As stark 100,000 deaths landmark looms, Trump pursues his political obsessions

Sometime in the next few days, the 100,000th American will succumb to Covid-19 in a pandemic that President Donald Trump once predicted would just "miraculously" disappear.

With the coronavirus under control, this Chinese city wants to score and rank its residents based on their health and lifestyle

Imagine a smartphone app that has access to your medical records and assigns you a daily score based on your preconditions, recent checkups and lifestyle habits ..

China says it has a 'zero-tolerance policy' for racism, but discrimination towards Africans goes back decades

A black version of the Chinese flag swept across African Twitter earlier this month, as users replaced their avatars to express their anger at the government of China.

Peru seemed to do everything right. So how did it become a Covid-19 hotspot?

Peru was one of the first nations in the Americas to take strict preventative coronavirus measures, like stay-at-home orders, curfews and border closings.

Myanmar files first Rohingya case report to top UN court

Myanmar has submitted its first report to the International Court of Justice on steps it has taken to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims, the top UN court said Monday.

Modi phones Hasina, extends Eid greetings

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi called his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina over phone on Monday and greeted her on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr,..

Khaleda urges everyone to stay home

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia urged the countrymen to stay at home following the World Health Organisation guidelines to contain COVID-19 pandemic.

Zafrullah Chowdhury tests positive for COVID-19

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday using the institution-developed Rapid Dot Blot kit.

Sunbeams School principal Niloufer Manzur no more

Niloufer Manzur, principal of Sunbeams School, died of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at the Combined Medical Hospital in Dhaka on early Tuesday.

Report: Brazil's indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19

Far from hospitals and often lacking basic infrastructure, Brazil's indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 with little help in sight.