What do mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes have in common? Both stand boost fortunes thanks to China, and both have done Beijing's bidding on COVID-19.

The United States and China are locked in a race to develop a coronavirus vaccine as fears mount that the latter country would use its success as economic and diplomatic leverage.

Chinese property investors are lying in wait to snap up cheap real estate deals in Australia when coronavirus travel restrictions are lifted.

Mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes drew widespread outrage for calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to dump an inquiry into the origin of coronavirus.

The Defence Secretary reignited a war of words over whether China suppressed information about the virus which prevented other countries from taking steps to save more lives.

The Chinese resident, known by his surname Wu, claimed that he attacked the black swan after the animal 'pecked him when he was teasing it with a club', according to the press.

Kerry Stokes transferred the registration to his new his new Bombardier Global Express 6000 jet.Stokes was criticised after recently he used the front page of The West Australian to call for Canberra to back down.

Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs.a large number of cases in early March were from Europe and 'seeded right the way across the country' because Brits arriving back were allowed to return home.

Multiple activists, journalists and ordinary internet users have already vanished after criticising Beijing's approach to the crisis as the country tries to control the COVID-19 narrative.

Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of lying about these flights after Tehran barred all flights to China on January 31.

The Seattle-based coffee chain is aiming to have 90 percent of its cafes opened by June. It temporarily shuttered half of its 8,000 US stores in late March after the COVID outbreak.

One Chinese study found school closures can lower a peak in coronavirus cases by 40% to 60% and a Germany study found children carry as high levels of the virus as adults can.

Brisbane City Council was gearing up to' send $50,000 worth of personal protective equipment to two Chinese cities before state and federal authorities called off the plan.

Scott Morrison said a 'proper assessment' into the deadly virus is necessary.

Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed Disneyland Shanghai (left) will reopen its gates on Monday, becoming the first Disney theme park to start operating again after COVID-19.

The first scheduled international flight out of South Australia left with 30 tonnes of fresh seafood, meat and other produce destined for Asia.

Preparations for the opening are underway as the theme park in China is set to welcome visitors again in mid-to-late May, a source revealed to the Chinese media on Monday.

Local authorities from the north-eastern Chinese province Heilongjiang has issued a new set of guidelines as precautions against the spread of the killer bug in lifts and escalators.

Elodie Clouvel, a world champion modern pentathlete, said she believed she and her partner - another athlete - caught the virus while at the competition in Wuhan from October 18 to 27.

London markets opened flat today as Asian shares continued to climb after China's central bank fixed the yuan in a bid to ease US trade-war tensions.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched a new round of attacks on China, accusing Beijing of covering up coronavirus outbreak and charging them with providing faulty medical equipment.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

Tracy Grimshaw has taken aim at Australians refusing to download the COVIDSafe app over privacy concerns despite continuing to share videos on TikTok.

The patient, named as Cui An, tested positive for COVID-19 in early February and had been hooked to a life-support machine for more than two months when surgeons performed the operation.

Touching images showed the little girl taking lessons online with her laptop and naked light bulbs in the confined space under the market stall in the outskirt of Yichang city, Hubei province.

A video filmed Wednesday showed two rows of students running around the field track during 'weight-loss classes' at the Shuguang Bilingual School in Huai'an, Jiangsu province of eastern China.

Social media footage from Monday shows the woman pinning down the peacock for a snap as the distressed animal struggles to get away at Yunnan Safari Park in south-eastern China.

The report by Israeli cyber-security company Check Point said hackers known as Naikon targeted a worker in the office of the Western Autralian premier.

Juwai, Asia's biggest property sales site for overseas investors, has revealed why Chinese buyers are really interested in Australia - and expects their interest to surge in 2020.

China is honing in on claims made by New Jersey mayor Michael Melham that he contracted COVID-19 as early as November, suggesting the virus could have emerged from the US.

The Royal Australian Mint began circulating the new note in October 2019, months before the virus was even identified in Wuhan, China - the original epicentre.

A Chinese scenic spot has built a huge swing on the edge of a 2,300-foot-tall cliff and is planning to apply for the world record of the largest swing. The swing is roughly the height of a 30-storey building.

Odion Ighalo was settling in nicely to his dream Manchester United loan before it was cruelly cut off by coronavirus, leaving the striker desperate to extend his stay with the Premier League club.

Rondon spent the entirety of the 2018-19 season on loan at Newcastle from West Brom and scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which saw him crowned the club's player of the year.

At least three groups of cruise ships, with 15 in total, are clustered together off Coco Cay and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas and about 12 are off the coast of Manila, in the Philippines.

The European Union has excised reference in a public letter that the coronavirus pandemic originated in China, after receiving pressure to do so from the Chinese foreign ministry.

The report, which was based on commercially-available cellphone location data - indicates that there might've been a 'hazardous event' at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in early October.

The supplies were sent from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan to Sydney Airport on April 8.

US Navy said on Friday that the littoral combat ship USS Montgomery and the replenishment ship USNS Cesar Chavez were sent to conduct a 'presence operation' in the South China Sea.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AT PEBBLE BEACH: Tiger Woods had just signed his card: 72. He was asked how he felt. Steaming, said Tiger. 'I'm a little hot right now,' he added.

Several spectators were injured by a runaway golf cart during the second round of the US Open at Pebble Beach. Reports varied on the number injured with some saying four and some five.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT PEBBLE BEACH: Rhys Enoch has spoken movingly in the past about thinking about his brother Ben whenever he enjoys a good moment on the golf course.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AT PEBBLE BEACH: Is it possible to win a major golf tournament without actually playing well? Justin Rose appears determined to find out.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Pogba is looking for a new challenge. No, he won't try to justify the £89million United spent on him. He wants a challenge, not mission impossible.

This was a major season that had it all. From Tiger Woods's remarkable comeback to Ireland's Portrush party of all parties, here are the biggest and best of this Grand Slam season.

Phil Mickelson came up short on Sunday in his bid to win one of the oldest events on the PGA Tour, the Pebble Beach pro-am, for a record sixth time.

The US Open is set to become the third American major to be postponed and will now be played in early September, according to a report in the New York Post.

After the The Open was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, the ongoing pandemic has also forced the US Open and PGA Championship to take place later this year.

The Vogue editor-in-chief, 69, appeared on day five of the US Open Friday. She attended Federer's match against Great Britain's Dan Evans.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Martina Navratilova described the British No 1's performance in beating China's Zhuai Shang on Friday night as 'A-plus' as she prepares to take on Karolina Pliskova next.