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Daily White House briefings with Trump and his coronavirus task force now often roll past 90 minutes.

Authorities had registered 537 deaths and 20,081 cases across Latin America by Wednesday afternoon.

The Philippines has so far detected 2,311 cases and reported 96 deaths.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said papers in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia would cease printing and move online.

Guterres calls on nations to show solidarity, forget political games and understand that it is humankind that is at stake for an effective response.

The US has registered a record 865 deaths in 24 hours -- taking its death toll to 3,873.

The teen was reported missing after A-Level exams were cancelled due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

After weeks of a national lockdown in Italy, signs were emerging that drastic action could be slowing the spread of the disease.

Australians aged over 15 consume an average 12.6 litres of alcohol a year.

At his daily briefing, Trump said a large quantity of aid was destined for Italy, which has the world's highest pandemic death toll.

The talks came after criticism that the G20 has been slow to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left more than 37,500 dead worldwide.

They will no longer carry out duties on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II and are giving up their office within the monarchy in Britain.

Belarusian Premier League continues to draw crowds as President Alexander Lukashenko downplays the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 has hit the US with explosive force in recent weeks, following a path seen earlier in parts of Asia and Europe.

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau received the all-clear from her physicians on Saturday, the prime minister said, and he himself has no symptoms.

Trump announces "social distancing" guidelines would be in place until at least the end of April.

Following quack novel coronavirus preventive techniques, many mothers are leaving onions around the house to "absorb" the virus.

Forecasters suggested such a scenario would have caused huge economic damage and the likely emergence of a hard border with Northern Ireland.

The US has recorded 1,178 deaths, while the global death toll stood at 23,293.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the world to act together to halt the menace.

He has repeatedly lashed out at restrictive measures to fight the virus, which he has called a "little flu" that caused an "overblown" reaction.

In the hospital where eight patients have died of COVID-19, a nurse in her 20s was found unresponsive before passing away.

A generator leaking carbon monoxide poisoned a British man in his apartment where his body was found days after his death.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a three-week lockdown to tackle the outbreak, which has seen 422 deaths and 8,077 cases in Britain.

Trump, who is keen to get his reelection campaign back on track, said that social distancing has caused too much pain to the US economy.

15-year-old Joseph Rollitt is recovering from the trauma caused by the constant bullying he faced for being only 5 feet tall.

The country has now seen its daily fatalities come down from a world record 793 on Saturday to 651 on Sunday and 601 on Monday.

As the number of deaths in the US from COVID-19 soared to 560, with almost 44,000 declared cases, the Big Apple found itself the bullseye.

As Britain joined other nations in imposing strict stay-at-home orders, the number of virus deaths worldwide surged past 16,500.