Beyond politics, gold-standard COVID-19 trials test malaria drug taken by Trump
In the fight against COVID-19, the decades-old anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine has become a political football, with U.S. President Donald Trump personally taking it and hailing...
Irish regulator reaches preliminary decision in Twitter privacy probe
Twitter may be the first big technology firm to face a fine by the EU’s lead regulator under the region’s tougher data protection rules after...
New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen
Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park has turned his Michelin-starred eatery into a charity kitchen, where his staff prepares 3,000 meals a day for...
Drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment tied to higher death risk
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to increased risk...
UK brings in mandatory quarantine for arrivals
People arriving in Britain after June 8 will have to self-isolate for 14 days or get a fine, Britain’s interior minister says. But questions remain...
Malta rescues 140 migrants but holds them on tourist boats offshore
Malta on Friday rescued a group of 140 migrants from a sinking dinghy but refused to bring them to land, holding them instead on a...
U.S. CDC reports 1,571,617 coronavirus cases, 94,150 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,571,617 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 20,522 cases from its...
All 50 U.S. states shed jobs in April: Labor Department
Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as efforts to contain the coronavirus...
Coronavirus vaccine safe in early trial; hydroxychloroquine may increase death risk
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for...
Oil falls on China-U.S. tensions, energy demand doubts
Oil prices tumbled about 2% on Friday on rising U.S.-China tensions and doubts about how quickly fuel demand would recover from the coronavirus crisis....