Oil prices were mixed in volatile Asian trade on Monday, but remained at multi-year lows due to the double shock of the coronavirus pandemic and the Saudi-Russia price war. Both main contracts plummeted at the open after a trillion-dollar support package for the American economy crashed to...

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands rose by 573, or nearly 16%, to 4,204, Dutch health authorities said in a daily update on Sunday. The death toll in the Netherlands rose by 43 to 179, with victims aged between 57 and 97.

Countries can't simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization's top emergency expert said Sunday, adding that public health measures are needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on. "What we really need to focus on is finding those who are...

Air quality is picking up in countries that remain under coronavirus quarantine, experts say. But it is far too early to speak of long-term change. Images by the US space agency NASA are clear, in February the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the...