March2020

A long queue of cars forms in front of a drive-in cinema in Seoul, as South Koreans look for safer spaces to enjoy a movie without the risk of contracting the coronavirus raging across the world....

The Bangladesh national cricketers came up with decision to donate half of their monthly salary to government fund in a bid to fight against coronavirus pandemic. A total of 27 cricketers are donating half of their...

At least 25 people were killed Wednesday in an attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Afghanistan’s capital where worshippers were offering morning prayers, the latest brutal assault claimed by the Islamic State group. The incident highlights...

Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the epidemic hit the country, the health ministry reported on Wednesday. The number of reported...

Healthcare companies Novacyt and Yourgene Health Plc said on Wednesday that they would be teaming up to produce coronavirus testing products in the United Kingdom. Yourgene’s manufacturing facility in Manchester will be used to expand Novacyt’s...

European Union states need 10 times as much personal protective equipment and other medical devices, such as ventilators, to tackle the coronavirus than traditional supply chains can provide, an internal EU document showed on Wednesday. The...

The Bangladesh Bank says there will be no need to use the Bangladesh Electronic Fund Transfer Network and the Real-Time Gross Settlement as banks will only provide cash transactions for now. Bankers have opposed the Bangladesh...

A new Lancet Infectious Diseases study strengthens support for strict social distancing measures to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Using simulation models, researchers in Singapore estimated the...

Sportswear firm Nike has seen online sales rise by more than 30% in China as it rides out its coronavirus store shutdowns. The US firm has shut the majority of its stores globally, but says 80%...

Albert Uderzo, who drew the Asterix comic books, has died at the age of 92. He created the famous stories – about the adventures of Gaulish warriors fighting the Roman Empire – with his friend René...