Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow: U.N.
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United...
South Africans volunteer to keep rhino orphanage going during lockdown
Looking after an orphaned baby rhino is hard work: you feed them bottled milk at all hours, comfort them through constant fear and bereavement and...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, talks about elephant documentary
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has given a rare sit down interview to promote the new Disney+ documentary, ‘Disneynature Elephant’, a featurette which she narrates....
Britain’s Prince Charles opens new field hospital in Wales to fight coronavirus
Britain’s Prince Charles opened a new field hospital in Cardiff on Monday (April 20), erected to provide thousands of extra beds for patients with the...
Virgin Australia falls to virus crisis
Virgin Australia Holdings on Tuesday (April 21) succumbed to third-party led restructuring that could lead to a sale, making Australia’s second-biggest airline the Asia-Pacific region’s...
Hear our prayers: coronavirus cuts off France’s Mont Saint-Michel
The sound of prayer flowed around the centuries-old abbey atop the Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal islet amidst vast sandbanks off France’s northwest coast, drifting down...
COVID-19 death toll in England 41% higher than early data suggested: ONS
The true extent of the death toll in England and Wales from COVID-19 was 41% higher than the daily figures from the government indicated by...
Oil crash hits stocks, dollar gains as investors shun risk
Global stocks fell on Tuesday, a day after U.S. crude oil prices turned negative for the first time, as dismal company earnings reports underlined worries...
South Korea state banks to provide up to $1.4 billion liquidity to Asiana Airlines
South Korea’s two state-owned banks said on Tuesday they had together decided to provide up to 1.7 trillion won ($1.38 billion) in fresh liquidity to...
U.S. oil futures plumb historic lows below zero
U.S. oil futures traded in negative territory on Tuesday, after sinking nearly $40 the previous session in their first ever dive below zero, as concern...