Coronavirus concerns are grabbing the headlines. But other crises haven’t stopped. Here’s a look at what else is going on.

Winnie Byanyima* is the Executive Director of UNAIDS

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As the high season for agricultural labour in the United States approaches, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Mexico are getting ready to head to the fields in their northern neighbour to carry out the work that ensures that food makes it to people’s tables. But the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, of which the U.S. […]

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Dorothy Tembo is Executive Director ad interim, International Trade Centre (ITC)

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WHO has warned that Africa could be become the next epicentre of the pandemic.

Wealthier African countries tend to impose more stringent rules, which have cost the continent $65 billion.

The country's lockdown model is being lauded by the WHO, but it's a unique case whose death rate is much worse than its neighbors.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy depends on how he addresses the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sales of study guides went up in March, according to news reports. Take a look at the vocabulary for studying at home and sales.

Universities look at ways to deal with learning during the pandemic in a ready-to-go English lesson that includes questions and discussion topics.

Have you wondered what it's like to get tested for COVID-19 in Japan? With little Japanese, Joe Oliver learned the hard way after being sent ...

The current coronavirus pandemic has caused school closures around the world. While some have been able to make the jump to digital ways of learning, ...

The fate of the Serie A campaign remained in limbo on Thursday after state scientists met with soccer officials in a desperate attempt to save ...

The country loses a veteran of diplomatic affairs and adviser to several prime ministers with the coronavirus death of former Foreign Ministry official Yukio Okamoto.

South Korean health authorities are investigating a small but growing coronavirus outbreak centered in a handful of Seoul nightclubs, seeking to keep infections in check ...

Despite legislative attempts to persuade mild and asymptomatic patients to isolate in hotels, most cooperating facilities are nearly empty.

Japan ended in last place after its leaders were rated the worst in a survey of 23 nations and regions.

COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets or contact and the virus has also been detected in faeces, saliva and urine

[Daily Trust] Nigeria has confirmed 386 new cases of COVID-19, taking the country's total to 3,912.

[DW] Kenya has demanded an investigation into a fatal crash of a humanitarian aircraft which killed all people on board.

The news that a French patient tested positive for Covid-19 in December means countries will have to go back and test old samples to try to pin down when the outbreak really began on their shores, experts have told RTÉ News.

The chief executive of the Mental Health Commission says 16 people in the sector have died with Covid-19.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 275,000 people worldwide since it began in China late last year, with more than 85 percent of fatalities in Europe and the United States.

Follow all the latest developments regarding Covid-19, around the world and at home, as they happen.

One thing is sure: we won’t forget how we reached out to God with all the fear and courage and hope we carry in our hearts, praying separately, yet strangely together, on our balconies.

The report cited findings that suggest that even past severe influenza pandemic viruses, such as the Spanish Flu, were less infectious than the novel coronavirus

IIBR, Yeroham to collaborate on vaccine production facility

As we begin to enjoy the old-time routines anew, there are some elements that would be a real shame to give up.

Pandemic has tilted the scale in favor of domestic travel, experts say

In a matter of months, the coronavirus reset the clock on a decades-long aviation boom that’s been one of the great cultural and economic phenomena of the postwar world.

Middle Israel: Some early political conclusions to draw from the pandemic.

What’s clear is that the Jewish rate of death is exponentially higher in the Diaspora compared to Israel and that the virus is devastating the Jewish world.

News of Miller’s positive test delayed Pence’s scheduled departure Friday to Des Moines, Iowa, for more than an hour, and several staffers who had been in contact with her left the plane.

It was time for us to copy Sweden, right?

Running uphill on my final stretch back home that first Tuesday, my legs started to hurt. It had been a while since I pushed myself so hard. However, I smiled the whole way back.

No new deaths were reported on Saturday morning, marking the first full day Israel has gone without a COVID-19 related death in over a month.

The new guidelines focus on 13 principles that are designed to guide the decisions and planning of synagogues and communities throughout the United States.

The key for people like me lies in uncoupling uncertainty from risk.

Israeli doctors and scientists look back at how the country has handled COVID-19 and predict what might happen next

The man, who drowned on Friday in the Sea of Galilee, tested positive for coronavirus soon after and was moved in critical condition to the coronavirus care unit in the hospital.

Malta has 58 active cases of COVID-19

Decisions taken by Middle Eastern governments in their fight against the coronavirus reflect differences in administrative capacities, infrastructures and specific national political preferences.

The low reporting in some countries and civil conflicts across the region mean that the number of cases is continually undercounted.

The global pandemic has brought Israel and Hamas closer than ever to a long-awaited prisoner swap.

Turkey’s official coronavirus infections rose to more than 86,000 with 2,000 deaths on Monday.

The US commander of Operation Inherent Resolve hopes allied forces will return to Iraq once the COVID-19 crisis subsides.

PESHAWAR: Eleven journalists working with different media organisations in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after testing positive for the coronavirus are undergoing treatment.They have been quarantined at their homes. All are members of the Peshawar Press Club. They are working for...

MARDAN: The number of coronavirus positive cases reached 208 in Mardan district while the test reports of 684 people came back negative, health sources said.So far, 11 people have died of coronavirus in the district. The sources added that 1,149 tests were conducted in the district so far while...

China’s exports returned to growth in April, beating forecasts and suggesting that an expected demand shock from coronavirus containment efforts around the world will come further down the line.April exports rose by 3.5 per cent from a year earlier, reversing the 6.6 per cent fall in March and much better than the combined minus 17.2 per cent collapse in January and February. April’s return was much better than the expectations of a Bloomberg poll of analysts, which had predicted an 11 per cent…

China’s officials must stay “sober-minded” to handle the variety of coronavirus-related challenges that lie ahead, as mistakes could undermine relations with major developed nations and harm the country’s economic outlook, according to outspoken former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan.Issues over the origin of the virus, compensation claims by the United States and decoupling worries have all appeared in the wake of the outbreak, but for Huang, the government should focus on domestic recovery after…