If this coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we must prepare for the next one, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Wednesday.

Between 83,000 and 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa, with 29 million to 44 million infected, in the coronavirus pandemic’s first year if containment measures do not work, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

Wildfires brought evacuations in the Florida panhandle.

France's former 94-year-old president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is accused of sexually assaulting a German reporter.

Google parent Alphabet has scrapped its plans to develop a futuristic “Smart City” on the Toronto waterfront over privacy concerns and economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic

The heartwarming reunion, which clearly made little Mila Sneddon's day, took the young girl completely by surprise.

The cocktail includes three antiviral drugs and a different drug that boosts natural immune system chemicals.

Tiocfaidh cúlú 8% ar an ngeilleagar i mbliana agus tiocfaidh borradh 6% faoi arís an bhliain seo chugainn, a deirtear i dtuarascáil nua atá foilsithe ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach.

Tuigtear go bhfuil sé fós i gceist ag Cumann Lúthchleas Gael go mbeadh Craobh na hÉireann ar siúl i mbliana ainneoin srianta sóisialta a bheith i bhfeidhm i gcónaí cuid mhaith den samhradh.

Fógraíodh tráthnóna go bhfuil 37 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,375 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

Tá sraith cruinnithe a bhí ar bun inniu le scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta a phlé críochnaithe agus tá sé i gceist tuilleadh cainteanna a ghairm as seo go ceann roinnt laethanta.

Cuirfear tús le cainteanna foirmiúla tráthnóna idir trí pháirtí polaitíochta - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil agus an Comhaontas Glas - maidir le bunú rialtais nua.

Tá go leor oibrithe a bhí ar an íosphá náisiúnta níos fearr as anois más amhlaidh go bhfuil siad ag fáil an liúntais dífhostaíochta €350 sa tseachtain a tugadh isteach i mí an Mhárta, de réir staidéir nua.

Dúirt ard-stiúrthóir Chomhairle um Chearta an Duine Liam Herrick go bhfuil an Stát in ann iallach a chur ar dhaoine eolas a thabhairt faoina gcuid taistil.

Dúirt an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar sa Dáil gur mian leis an Rialtas réiteach a fháil ar an éiginnteacht a bhaineann le scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta faoi dheireadh na seachtaine seo.

Dhearbhaigh na húdaráis sláinte tráthnóna go bhfuil 29 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,403 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan go bhfuil an ceann sprice a chuireamar romhainn bainte amach againn agus go bhfuil cosc curtha againn anois ar leathadh an ghalair Covid-19 inár measc.

D'fhéadfadh go mbeadh coimhlint ghéar ag Stobart Air le haerlínte eile ag solathár seirbhísí aeir réigiúnach do Aer Lingus, na seirbhísí idir Dún na nGall agus Baile Átha Cliath san áireamh.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag príomh stiúrthóir Teach Altranais Dealgan i nDún Dealgan, gur bhásaigh 23 áitritheoir san ionad ón 1ú Aibreán i leith, go leor acu a raibh Covid-19 orthu.

Déanfar machnamh ar mhalairt phlean do scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta a chuirfidh an tAire Oideachais Joe McHugh os comhair chruinniú comhaireachta ar maidin. Sin a dúirt foinsí sinsireacha comhrialtais le RTÉ.

Dúirt Príomh-Oifigeach Leighis na Roinne Sláinte an Dr Tony Holohan le RTÉ ar maidin go dteastaíonn uaidh féin agus an Fhoireann Náisiúnta Éigeandála Sláinte Poiblí go mbeadh an víreas corónach cloíte oiread agus is féidir é

Tá an coróinvíreas ag spreagadh fearg, fuath agus ciníochas i measc daoine a deir Ceannaire na Naisiún Aontaithe. Dúirt Antonio Guterrez an méid sin agus srianta san Eoraip agus san Astráil á maolú de réir a chéile.

Tá cead tugtha ag an Vatacáin d'ord Siúracha Cráifeacha na Carthannachta Ospidéal agus tailte Naomh Uinseann i mBaile Átha Cliath a bhronnadh ar an Stát trí chomhlacht dar teideal Grúpa Sealbhaíochta Cúram Sláinte Naomh Uinseann.

Tá sé deimhnithe ag an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, Joe McHugh go bhfuil scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta don bhliain seo curtha ar ceal agus go bhfuil Plean "C", mar a bhfaighfidh daltaí grádanna tuartha óna meánscoil féin, le teacht ina n-áit.

Dhearbhaigh na húdaráis sláinte tráthnóna go bhfuil 27 duine eile básaithe leis an ngalar Covid-19 sa Stát. Fágann sin go bhfuil 1,429 duine ar fad básaithe leis an ngalar i bPoblacht na hÉireann.

LAUSD's decision to temporarily shut down schools causes an enormous disruption. And it's not clear how helpful the move will be in slowing coronavirus spread.

More scandal in the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows the department — like all sheriff's departments — should have independent civilian oversight.

Public health experts are urging people to stay home to avoid spreading coronavirus. But that means some people could end up losing their homes.

After weeks of dithering, Trump finally seems to have gotten the message that Americans are desperate for more than empty assurances on coronavirus.

Congress can and should do more to combat a coronavirus downturn — including a $1,000 UBI check to every citizen.

Soap is restricted and hand sanitizer is contraband at correctional facilities. We need to stop admitting people accused of low-level crimes.

With coronavirus on the rampage, perhaps the people who don't believe in vaccinations will rethink their irresponsible position.

Just when President Trump started to rise to the challenge of leading a nation through the coronavirus pandemic, he slips back to his old, tired tricks.

Inglewood can help solve the first-mile last-mile problem of public transit in a big way.

We're all in this together. It's far better for society if folks choose to help their fellow humans rather than rip the last roll of toilet paper from their hands.

Ideally, business owners and individuals will make the right decisions in the face of coronavirus. But then, there will always be companies like Tesla.

Los Angeles wants to move thousands of homeless people inside. But is crowding indoors actually less dangerous than letting them stay on the streets?

California's order might seem like a big deal. But what we don't know about this virus, which is a lot, means the risk of inaction is too high.

Amid a public health emergency, it's unconscionable for California to allow dozens of state-owned homes to stay empty.

With 40 million kids home from school, what's being done to make sure students are learning?

President Trump and Congress should keep climate change in mind as they prepare economic aid packages for businesses and industries.

This past weekend was an epic fail for public health. Southern Californians crowded hiking trails and beaches, and otherwise ignored social distancing orders..

The Supreme Court makes it easier for states to convict mentally ill defendants.

It's not the government takeover that many Californians wanted for the fire-starting utility, but the deal Gavin Newsom struck with PG&E should help.

One Trump's smartest moves was to make Dr. Anthony Fauci a part of his coronavirus task force. Let's keep him there.

Closing trial courts to the public and postponing non-essential proceedings during the covid19 emergency makes good sense as a public health measure but shuts the public out of proceedings that under normal circumstances are rightfully accessible. Constitutional rights of criminal defendants are protected not just by the right to counsel but also by public scrutiny of hearings, judges, prosecutors and other public officials. Many problems would have been avoided if only courts would embrace televised proceedings and modern communications technologies.

A pandemic threatens participation in the ultimate act of citizenship.

It's legitimate to worry that the steps we're taking to contain the coronavirus are causing unnecessary damage to the U.S. economy. But the damage that the disease would cause if it isn't contained would be far worse.

The stimulus plan passed the Senate. Now it's up to government to get the money flowing quickly and transparently.

Some states are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to cut off abortion access. That's unacceptable.