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Egypt leverages 'soft power' through medical aid in pandemic

A slickly produced video from the office of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi showed crates of medical supplies -- stamped in English and Arabic with the words "from the Egyptian people to the American people" -- being loaded onto a military cargo plane. The dramatically scored video...

WHO warns virus may be here to stay as toll nears 300,000

The coronavirus may never go away and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, the World Health Organization has warned, as the global death toll from the disease nears 300,000. There were also gloomy forecasts from the US Federal Reserve, which said prolonged...

Russia aiming for coronavirus vaccine tests in June

Russia plans to start clinical trials of vaccines for the novel coronavirus in June, the country's health minister announced on Wednesday. Scientists working on the vaccines say the first batch could be available by late July, Mikhail Murashko told the State Duma, the lower house of...

Tunisia relaxes curfew with virus outbreak slowing

Tunisia has announced a reduction of its nightly curfew hours, state media reported Wednesday, after three consecutive days without recording any new coronavirus cases and as the government relaxes a general lockdown. The North African democracy imposed the curfew in March, aiming to slow...