The United Kingdom lost over 600,000 jobs in the period between March and May this year. According to official figures, the number of people seeking work-related benefits shot up by 126 per cent, with over 2.

UK market loses 600,000 jobs owing to coronavirus-induced slowdown; Worst yet to come

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska, who last week tested positive for the coronavirus, has been hospitalised with pneumonia, the presidency said on Tuesday. Zelenska, 42, has been diagnosed with double pneumonia, the presidency said, adding that oxygen treatment was not required.

Ukraine first lady hospitalised with pneumonia 

Martha Kahari was already struggling to make ends meet after Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown forced her to stop selling second-hand clothes and tomatoes at the side of the road in the capital Harare.

'Dying of hunger': Zimbabwe street vendors hit by coronavirus clampdown

The number of people seeking emergency shelter to escape human trafficking surged in the month following U.S. lockdown orders implemented to slow the spread of coronavirus, a leading anti-trafficking group said on Monday.

US emergency trafficking hotline says calls spiked under lockdown

In 1918, a pandemic ravaged the world like wildfire and claimed the lives of over 50 million people around the world. This was called the Spanish Flu. Contemporarily, COVID-19 is spreading at an astonishing speed.

Second-wave of Spanish Flu killed more people than the first, here's what we can learn!

Before the coronavirus hit New Delhi, Mohammad Aamir Khan was a taxi driver making a living in the Indian capital. But after work dried up during a nearly three-month lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus, a friend suggested he take on a part-time job at perhaps the only booming business in the country - driving a private ambulance.

"Someone has to do it" - Indian taxi driver gets behind wheel of ambulance amid spiking virus cases

Fans deprived of live athletics action were treated to a mini pole vaulting competition on Friday (June 12) as German Torben Blech won the Flight Night event at a drive-in cinema in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Fans get to watch as Blech stars in drive-in pole vaulting event

Foreign visitors have begun to trickle back to the white sands and warm waters of Mexico's Caribbean coast as its popular beaches gradually reopen to tourism with new sanitary measures in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Tourists dip their toes in water as top Mexican beach getaway reopens

As the new coronavirus forces people to alter their daily lives, even long-standing traditions are being upended and people are having to adapt to a new reality. A couple in Peru on Friday (June 12) refused to allow quarantine measures to delay their happy day any longer and became the country's first virtual newlyweds.

Peru celebrates its first virtual marriage as coronavirus upends traditions

Over a hundred people gathered in China's financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday (June 14) to take part in the city's eighth annual Pride Run, one of a series of events happening over nine days to raise public awareness for the LGBT community.

Shanghai holds smaller annual Pride Run amid coronavirus pandemic

Expressing "surprise" India has dismissed comments by Nepali PM KP Sharma Oli who said COVID cases have multiplied in the country due to returnees coming from. Sources told WION, PM Oli's comments are "false and distorted" highlighting that only a small portion of Nepali nationals have returned from India, explaining "people who have gone back to Nepal have gone as per will" and "full knowledge of govt of Nepal".

New Delhi expresses surprise at Nepal PM Oli's 'distorted' comments on Covid surge in country due to India

A new poll has revealed that most countries believe China did a better job at containing and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic than the United States. Only three out of the participant 53 countries believed that the US had done a better job than its Chinese counterpart.

China did a better job at containing COVID-19 than the US, most countries believe

A watchdog has hailed the White House press corps as "information heroes" alongside 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets struggling against the odds to get the truth out about the coronavirus pandemic.

White House reporters hailed as 'information heroes'

President Xi Jinping is often described as the most powerful Chinese president since Mao Zedong. But his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has dented his popularity. Watch report.

Chinese State Media: President Xi Jinping predicted 'President of the people'

In this video, watch WION's special series- Hard Reset.

Hard Reset: Travel & tourism in a post-COVID world

In this segmnet of WION, know about the lessons we can learn from Spanish Flu to combat COVID-19.

Lessons from Spanish Flu to combat COVID-19

Prime Minister Imran Khan's poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic fallout has placed it in a confrontation path with the Army whose top brass is unhappy at the failure of the Government to deal with the Pandemic.

Imran Khan's relationship with Army on the rocks amid COVID-19 outbreak

Spain will reopen its borders to visitors from Europe's open-border Schengen area from June 21, 10 days earlier than previously planned, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday, in a further easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Spain to open borders to some visitors on June 21, plans aid for auto sector

New coronavirus cases and hospitalisations in record numbers swept through more US states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening and President Donald Trump plans an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalisations sweep parts of US

An elderly man who battled coronavirus for 62 days at a hospital in the US has been handed over a whopping 181-page bill of $1.1 million. Michael Flor, 70, also became the longest-hospitalised Covid-19 patient -- at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, a city in King County, Washington state, and survived.

US man survives COVID-19, gets a $1.1 million hospital bill

Watch today in 'WION In Focus': Some stories related to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

WION In Focus: Some stories related to Coronavirus pandemic | COVID-19 | Coronavirus News

Venetian protesters formed a human chain along one of the city's iconic canals on Saturday (June 13), demanding responsible tourism in the post-coronavirus period.

Italy: Venetians protest against mass tourism

The peak stage of COVID-19 pandemic in India has been delayed by the eight-week lockdown along with strengthened public health measures and it may now arrive around mid-November during which there could be a paucity of isolation and ICU beds, and ventilators, according to a study.

COVID-19 peak in India may arrive mid-Nov, paucity of ICU beds, ventilators likely: Study

COVID-19 cases in Pakistan reached over 132,000 after a record 6,472 new infections were detected, the death toll in Pakistan is over 2,500.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Pakistan struggles to contain COVID-19

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