The top 3 airlines in the US have asked their flight attendants not to force passengers to wear a mask.

Covid-19: Mask not compulsory on US airlines?

14 year old boy from London died after suffering from a Kawasaki like disease linked to the coronavirus.

COVID 19: Rare Covid-linked syndrome impacting children, 14 year old boy died

Leading countries are throwing their support behind Taiwan's bid to participate at the WHO World Health Assembly. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you why India must back Taiwan's participation.

Gravitas: Why India must back Taiwan

Beaches in Los Angeles county which have been closed for more than 6 weeks during the pandemic have now been reopened activities.

COVID-19: Los Angeles county beaches reopen

A fan of the German football league Bundesliga has make sure that the German league will open to a full stadium. To know more watch the video.

Bundesliga gets cardboard fans

FBI arrested a NASA researcher who allegedly failed to disclose his ties to Chinese entities. According to the US Justice Department, this happened during the course of securing funding for a NASA research project.

FBI arrests NASA researcher for not 'disclosing' ties with China

Just when the world thought that the coronavirus has left China, reports of the emergence of a new local coronavirus cluster in the north eastern Chinese city of Jilin province.

China staring at ‘second wave’ of Covid-19

From a verbal threat to an official warning, the US has alleged China of launching cyber attacks to steal its Covid-19 vaccine research.

Is China stealing US vaccine research?

The UK’s hospitality sector has taken a dramatic financial hit since they were ordered to close down in the month of March.

UK: Cafes struggle to stay afloat

India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, Five pillars of "Atmanirbhar Bharat" include - economy, infrastructure, system, demography and demand.

Indian government outlines economy revival plan

The World Health Organisation has warned that coronavirus may never go away and the people will have to learn to live with it.

WHO: Coronavirus may never go away

As a Coronavirus pandemic is staring a path of world economies, we are certainly staring at a devastating recession. Fears are growing that the worldwide economic downturn could be deep and lengthy with recovery limited by continued anxiety.

COVID-19: How much will the global economy lose?

The European Union has pushed for gradual reopening of internal borders, which are shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

EU recommends restarting summer travel amid COVID-19 crisis

New Zealand has been applauded for the way it handled the coronavirus pandemic. As no new cases were reported for two days, New Zealand has decided to reopen its economy and let people return back to their day-to-day life.

New Zealand: Mayor bungee jumps to promote tourism

The airline industry has been hit hard by the pandemic while restrictions have started to ease many airports are resuming services, one such is Germany’s busiest airport Frankfurt.

Covid-19: Frankfurt airport boosts safety measures

Aircraft maker Boeing has been awarded two defence contracts worth more than 2 billion dollars for the delivery of 1000 missiles to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia to receive over 1000 missiles

In this segment, WION had an exclusive conversation with Dr. Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Canterbury University, New Zealand, over the Coronavirus crisis. Where he talks about how News Zealand is seemingly the brightest spot in the world at the moment.

Exclusive: Dr. Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Canterbury University, New Zealand Speaks to WION | Full Interview

With the governments imposing large-scale restrictions on economic activities to halt the spread of coronavirus, the global economy has come to a virtual standstill. A report by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has projected that the world economy is set to lose nearly $8.5 trillion over the next 2 years.

UN Predicts slowing down of India’s growth

Covid-19: EU’s big push for lifting restrictions

Half of over 5,000 households surveyed in rural areas of 12 states have been eating fewer meals during the coronavirus lockdown, a PTI report said quoting a survey.

50 per cent of surveyed households in rural India eating less due to COVID-19 lockdown

Signalling the countries biggest economic crash in more than a century. Brazil’s government has lower its 2020 economic outlook forecasting a gross domestic product contraction of -4.7%. The new forecast based on coronavirus damage.

COVID-19: Biggest fall in Brazil’s GDP since 1900

The Treasury Department said the budget deficit last month was the first to reflect the enormity of government spending that has been authorized to try to mitigate the economic impact of the crisis.

US reports a record $738 billion budget deficit in April

Saudi Arabia will introduce full-day lockdowns and curfews across the country to contain the coronavirus during this year's Eid holidays

Saudi Arabia to introduce full lockdown during Eid

Six coronavirus patients have been killed and about 150 evacuated after a fire suspected to have been caused by a lung ventilator in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Russia

Six coronavirus patients killed in Russia hospital fire

Twitter said Tuesday it is unlikely to open its offices before September, and that many of its employees will be permitted to work from home permanently even after the end of the coronavirus lockdowns.

Twitter says employees can continue working from home permanently

After non-essential stores reopened in France on Monday, many hairdressing salons said they were fully booked as people rushed back for a trim or touch-up.

Parisians seek post-lockdown beauty upgrade

Hong Kong’s government will give “priority” to a contentious bill that seeks to criminalize abuse of the Chinese national anthem

Hong Kong risks new unrest with China national anthem bill

The state media is taking care of the PR. Every headline, every visual from China is aimed at "humanising" the leader and his policies.

China using propaganda to rebuild Xi Jinping's image

Two cities in China's northeast Jilin province imposed new restrictions in order to contain a new coronavirus outbreak. Jilin city has emerged as the source of a potential new wave of infections and the neighbouring city of Shulan was forced to adjust the risk level to "high" from "medium" at the weekend.

Another Chinese city becomes COVID-19 hotspot | WION News

Wuhan, the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak in China, Monday reported its first cluster of new cases since the city’s lockdown was lifted a month ago

China: Wuhan reports 6 new COVID-19 cases in 2 days; Orders mass testing

After railway services, domestic flights are expected to resume soon with the Civil Aviation Ministry in the process of taking a final call on when and how such flights commence.

Domestic flights may get nod from Civil Aviation Ministry to restart operation

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