Top 10 world news: Spain's death toll tops 25,000, UK up by 621, and more

Symonds announced the name on Saturday on Instagram beside a picture of her and the boy, who already has thick hair resembling the blond thatch of his father.

The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, taking the overall cumulative toll to 28,131, just behind Europe's worst-hit country Italy.

Spain's coronavirus death toll hit 25,100 on Saturday after 276 people died overnight, the health ministry said.

Although the daily death toll fell to its lowest in the past one month, New York officials have decided to keep all state schools shut till the end of the academic year.

China has published a short animation titled "Once Upon a Virus" mocking the U.S. response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.

More than 1.5 million coronavirus cases have been reported in Europe, just under half the worldwide total, according to an AFP tally at 0850 GMT on Saturday.

At the time when scientists globally are struggling to find a solution to treat novel coronavirus, a study has claimed that antibodies found in llamas could be useful.

Singapore has recorded 447 new positive coronavirus cases, Singapore's health ministry on Saturday confirmed.This is the country's smallest rise in the past two weeks.

Nearly three weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's no-show at a key event sparked rumours he was seriously ill or even dead, state media published photos Saturday showing him in public.

American authorities approved an experimental drug for emergency use on coronavirus patients, as more US states eased pandemic lockdowns despite another spike in deaths from the disease.