The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announce agreement on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.

G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs yesterday vowed to “do whatever is necessary” to safeguard jobs and the economy from disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The US Department of Justice announces it had shut down a website claiming to sell a coronavirus vaccine, in its first act of federal enforcement against fraud in connection with the pandemic.

Millions of people could die from the new coronavirus, particularly in poor countries, if it is allowed to spread unchecked, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, appealing for a coordinated global response to the pandemic.

Bangladeshi expatriates in Canada will organise a three-day voluntary blood donation programme from March 17 to mark Mujib Borsho.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife announce they were self-isolating Thursday as she undergoes tests for the new coronavirus after returning from a speaking engagement with "mild flu-like symptoms."

President Donald Trump announces the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Joe Biden moves a step closer to a November showdown with Donald Trump, notching up big primary wins over Bernie Sanders, his sole remaining challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, and help state and local governments prepare for and respond to the threat.

The US death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation's largest outbreak.

Health officials in Washington state say that a nursing home resident died after contracting coronavirus, while New York's governor confirms his state's first positive case, as the virus moves out of its West Coast foothold.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called women’s inequality “stupid” and a cause for global shame on Thursday, as he pledged to press governments to end discriminatory laws in the face of a “strong and relentless pushback” against women’s rights.

A gunman has killed five co-workers at one of America's best-known breweries before turning the weapon on himself in the latest burst of mass gun violence in the US.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed its sanctions regime on Yemen for another year.

The guilty verdict in the sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein energized Hollywood celebrities and activists who said it was just the start of their movement to hold abusers accountable.

Donald Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison for impeding a congressional investigation, in a case that ignited a firestorm over the US president’s political interference in the justice system.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday scorned the best picture Oscar for the South Korean film “Parasite,” asking how a foreign movie could get the honor.

Russia is interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get Donald Trump re-elected, US intelligence officials have warned lawmakers in a briefing that infuriated the president, who then replaced his intelligence chief, US media reported.

China will waive trade-war tariffs on imports of selected US medical equipment from March 2, the government says, as the country battles to contain the new coronavirus epidemic.

The United States' ambassador to Germany says that President Donald Trump threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei.