Opera star Bocelli to sing from empty Duomo in Milan on Easter Sunday
Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, one of the world’s most famous tenors, will perform from Milan’s empty Duomo cathedral on Easter Sunday in a livestreamed...
In a first, China knocks U.S. from top spot in global patent race
China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year, pushing the United States out of the top spot it...
U.N. agency says coronavirus emergency could trump some patent rights
Discussions are under way on enabling wider access to some patented drugs and medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the U.N.’s intellectual...
World Athletics aims to be carbon neutral by 2030
The governing body of athletics aims to become carbon neutral by 2030, it said on Tuesday, recognising that the sport has a significant environmental footprint....
Coronavirus crisis spells trouble for many Egyptian breadwinners
Squatting with other day labourers under a bridge in Cairo, 48-year-old Yasser Nagi says he has waited in vain for two weeks for work on...
No new deaths for China, Wuhan lockdown easing
Mainland China saw no new deaths for the first time on Tuesday, and reported a drop in new coronavirus cases after closing its borders to...
Japan declares state of emergency
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centers and unveiled a stimulus...
Coronavirus lockdown is nothing new for some Moscow residents
For some elderly Moscow residents, the coronavirus lockdown has a familiar feel – they lived through something like it during a dramatic Soviet-era smallpox outbreak...
Finland to begin randomised coronavirus antibody testing
Finland will start tracking the spread of the new coronavirus in its population with randomised antibody tests, its public health authority said on Tuesday....
Spain’s coronavirus deaths near 14,000 as pace ticks up again
The pace of coronavirus deaths in Spain ticked up for the first time in five days on Tuesday, with 743 people succumbing overnight, but there...