In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Collier, Pa., on March 6, 2018, and President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018. For a moment, West Virginia looked like it was going to be the only state in the

Saudi actress Maram Abdulaziz, 7 April 2020 [Alroeya/Twitter] Saudi actress Maram Abdulaziz has sparked controversy after calling for prisoners to be used as guinea pigs to test new medicines to combat the coronavirus. On Twitter Abdulaziz wrote that if it was up to her, she would not waste money on “food and drink” for detainees;

Photo: Credit Reuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the country to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, his office said on Twitter. “Considering the gravity of the #COVID19, the government of Ethiopia has enacted a State of Emergency,” Abiy’s office said. Africa’s second most populous

A medical worker from China’s Jilin Province reacts as she prepares to return home at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by

French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is moored at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stefanos Kouratzis/File Photo France’s flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle is returning to its home port early after about 40 crew members showed signs of COVID-19 symptoms, the armed forces ministry said on Wednesday. The personnel

Somali singer and songwriter icon Ahmed Ismail Hussein, known as Hudeidi, has died in London, UK, where he has been ill for the past weeks. He was diagnosed with Coronavirus, which he spent weeks in hospital. Hudeidi became the third prominent Somali victim of Coronavirus in London after Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah, a former player and

The National Assembly A special sitting of MPs was cancelled indefinitely due to fears of mass coronavirus infections among them and a warning from the Ministry of Health, the Nation has learnt. Sources at Parliament Buildings told the Nation that the ministry warned that it would have been reckless for MPs to carry on with

As the U.S. struggles with getting a hold on the novel coronavirus outbreak tearing through the country, black and Latino communities have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, according to multiple reports released Tuesday. In Louisiana, a state of 4.6 million in the deep south, blacks have made up a highly disproportionate number of COVID-19

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump and his administration are promoting an anti-malaria drug not officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus,

Secretary of State for Foreign affairs Dominic Raab arrives in Downing Street after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms worsened and Raab was asked to deputise. London, Britain, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will run the country while Prime Minister Boris