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Over 154 Crore Students Affected Globally Due To COVID-19 Closures: UNSECO

Over 154 crore students are severely impacted by closure of educational institutions across the world amid the COVID-19 outbreak due to which girls will be the worst hit as it will lead to increased drop-out rates and further entrench gender gaps in

Global Hunger Could Double Due To COVID-19 Blow: UN

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in grave danger after surgery

The South Korean government on Tuesday was looking into reports saying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile condition after surgery. An official from the National Intelligence Service, who didn’t want to be named, citing office

Trump to sign order to suspend immigration into US

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States amid the

US Reports 1,997 Coronavirus Deaths In Last 24 Hours: Report

The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by almost 2,000 in the past 24 hours to reach 40,661 on Sunday, a tally from Johns Hopkins

Coronavirus is giving Mount Everest a much needed break from humanity

For the second time in five years, the snowy slopes of Everest will lie empty and silent. On 11 March, China suspended all climbing expeditions

Global Coronavirus Death Count Tops 160,000: Report

More than 160,000 people have died from the new coronavirus around the world, almost two thirds of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 0940 GMT Sunday based on official sources. A total of 160,502 fatalities have been registered out of

Hungry, Unemployed Americans Line Up At Food Banks Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. And with 22 million people out of work seemingly overnight

Coronavirus: World Economy Bound To Suffer "Severe Recession", Says IMF

The world economy, already "sluggish" before the coronavirus outbreak, is now bound to suffer a "severe recession" in 2020, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned and said the current crisis posed "daunting

99-Year-Old Raises $16 Million For UK's COVID-19 Fight With Garden Walk

Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran, completed the last of 100 laps of his garden on Thursday, raising 13 million pounds ($16 million) for the health service in an endeavour that has spread joy across the country amid the coronavirus