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Canada is in mourning after the country's worst mass shooting left 18 people dead.

With no approved drugs for the new coronavirus, some people are turning to alternative medicines, often with governments promoting them. This is most evident in India and China, densely populated countries with a deep history and tradition of touting such treatments, and where there's sometimes limited access to conventional medicine.

The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, has gotten richer during the coronavirus pandemic as shares in Amazon have shot up in value.

Messaging application Whatsapp says it is making changes to its communication system to curb the spread of false information around Covid-19 which has caused mass confusion on the platform.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital over persisting symptoms of the coronavirus, according to a Downing Street statement late on Sunday.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that over the past few weeks and months the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths has escalated dramatically, and the number of confirmed cases surpassed one million overnight.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised against people who wear masks with no coronavirus symptoms saying masks do not offer protection against COVID-19. WHO warned that masks used improperly can be a source of infections.

Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which is battling the most severe coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East.