President Trump announced Monday that the federal government will assist the states in conducting enough coronavirus testing to have businesses open their doors again.

The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government last month postponed the Games until July 2021 because of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

In total, 11 residents at the Newmarch House in Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, have now died from the deadly respiratory infection.

The United States now has more than one million coronavirus cases across the country - accounting for a third of the global tally - as the death toll rises to more than 55,000.

The seasons of France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are over after league bosses accepted that it would be impossible to complete the season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

La Liga president Javier Tebas responded with bemusement to news the French season will end with 10 rounds of matches still to be played.

The House of Representatives will no longer come back in session on May 4, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday on a call with reporters.

Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's campaign for president on Tuesday, appearing alongside the presumptive Democratic nominee on a livestreamed event.

The experimental vaccine being trialed by scientists at the University of Queensland is already generating immunity levels higher than in recovered coronavirus patients, researchers said.

Up to a quarter of British Airways' 45,000 workers could lose their jobs as its owners IAG announced mass redundancies on Tuesday afternoon. Owners IAG blamed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The former staffer who is accusing Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s lashed out at Hillary Clinton's endorsement Tuesday of the presumptive Democratic nominee.

The Australian scientists from the University of Queensland said the fast-tracked timeline was  'incredibly ambitious' but reflected overwhelming success in pre-clinical trials.

The FDA may announce its decision allowing emergency use authorization of an antiviral remdesivir for coronavirus patients as early as Wednesday.

Remdesivir, an antiviral made by California-based Gilead Sciences, was shown to slash recovery times in a global trial of more than 1,000 patients, including Britons.

The police pulled over a car to conduct a roadside breath test on Hawkesbury Road near Springwood, in Sydney's west, about 5.30pm Thursday night.

Emergency services arrived at a home in Merrylands in Sydney's west following reports of a shooting about 9.30pm.

There had been hopes that the German leagues would be given approval to play again as early as May 9 this week as the country continues its battle against the coronavirus crisis.

Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned champions of France despite the season being ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lorient have been promoted as champions of Ligue 2.

There were 3.8 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the 30 million unemployment claims that came in the wake of the coronavirus, saying 'it is what it is.'

Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day wrote in an open letter obtained by Fox News that early results on his company's drug remdesivir's benefits for coronavirus patients offer 'hope' that's badly needed.

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south-west Sydney, at about 4.05pm on Thursday.

Joe Biden will break his silence on a sexual assault accusation Friday morning on 'Morning Joe,' NBC News announced on Thursday.

Gilead Sciences said Thursday in an earnings report that it is ramping up production of its antiviral remdesivir, and could make 'several million' 10-day treatment courses of the drug for 2021.

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south west Sydney, on  Thursday afternoon.

London's Tower Bridge has reopened after it was sealed off today at around 12.20pm by armed police as they examined a package, which has since been found to be non-suspicious.

Joe Biden denied on Friday the sexual assault allegation made against him by a former member of his Senate staff, Tara Reade. 'They aren't true. This never happened,' Biden said in a statement

England defender Kieran Trippier is facing a lengthy ban and a fine after being charged by the Football Association with breaching betting rules.

A twisted bank worker who sadistically tortured a 21-year-old for 23 days, lit her on fire and left her for dead has been jailed for life.

The friend wrote in a character reference to the court that he believed Crilley was an 'honourable person and a good human being'. The judge chose other words.

Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day told Stat News that his company understands its responsibility to make its antiviral drug affordable after it showed promise for treating coronavirus.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the FDA has approved the drug remdesivir for emergency use in hospitalized coronavirus patients. 

Dean Laidley, 53, was arrested in St Kilda on Saturday night and charged with a string of offences including stalking.

The images emerged as the North Melbourne Kangaroos AFL legend was arrested in St Kilda on Saturday night and charged with a series of offences including stalking.

AFL great Dean Laidley was a tormented soul who never fully recovered from the death of a footy fan he clashed with in 2006. 

The secretary of the Senate said on Monday that her office cannot comply with Joe Biden's request to search for and release any complaint made against him by former staffer Tara Reade.

NBC News chairman Andy Lack will leave the company at the end of the month and will be replaced by Telemundo chief Cesar Conde, NBCUniversal announced on Monday.

President Trump said Joe Biden's 'choice of words' were not good during his televised denial of an assault allegation by a former Senate staffer. Tara Reade accused Biden of sexual assault.

New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro has unloaded on Nationals leader Michael McCormack in a leaked text message tirade.

Footage of Bradley Robert Edwards, a former Telstra technician hearing the allegations against him for the first time in December 2016 was played at Supreme Court of Western Australia trial on Tuesday.

Ginsburg, 87, underwent 'non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a gallbladder condition' on Tuesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Supreme Court said in a statement.

The coronavirus task force that has been meeting amid the outbreak will be 'winding down' in the coming weeks, according to a report.

A leaked document on Wednesday said Germany football's return would be delayed with suggestions that the first fixtures could only be held after a two-week quarantine of all teams.

Former U.S. special force soldier Luke Denman was paraded on Venezuelan TV on Wednesday as he 'admitted to a plot to capture President Nicolas Maduro'. 

President Donald Trump  has said that the coronavirus outbreak was the worst 'attack' the U.S. has ever seen, saying that it it worse than Pearl Harbor during World War II (inset).

There were 3.1 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed in the week ending May 2, according to a Labor Department report released on Thursday.

Airan Berry, 41, who was arrested in Venezuela Monday for his role in an failed coup on President Nicolás Maduro was shown in video clips Thursday being interrogated about his role.

Two calls were made before the shooting in Brunswick, GA. Arbery, 25, was shot by Gregory McMichael and his son Travis who claim he was a burglar. Outcry has erupted over the killing.

The rapper's death was confirmed by his team on Thursday after he was hospitalised and placed in a medically-induced coma following 'complications' surrounding the virus.

President Donald Trump and the entire White House staff will be tested daily for the coronavirus after a Navy valet who worked in the West Wing tested positive for the disease.