The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870 despite unprecedented government support, the World Bank said Monday. The world economy is expected to contract by 5.2 percent this year - the worst...

Lockdowns prevented around 3.1 million deaths in 11 European countries, according to a new modelling study published Monday, as most nations tiptoe out of the strict measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. Research by Imperial College London, whose scientists are advising the...

President Hassan Rouhani insisted Saturday that the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic that Rouhani claimed to have spawned from a wedding party in the country. Iran, which has been gradually relaxing its lockdown since...

The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face masks in public areas where there is a risk of transmission of COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the pandemic disease. In its new guidance, prompted by evidence...