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Australia reported its second straight day without any COVID-19 deaths on Friday, the longest stretch without any fatalities from the virus in three months.

THE Embassy of Israel in Nigeria on Thursday donated 6,000 protective face shields to support medical personnel in Nigeria, in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Russia’s Health Ministry issued a recommendation on Thursday that Russians stay at home this weekend because of a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases, the RIA news agency reported.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the American poet, Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

The Health Ministry on Wednesday revealed that Italy has made the wearing of face masks outdoors mandatory nationwide, in an effort to reduce rising COVID-19 infections after the cabinet agreed on the measure.

Arsenal youngster, Bukayo Saka, has confirmed his international future to be with England.

Barcelona have announced losses of €97 million (£88m/$114m) for the 2019-20 economic year and blamed the coronavirus pandemic for a €203m (£184m/$239m) decrease in revenue.

Roughly one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world’s population vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease it causes, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

French Health Minister, Olivier Veran, on Thursday said that Paris region has passed three thresholds for maximum alert in new coronavirus infection rates.

THE suspect accused of shooting two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies during an ambush in Compton has been arrested, authorities announced Wednesday.