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Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak worsens as total cases near 500,000

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday, its health ministry said, raising the total to...

Brazil suffers record coronavirus deaths, Trump mulls travel ban

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1,179 yesterday as President Jair Bolsonaro...

Brazil loses new health minister as Bolsonaro grabs reins in coronavirus crisis

BRASILIA, (Reuters) Brazil lost its second health minister in a month yesterday after President Jair Bolsonaro demanded wider use of unproven anti-malarial drugs...

Turkish soccer player admits to killing coronavirus-stricken son

A Turkish soccer player has admitted to smothering his 5-year-old son to death while the child was in the hospital for coronavirus, telling...

Brazil passes France in coronavirus cases to become 6th worst-hit country

Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth-worst hit country, as the...

China reportedly orders network to spread Communist Party propaganda

China wants the roughly 200 media outlets in its Belt and Road News Network to spread positive Communist Party spin about Beijing’s handling of...

UK’s COVID-19 death toll tops 40,000, worst in Europe

The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll topped 40,000 as of early May, by far the worst yet reported in Europe, raising more questions about...

Overloaded ventilator fire kills five 5 coronavirus patients in Russia – media

A fire apparently started by an overloaded ventilator killed five novel coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit in a Russian hospital today, news...

‘Murder hornet’ kills Spain man, report says

A man in northwest Spain, 54, died after being stung by a “murder hornet,” according to a report. The man from Villestro in Galicia was...

South Korea scrambles to contain nightclub coronavirus outbreak

South Korean officials scrambled today to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster...

Latin America’s second-biggest airline, Avianca, driven to bankruptcy by coronavirus

Avianca Holdings , Latin America’s No. 2 airline, filed for bankruptcy today, as a bond payment deadline loomed and with pleas for aid...

Coronavirus cases surge in Russia, tally now third highest globally

A new surge in coronavirus cases took Russia’s tally past those in Italy and Britain today, making it the third highest in the world...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...