Greece’s first female president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, is sworn in for a five-year term at a ceremony scaled down due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Japan says it is determined to hold a “safe and secure” Tokyo Olympics on schedule, after US President Donald Trump suggested a one year delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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."

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that many more families would see their loved ones die from coronavirus, as the government’s chief scientific adviser says Britain likely has as many as 10,000 people infected.

India has reported its first coronavirus death when the test result of a 76-year-old man, who died recently in Kalaburagi district of the southern state of Karnataka, confirmed that he was positive for the virus, the state government says.

Spain’s government underwent coronavirus testing yesterday after a minister tested positive and was quarantined with her partner,

Greta Thunberg has urged climate campaigners to avoid mass protests as the new coronavirus spreads, but said her “Fridays for Future” movement would organise online strikes instead.

An American woman who has recovered from the novel coronavirus has a simple message for people who are worried: Don’t panic -- but do think about high-risk individuals and stay home if you feel ill.

The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilise to fight it, Beijing’s senior medical officer said yesterday, as China declared the peak had passed there and new cases in Hubei fell to single digits for the first time.

China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said yesterday, ahead of the spring

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was tested for the new coronavirus yesterday, officials said, as key government buildings were being

Hong Kong yesterday dismissed US criticism of its human rights practices, saying the Asian financial hub was “firmly committed” to

Pakistan’s parliament passed a new law against child abuse on Wednesday, two years after the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl that shocked the country.

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday told the Uttar Pradesh government that as of now, there was no law that could back their action of putting up roadside posters of those accused of vandalism during anti-CAA protests in Lucknow.

An air strike killed 26 fighters of Iraqi paramilitary group Hashed al-Shaabi in eastern Syria after a deadly attack on US-led coalition troops in Iraq, a war monitor said yesterday.

Disgraced Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak’s corruption trial was halted yesterday after his defence team were reportedly ordered to self-quarantine over fears about the coronavirus.

Far-right terrorism and extremism are the biggest danger facing democracy in Germany today, the domestic intelligence agency chief

Thailand’s health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks.

Lawmakers in Washington have proposed a ban on most imports from China’s Xinjiang region, charging that goods produced by Uighur

The internet is “not working for women” and is fuelling a new era of widespread abuse against females, the creator of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, warned yesterday.