Each day seems to bring more bad news for Tokyo.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday changed its position on a sought-after type of respirator from China, the KN95, announcing that the agency will authorize the mask for use in healthcare settings if it meets certain criteria.

A microbiologist in Germany believes that the use of an updated version of a 100-year-old Tuberculosis vaccine may work as an intermediate treatment for Covid-19. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.

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Tesla built more than 100,000 vehicles in the first quarter, despite shutdowns at its plants in Shanghai and Fremont, California, due to health concerns associated with the coronavirus.

The European Union is preparing fresh action to support workers as layoffs within the bloc skyrocket.

The founder and CEO of Zoom has apologized to the video conferencing app's millions of users after coming under fire for a host of privacy issues at a time when it has emerged as a vital social and professional lifeline for many.

The Orkney islands in far northern Scotland use excess wind power to produce the zero carbon fuel.

If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.

Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints.

Ripped trousers, last-minute cigarettes, grandmas on the dance floor -- these are not your typical wedding photos.

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The front door of Arthur Lewis' Los Angeles home opens to a room organized like an exhibition space. The marks of domesticity -- dining room table, mantel, fireplace, throw pillows -- are present, but engulfed by art. Paintings and sculptures grab al…

There's long been a dearth of innovative design in the sex tech industry: In the words of Lora Haddock DiCarlo, founder of CES-award winning sex toy company Lora DiCarlo, the field's output throughout 20th century amounted to little more than "the vi…

Remember when you first saw Mr. Rogers zip up his fire-engine red sweater toward the end of his opening theme song, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

While there are plenty of awe-inspiring man-made destinations around the globe, nothing is as creative as nature.

More than a dozen cruise ships remain stranded at sea right now -- some with and some without passengers -- as ports deny entry and passengers panic about returning home.

With air raid sirens wailing and flags at half-mast, China has held a three-minute nationwide moment of reflection to honour those who have died in the coronavirus outbreak.

France's coronavirus death toll has risen by more than 1,000 to around 6,500 - as another 160,000 police officers were deployed to enforce the country's strict confinement laws.

Donald Trump has urged Americans to wear face masks in public to help fight the spread of coronavirus - but insisted he will not follow suit because "he doesn't want to".

A British serviceperson has become the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the Falkland Islands.

In Brussels, it is a beautiful morning for doing a grim job. Under blue skies, we meet Nathan and Jacques, the crew of one of the city's Red Cross ambulances.

From the moment we approach Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, there are people everywhere.

Stockholm is a world away from the lockdowns affecting the rest of Europe.

The brewer of the Mexican beer Corona is suspending production because of the coronavirus pandemic.

While art galleries in cities across the world remain closed due to the coronavirus crisis, art fans are being encouraged to become artists themselves.

European hospitals could run out of drugs being used to treat COVID-19 patients in intensive care within days, a hospitals body has warned.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will address the nation on the coronavirus pandemic Sunday, marking the fourth time she's ever recorded a special message.

The best way to limit the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the global economy is to focus on mitigating the spread of the disease, world health and financial leaders said Friday.

The United Nations General Assembly called for a multinational approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic, its first resolution on the issue.

Beijing's foreign ministry is advising foreign diplomats to refrain from traveling to China, a week after it banned all non-Chinese people from entering the country.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered a surprising proposal on Friday, suggesting that his political rival be the one to lead key government peace negotiations with the Taliban militant group.

North Korea sanctions should be eased in order for the country to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, a South Korean group said Friday.

Families in Sri Lanka are denouncing their government for cremating the bodies of Muslims who died from the coronavirus disease -- a dispute that drew support Friday from Amnesty International.

North Korea disclosed more than 500 people have been quarantined in the country even as restrictions against resident foreigners may have been eased this past week.

Israeli police on Friday blocked off the ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak after it was placed under strict restrictions as a hotbed of the coronavirus pandemic.

A provincial government in Pakistan on Friday prevented the release of four men suspected in the 2002 death of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, a day after a court cleared them.

The Libyan government said Friday it killed 20 rebels loyal to opposition Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Sirte after accusing the militants of violating a cease-fire.

Google is telling users to stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a new Doodle.

Grupo Modelo, the brewer of Corona beer, will temporarily halt production and marketing operations in Mexico to comply with a coronavirus health emergency declared by the government. 

More than 1 million people worldwide have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus but the actual number could be as high as 10 million, said Australia's top doctor on Friday.

South Korea crossed the threshold of 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, health officials reported Friday, as the country turns its focus toward combating imported cases of the disease.

A Pakistan regional court has commuted the death sentence of the man convicted in the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and cleared three others in the case.

The climbing death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, has left morgues overwhelmed, causing some bodies to be wrapped in plastic and left lying in the streets.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed the 1 million mark Thursday as hard-hit Spain reached 10,000 deaths from the disease.

About 14 percent of Israel's confirmed coronavirus patients live in the ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak, health officials said Thursday, warning that the real number of those sick in the city could be 80 times greater.

Two watchdog organizations reported Wednesday the lowest civilian death totals over a one-month period in Syria since the country's deadly civil war started some nine years ago.