Two white lions have been born in the Paphos Zoo in Cyprus. The one and a half week old lion cubs - one boy and one girl - were born to Zeus and Hera, two eight year old white lions that were brought to Cyprus from a zoo in South Africa.

Two white lions born in Cyprus zoo amidst 'peace and quiet'

A wearable device the size of a postage stamp is being tested by researchers at Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as a way to monitor and catch early signs and symptoms of COVID-19.

Small wearable device monitors virus symptoms

From the isolation, Tejerina and his wife, Geraldine, were inspired to find a way to help essential workers. They began cooking and delivering meals for police, doctors and nurses. Ever the marketer, Tejerina dubbed his project, "Taking Care of Those Who Care For Us."

Bolivian couple springs into action to feed coronavirus frontliners during lockdown

Brazil's shot put champion Darlan Romani is not letting lockdown get in the way of preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, using an unused plot of land in a residential area of Sao Paulo state to keep up his winning form.

Nothing weighs down Brazil shot putter as he improvises Olympic training in lockdown

Children have always had a unique way of expressing themselves and UNICEF Brazil came up with the "Feelings on Paper" program to get children to use their creativity to help them deal with the stress and worry over lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Happiness, sadness, boredom: Brazilian children channel emotions through art during lockdown

The Swiss government's coronavirus aid package should be used to make the country's economy more sustainable and help tackle climate change, environmentalists said on Monday (May 4).

Swiss environmentalists demand green reconstruction after coronavirus crisis

Loyal followers of "Saint Jesus Malverde" paid tribute to the popular narco figure on Sunday (May 03) to mark the anniversary of the execution of Jesus Malverde in Culiacan, in Mexico's state of Sinaloa.

Mexicans celebrate anniversary of "narco saint" despite pandemic

Fire leapt from the masked performer's twirling baton as the festive Ramadan float drove through the back streets of East Jerusalem, with children cheering and parents watching from balconies.

With fire, light and music, bringing Ramadan to a fun-starved Jerusalem

To keep customers and staff safe, Taiwanese-style hot pot restaurant in Bangkok, Hanji Hot Pot has installed plastic screens in between tables to maintain social distance between customers.

Thai hot pot restaurant separates diners with plastic screens after restrictions eased

The Silva twins were supposed to be on an international tour with their dance company last week, performing for large crowds to cheers and applause. Instead, they found themselves on their terrace, practising to the sound of the ocean in the light of the sunset, occasionally interrupted by their two rambunctious dogs.

Dance on rooftops, seaside sunsets: Cuban artists find inspiration in coronavirus quarantine

A dog grooming service in Bangkok re-opened after lockdown on Monday (May 4) to welcome furry dogs in need of hair cuts but business is not the same from before the coronavirus outbreak which forced business around the world, including in Thailand, to close for months.

Scruffy dogs head to the groomer as Thai lockdown eases

A leading private hospital in the Indian tech city of Bengaluru has deployed two robots to screen patients and protect health care warrior from Covid-19. The Robots interact with people using facial and speech recognition and screen them for Covid-19 symptoms

Covid-19: India deploys robots to screen patients

People in isolation, looking for animal companionship, have started to adopt dogs. And many dogs have made new friends in the volunteers who walk the pets of elderly people.

Abandoned pets find new homes in Moscow

For years, Jiang Zhuoyue enjoyed buying nice things and chasing discounts. In doing so, she filled wardrobe after wardrobe with clothes, shoes, handbags and other luxury items. After the coronavirus outbreak, the former shopaholic has now started to do the opposite.

Chinese former shopaholic empties wardrobes, turns thrifty due to COVID-19 outbreak

Despite losing work amid a nationwide lockdown, Estonian slacklining athlete Jan Roose is using the chance to leap forward in his career.

Estonian slackliner uses lockdown to jump ahead in his career

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, cinemas across Iran have closed but film fans in Tehran are now able to enjoy screenings at a drive-in cinema.

Tehran opens drive-in cinema as coronavirus restrictions are eased

People across the United Kingdom joined in a round of applause on Thursday (April 30) to thank National Health Service (NHS) staff and key workers on the front line of the coronavirus crisis.

Millions around UK pay tribute to key workers with applause

British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has become a national hero after raising millions for the health service, celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday (April 30) with a promotion, military flypasts and a message from the prime minister.

Cake-makers get creative to celebrate Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday

Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts join a whole host of celebrities uniting in one global, 24-hour livestreamed event on Friday (May 1) to celebrate acts of humanity and provided guidance and solidarity in the coronavirus times.

Oprah, Julia Roberts and others 'Call to Unite' in 24-hour global livestream event

A Paris bakery losing 40 percent of its trade during the coronavirus lockdown is staying alive thanks to their French customers' love for baguettes and weakness for pastries.

Baguettes boost spirits for Paris bakery battered by lockdown

For patients in the critical care unit of Chile's San Borja Arriaran Hospital, recovery means long and lonely days in quarantine, cut off from contact with friends and family due to the coronavirus pandemic. But one critical care nurse is bringing tears of joy and moments of happiness to some of those patients through a pen pal letter writing program she started for them.

Pen pal letters bring joy to patients cut off from visits due to coronavirus restrictions

Czechs parked their cars to watch plays and film screenings in Prague as the country eases out of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection.

Czechs park up for drive-in theatre, cinema as lockdown eases

Donning blue protective suits, stoles and crosses, a group of Filipino Catholic priests have been roaming around Metro Manila's poorest communities in hopes of giving hope to the people amid a government-enforced lockdown.

Priests bring faith to Philippines amid lockdown

Syrian Maen Khadour has taken to urban gardening on his Damascus rooftop, now filled with young trees and canisters turned into pots where eggplants, onions, lettuce, parsley, rocca and spinach grow.

Urban gardening on a Damascus rooftop during coronavirus lockdown, Ramadan

Upon returning to his hometown for fasting month celebration, Abdullah Al-Mabrur went into a 14-day self-isolation in a bamboo forest while helping to clean up a river running through his village.

Indonesian serves self-quarantine in bamboo forest and cleans the river

Opera singer Victoria Robertson is accustomed to performing on stages much bigger than the five foot wide front porch of her San Diego home. But with concert venues closed and work at a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, she decided to make the most of it.

San Diego opera singer swaps concert stage for front porch amid coronavirus lockdown

A tiny Austrian lakeside village so picturesque it had to limit throngs of tourists is now longing for visitors to return to its empty lanes.

Do you wanna go to Hallstatt? 'Frozen' village deserted as coronavirus restrictions bite

Spiky and emerald green coronaviruses, made out of sugar icing and cream, decorate the now popular cakes of Ali Mohammed, the owner of a Najaf-based pastry shop.

Iraqis can get a bite of coronavirus-shaped cake decorated with disinfectant

Members of the Satere Mawe indigenous community living in Manaus in Brazil's Amazon found their livelihoods - the production and sale of handicrafts - halted by government measures meant to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

Indigenous women make face masks instead of crafts

New York firefighter Louis DeRosa played the U.S. national anthem with an electric guitar outside the New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital on Friday (April 24) to honour health care workers on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic.

New York firefighter rocks national anthem to honour health care workers

Residents in Seville celebrated the annual traditional April fair from their balconies on Saturday (April 25), after one of southern Spain's most famous festival, due to start this week, was called off due to coronavirus.

Spain's "Feria de Sevilla" celebrated from balconies under coronavirus lockdown

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