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The coronavirus is sending the U.S. economy into the biggest and fastest collapse since the Great Depression, with output reported shrinking at an alarming rate Wednesday and the number of Americans thrown out of work estimated at nearly 30 million. Science, meanwhile, provided a glimmer of hope when a biotech…

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it…

MUMBAI, India (AP) — I was on assignment April 20 outside Mumbai, India’s financial center. My phone rang nonstop. Fellow news photographers checked whether I’d heard about the COVID-19 tests we had taken days earlier at the Mumbai Press Club. I hadn’t yet, and I was anxious.Then I received the…

April 29, 2020, 4:13 PM3 min readMUMBAI, India -- Rafiq Maqbool remembers never flinching while covering high-risk news assignments such as the war in Afghanistan, the Sri Lankan tsunami or the conflict in Kashmir, where he grew up and decided to become a photojournalist. But a call on April 20…

While global arms expenditures have been rising annually, many militaries have been caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Will governments start to reframe their security agendas? The US military is well-equipped to repel conventional threats, but it's certainly not up to the task of containing biological hazards like the coronavirus…

Here's What You Need To Remember: The Kargil War was far from the bloodiest ever fought—but it marked a frightening new chapter in the international system as for the first time states with nuclear weapons faced off on a (fortunately limited) battlefield. For years, there was a conceit that no two…

Saudi Arabiahas announced that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will start Friday.Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines, has announced that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will start Friday, as Muslims worldwide face unprecedented restrictions to counter coronavirus."Based on the sighting of the new month's…

Against the backdrop of 135 million people in 55 countries experiencing acute food insecurity (File)United Nations: The UN food relief agency has warned that the world is on the brink of a "hunger pandemic" and could face multiple famines of biblical proportions within few months if nations don't act now…

A draft resolution on COVID-19 pandemic that is being negotiated among members of the United Nations Security Council has called for halting global conflicts for 30 days. The resolution circulated by France has argued that conflicts are hampering global efforts to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus and asked…

Will Hatton in PakistanWhen somebody says, “I'm going backpacking,” and you reply, “where are you going?” Pakistan is not what you expect to hear. Let's face it, the country has had its fair share of bad press and negative stereotypes develop over the years. Yet, 29-year old adventure blogger Will…