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The spread of Covid-19 by someone who is not showing symptoms appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. “From the data we have, …

A 37-year-old Northern California man was arrested on suspicion of killing his 90-year-old grandmother and trying to eat her body Monday afternoon. Richmond officers responding to a 911 call around 2:10 p.m. Monday, of a man standing over a woman’s bloody body allegedly found 37-year-old Dwayne Wallick in the act …

As protests against the death of George Floyd continue in the United States, China reportedly said that the demonstrations show ‘chronic disease of racism’. “Black people’s lives are also lives. Their human rights must also be guaranteed,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing, referring to the death …

A serial rapist who was labelled the Beast of Kavos has fallen off a cliff while trying to escape from police Dimitris Aspiotis, 47, plunged 100ft into a ravine on the Greek holiday island as he tried to evade capture. He was arrested after the emergency services worked for three …

An alligator who was rumoured to have been Adolf Hitler’s pet has died at the age of 84. The reptile named Saturn was put on public display in Berlin Zoo after being brought over from the United States in around 1936. It is not known whether he ever met the …

More than 40 churchgoers who attended a service after lockdown was eased in Germany earlier this month have contracted coronavirus, officials say. The service was held on 10 May at a Baptist church in Frankfurt. Church officials say they followed social distancing rules and disinfected the building ahead of the …

President Donald Trump said Friday that places of worship are “essential” and should open this weekend, threatening to override governors who have ordered churches, synagogues and mosques not to reopen in the coming days. “Some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches …

A passenger plane carrying dozens of people crashed into a residential area of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, early Friday, minutes before it was due to land. Flight PK-8303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just …

The mayor of a small town in Peru tried to play dead after being caught by police violating coronavirus lockdown rules while drinking with friends. Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres was pictured lying in an open casket wearing a face mask by officers who came to arrest him on Monday night …

Authorities in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, have officially banned the eating of all wild animals, it was announced. A notice on the city’s municipal Government website said the ban will come into immediate effect on Wednesday and will last for five years. Cases of the new coronavirus were first …