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Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for the novel coronavirus alongside three members of his cabinet, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Nabiam, Interior Minister Botche Cande, and two other ministers were diagnosed on Tuesday and have been quarantined at a hotel in the capital Bissau, Health …

Wall Street looked set to jump at open on Wednesday after Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) reported an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment, while upbeat earnings reports from Google-parent Alphabet and Boeing boosted the mood. Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) jumped 9.3% in premarket trading after the drugmaker said its experimental …

The coronavirus outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown drive up demand for the beverage known for its immunity-boosting properties. Five countries – China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Vietnam – account for 82% …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States remains worried about laboratories in China and the world needs to get to the bottom of how the novel coronavirus began. “I can tell you there were real concerns about the labs inside of China,” Pompeo said in …

Oil prices fell on Tuesday with U.S. crude leading the decline, falling about 3% as domestic stockpiles were expected to have risen closer to record highs amid tightening storage despite plans to cut production. However, the markets were supported on hopes of demand recovering as across the world, governments announced …

More than 40 people have lost their lives when a powerful fuel truck bomb explosion rocked a northwestern Syrian city seized by Turkish military forces and their allied militants in the aftermath of a cross-border ground offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants more than two years ago. …

Israeli military forces have shot and seriously injured a Palestinian teenager in the central part of the Israeli-occupied territories amid mounting anger over Washington’s announcement that it is ready to recognize Israel’s annexation of much of the West Bank. Israeli media outlets claimed the unidentified 19-year-old Palestinian, wearing a mask, …

Several members of the security forces were injured in the first suicide attack in months Iraq has blamed ISIS for a suicide attack on its intelligence bureau in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday when at least three security force members were wounded. Authorities said two men – one …

Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the US economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found in an online poll that for every …

More than 700 people in Iran have died after ingesting toxic methanol because false rumors it helps cure the coronavirus, officials have said. In a desperate search for a curative, many families have turned to fake remedies spread across social media – including a powerful form of bootleg alcohol banned …

The French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, has announced there will be no professional football in the country until at least September and the 2019-20 season in Ligue 1 and 2 will therefore end immediately. Matches in France have been suspended since the start of March because of the coronavirus pandemic, …

The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time that at least two civilians were killed and three were injured in US airstrikes early last year in Somalia, where rights groups have accused the US military of shrouding its operations in secrecy. The announcement, by the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), was …

Violent protests against growing economic hardship erupted again in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday, with banks set ablaze after a night of rioting that left one demonstrator dead, according to security and medical sources. A collapse in the currency, soaring inflation, and spiraling unemployment are convulsing Lebanon, which …

US President Donald Trump further fueled speculation about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, telling reporters at the White House he had a “very good idea” of his condition but couldn’t talk about it at this time. “I can’t tell you exactly. Yes I do have a very …

A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr. Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan, died of self-inflicted injuries on Sunday, police said. The …

One billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, an aid group has warned. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial and humanitarian aid was needed to help slow the global spread of the virus. It said, “fragile countries” such as Afghanistan …

The United States and Iraq have agreed to meet in June to discuss the possible withdrawal of US troops from the country, Iraq’s military spokesman has said. Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf told Kuwait’s al-Sabah newspaper that Baghdad and Washington would negotiate a timetable for US withdrawal from Iraq at the …

U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president, according to a video statement released by her on Monday. Pelosi’s endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president follows that of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former president Barack Obama and former …

The U.S. has again granted Iraq only a month-long sanctions waiver enabling the government to continue importing gas and electricity from Iran, two Iraqi officials said, a sign of Washington’s growing impatience as a deadline looms for Iraq’s latest prime minister-designate to form a government. The issuance of another 30-day …

Iran’s Health Ministry says the country has recorded a two-digit rise in the number of new coronavirus cases for the first time in more than a month, which indicates the declining curve of the COVID-19 disease in the country. Kianoush Jahanpour, the head of the public relations and information center …