. stay-at-home orders
DETROIT (Reuters) - As sweeping stay-at-home orders in 42 U.S. states to combat the coronavirus have shuttered businesses, disrupted lives…
New york city coronavirus hospitalizations fall, New Jersey introduces nursing home probe
(Reuters) - The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus and related deaths in New York fell to their…
COVID-19: The length of time is this likely to last?
As more and more countries are on lockdown due to COVID-19, and an increasing number of people are living in…
Atherosclerosis quickly establishes between ages 40 to 50, research shows
A study has found that fatty plaques in the arteries that supply the heart, brain, and legs with blood rapidly…
Managing clients with endocrine dysfunction during COVID-19
A group of endocrinologists has recently published a series of recommendations for people with diabetes, and other hormone disorders, during…
New study pinpoints loss of smell and taste as COVID-19 symptoms
A new study looking at the data of people who tested positive for COVID-19 backs up recent claims that the…
‘Smart toilet’ recognizes users and checks for signs of illness
A team at Stanford Medicine has developed gadgets that can be fitted in an ordinary toilet to screen urine and…
Trudeau considers request to send Armed Forces to Quebec’s long-term care homes | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is considering a request from the Quebec government to send members of the Canadian…
Britain extends coronavirus lockdown at least 3 more weeks | CBC News
Britain will extend its coronavirus lockdown for at least three more weeks as a relaxation of the measures would damage…
‘We have a whole globe to protect’: Pandemic vaccine research speeds up | CBC News
Scientists racing to develop a pandemic vaccine face a daunting goal and record progress.A technician tests samples at a vaccine…
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Trudeau to announce more aid for business and discuss wage boost, re-opening of economy with premiers | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more measures to help Canadian businesses get through the COVID-19 crisis, including expanded loan…
Cautions one third of wineries could go under
Posted April 17, 2020 04:00:38 A third of Australian wineries could go to the wall in the aftermath of the…
I need a holiday. When can I take one?
Posted April 17, 2020 03:03:51 Travel is one of the backbones of Australian life — whether you routinely hit the…
Coronavirus upgrade: 22 million jobless in United States as financial experts concern grim forecast
Updated April 17, 2020 04:21:51 The coronavirus pandemic forces more than 20 million Americans to seek unemployment benefits, while tentative…
Nearly 400 starving Rohingya refugees rescued by Bangladesh coast guard
Posted April 17, 2020 02:28:34 Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 396 starving Rohingya refugees who had been drifting at sea…
Coronavirus alert for assisted living home in Tasmanian break out zone
Updated April 16, 2020 23:23:12 A Tasmanian healthcare worker who has tested positive for coronavirus has also worked shifts in…
Virgin Australia, Qantas to fly domestic routes with Government assistance
Updated April 17, 2020 00:40:51 Virgin and Qantas will get Federal Government support to keep flying domestic routes as the…
Create, Learn, and Relax with the Stylish Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite features an S Pen with refreshed design for note taking and creating, and an immersive…
iPhone SE specs vs. Pixel 3A, Galaxy S10E and Galaxy A51: Battle of the spending plan phones
Apple on Wednesday announced its latest iPhone SE for 2020, a budget phone that serves as a sequel to its…
Minecraft with RTX beta begins April 16
So much light. Nvidia Ray tracing is a new graphics technology that's all the rage in video games. On Thursday,…
Later Daters
In this visual novel dating sim, play as an octogenarian and find somebody to love, or just get your kicks…
DiCaprio and De Niro offer walk-on film role
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio pictured in January Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De…
Complimentary kids from lockdown, says Spanish mayor
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The mayor of Barcelona said that like other parents she worried about the "psychological…
Coronavirus contaminates 668 on French carrier
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Charles de Gaulle is now docked in the French port of Toulon A third…
Greatest cosmic secret ‘action better’ to solution
Image copyright Kamioka Observatory / ICRR / Uni Tokyo Image caption The Super Kamiokande detector consists of a cylindrical steel…
‘A symbol of hope and love’: Nurse couple joins to combat virus AP
Between surgeries one stressful morning, Ben Cayer and Mindy Brock — husband and wife, and fellow nurse anesthetists — peered…
Coronavirus updates: Washington extends stay-at-home order; United States deaths top 30,000
A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has infected more than 2 million people worldwide.More than 136,000 people across the…
Coronavirus: ‘Profound’ mental health impact prompts require urgent research study
Image copyright Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic could have a "profound" effect on people's mental health - now and in…
Japan set to broaden coronavirus emergency situation as Abe strategies money payouts for all
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan was preparing to extend a state of emergency beyond major cities to the entire nation, media…
Love wins: wedding event preparations resume in Wuhan as coronavirus lockdown raises
WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Peng Jing stifles a laugh as she looks into the eyes of her tuxedo-clad fiancee, Yao…
Europe’s scramble for face masks prompts longer term rethink
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - As countries scramble for face masks to protect their healthcare workers from the coronavirus, German and U.S.…
Factbox: Filters prove evasive as Europe scrambles to rekindle mask market
(Reuters) - As European nations clamour for masks to protect their healthcare workers against the coronavirus, a niche within th
China says WHO has said no evidence coronavirus was made in a lab
FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia…
Trump says U.S. investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated…
Stocks head for higher ground, oil stuck in a rut
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe led world stock markets back to higher ground on Thursday as tentative moves to reopen parts…
Japan to expand state of emergency to rest of nation: Yomiuri
FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe adjusts his face mask as he arrives to speak to the media on…
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but regional infections rise
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported fewer new coronavirus cases on Thursday that involved travellers arriving from abroad, but said locally…
New Zealand Federal government considers resuming border to Australians
Updated April 16, 2020 15:36:43 The New Zealand Government is considering whether the border between Australia and New Zealand could…
Lorraine Nicholson sentenced to social work over crash that killed four grannies
Updated April 16, 2020 15:11:14 A 66-year-old Stawell woman has been sentenced to a four-year community corrections order over the…
Mascot Towers repair expense to strike $53 million triggering owners to seek to offer
Updated April 16, 2020 13:52:32 Ongoing problems with the troubled Mascot Towers apartment building could see the repair bill blow…
‘It’s a bloody headache’: What you think about homeschooling your children
Updated April 16, 2020 13:14:49 Australian parents are coaxing their kids into home-based learning around the country, with Victoria the…
Seven people charged over supposed ‘gathering’ on Easter Sunday in Tasmania’s north-east
Updated April 16, 2020 15:04:08 Seven people face charges related to alleged breaches of coronavirus self-isolation directions after police raided…
Innocent man whose arm was broken by cops in botched raid ‘shattered’ by IBAC finding
Updated April 16, 2020 15:42:21 An innocent man whose arm was badly broken by police during a botched raid is…
Apple launches its most-affordable iPhone in four years: All you require to understand
1 / 15Apple launches its most-affordable iPhone in four years: All you need to knowAfter almost four years, Apple iPhone…