North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a phosphatic fertiliser factory on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday. ....

Russia has reported a new daily record of 7,933 confirmed coronavirus cases in just 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 114,431, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday. ....

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un remained out of public view for the 20th straight day amid persisting speculation about his health and who will take over the nuclear-armed nation after him, the media reported on Friday. ....

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. ....

New York state, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US, has reported nearly 300,000 coronavirus cases, while its daily death toll fell to the lowest since early March, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. ....

In a conflict with findings of two recent trials of the remdesivir drug, a small study in China has found that treatment with Gilead Sciences' investigational antiviral drug does not speed up recovery from COVID-19, compared with placebo in hospitalised patients who are critically ill. ....

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a baby boy, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. ....

Hillary Clinton, who was defeated by President Donald Trump in 2016, has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden to challenge him in November in a much-changed environment. ....

Many Americans in India who had signed up for airlifts back to the US are now deciding to stay back and "ride it out" during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the State Department's top consular official. ....

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 27,359 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 201,505 as of Tuesday, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department. ....