Kenya is decongesting its prisons to prevent overcrowding as a way to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country.In the past month, the East African country has released 4800 prisoners in different parts of the country, according to Anne…
Astronomers have long studied supermassive black holes and smaller black holes that form when massive stars implode, but they have searched for intermediate-mass black holes for years.Now, thanks to observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found their "missing…
Russian President Vladimir Putin knows how to make a very small investment for an outsized public-relations gain, and the Covid-19 pandemic has been no exception.On Wednesday, a Russian An-124 cargo plane landed at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport carrying…
Marine life in the world's oceans could recover to healthy levels in the next thirty years if decisive and urgent action is taken, an international review has found.A team of scientists from around the world found marine life to be…
(CNN) -- We're washing our hands, staying at home and standing 6 feet apart when we do need to go out. What else can we do to limit the spread of Covid-19? Public health experts say not enough…
Shenzhen, in southeastern China, has become the first city in the country to ban the consumption of cats and dogs, the government announced Thursday.Under new rules which will come into effect May 1, the government said it will be illegal…
Spain passed another grim milestone as it grappled to contain its coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, reporting that more than 10,000 have now died in the country as a result of the virus.The Health Ministry said it recorded 950 new deaths…
About one million families in Australia will have access to free childcare in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday.The plan will also support the early childhood education and care sector during the crisis,…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing a public backlash after he said the government would distribute two reusable cloth face masks per household amid growing concern over medical shortages as the country faces a worsening coronavirus outbreak.The number of…
When scientists find microbial life thriving in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, it gives them hope that they may be able to find life on other planets.Now, researchers have discovered billions of bacteria living in tiny cracks…
A local court in Pakistan on Thursday overturned the death sentence and murder convictions of four men believed to be involved in the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.The men had all been in prison for 18 years.…
The policeman raised his bullhorn to shout instructions, backed up by a group of soldiers piling out of an armored personnel carrier."Go home. Get your stuff and go," he yelled. It was an impossible instruction to a group of homeless…
The Malaysian government was forced to apologize after its Women's Development Department published a series of sexist "tips" to help deal with the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, including advising women to continue to wear makeup and to "avoid nagging."The campaign was…
On Sunday, a woman walked into a pharmacy in the French city of Nancy, one of the few public places still open after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of a dangerous virus.But the woman wasn't…
Every day, Filipina nurse April Abrias walks six miles to monitor 30 patients who are suspected to have the novel coronavirus in a rural province north of the Philippines' capital, Manila.The 29-year-old midwife doesn't have a surgical mask to cover…
More than a third of residents in an elder care home near Milan died in less than a month during the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesperson for the facility has revealed.Sara Aragno told CNN on Wednesday that 63 out of 150…
Nightingales may be less likely to survive their annual migration because climate change is causing the songbirds to evolve shorter wings, new research has found.Scientists discovered that over the past two decades, the wingspan of nightingales from central Spain has…
If you've ever seen a production of "West Side Story," you'll be familiar with gangs of males, clicking their fingers in synch while seeing off rivals or prowling for a mate.Up until now, scientists believed that humans were the only…
When dinosaurs roamed the Earth 90 million years ago, the planet was much warmer, including Antarctica at the South Pole. But in a surprising twist, researchers have discovered evidence that Antarctica also supported a swampy rainforest at the time, according…
Members of Uganda's internationally known Watoto Church children's choir who just returned from Europe are among 11 new reported cases of coronavirus in the country, President Yoweri Museveni has said.Their cluster brings the nation's total to 44 confirmed cases, Minister…
Panama is taking a new -- if somewhat unorthodox — measure to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus: separation of the sexes.Starting on Wednesday, only women will be able to leave their homes to buy necessities on Monday, Wednesday…
In the coming weeks, if they have not already, your government is likely to begin advising you to wear a face mask to protect against coronavirus.For those living in Asia, such announcements will be a vindication of a tactic that…
There's a lot about Iceland that other countries could envy: Its spectacular natural surroundings, its place among the world's happiest countries, and, now, its large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, which could influence how the world understands the outbreak.Experts have…
As Covid-19 brings the world to a halt, some world leaders have spotted an opportunity to tighten their grip on power.In Hungary, a bill passed on Monday which handed Prime Minister Viktor Orban the power to rule by decree --…
When India imposed a nationwide lockdown a week ago, it was designed to stop the imminent spread of the novel coronavirus.But grinding this country of 1.3 billion people to a near halt has also provided a temporary remedy to another…
