The mayor of eastern Congolese city of Beni on Tuesday said 900 prisoners had escaped from jail, including members of an Islamist militant group.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday dashed hopes that the Ebola drug ‘Remdesivir’ and three other existing medications could be useful tools against COVID-19.
Jole Santelli, a centre-right politician, who was elected president of the southern Italian region of Calabria less than a year ago, has died at the aged...
New QIMR Berghofer and QUT research on Wednesday said that there is no strong genetic evidence that hearing loss causes Alzheimer’s disease, in spite of both...
The U.S. Senate has begun hearing into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett in what is expected to be a bitter partisan...
The European Union’s foreign ministers are set to meet on Monday to find a common line on several foreign affairs issues.
The coronavirus pandemic has made the super-rich around the globe even richer, according to a study by consulting firm PwC and the major Swiss bank UBS.
Donald Trump’s health is likely to take centre stage at Wednesday’s vice-presidential debate, after the U.S. president and several of his inner circle tested positive for...
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan said they had tested almost 10 million people for COVID-19 over 19 days and found 300 asymptomatic infections, state...
The novel coronavirus pandemic should lead us to look out for the vulnerable, the displaced and our seriously ill planet, Pope Francis said on Friday.