Armed protesters stood above legislators in Michigan capitol building, senator tweets

Michigan State Police says claims that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was trapped inside the Capitol building by demonstrators protesting against her

Spaniards emerge after 7 weeks in lockdown

Runners outside Madrid’s Retiro Park, which remains closed, on Saturday morning. Credit: Al Goodman/CNN At 6 a.m. local time in

France to extend coronavirus emergency measures

Downtown Fargo, North Dakota. Shutterstock Fargo, North Dakota, will reopen city facilities on Monday, including city hall. This decision is

Health expert on coronavirus containment: ‘The window of opportunity is narrowing’

A laboratory technician holds virus samples at a laboratory in Hengyang in China’s central Henan province, on February 19. STR/AFP/Getty

The climate bomb experts say is fueled by the West

The known inhabitants include pygmy elephants, clouded leopards, sun bears, mouse deer, flying fox bats, pangolins, and most famous of

Coronavirus fears grow as global cases spike

A 78-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died at a hospital in Padua, northern Italy. It

Smokers, former smokers at double the risk for Covid-19

A key coronavirus model often cited by the White House has again raised its coronavirus death projection, now predicting 147,000

South Korea PM says country entering ‘grave situation’ as coronavirus infections double

A 78-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died at a hospital in Padua, northern Italy. It

Italy’s coronavirus outbreak is the biggest outside Asia

The Hubei health authority reported that 96 more people died of the coronavirus in China’s Hubei province on Saturday, February

Fears rise of virus resurgence in China

The first known Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Bangladesh’s refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, the United Nations said on

Germany enters recession. Russia reports more than 10,000 new cases.

A closed passport control gate at Hamburg Airport in Germany on May 6. Christian Charisius/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Germany will ease

CDC chief says US is quickly headed toward grim milestone

The coronavirus is nothing like the flu, and continued comparisons are misleading, a senior American Heart Association official said Friday.

New coronavirus cases cropping up across Europe are being traced back to Italy

How could the possible spread of coronavirus change our daily lives? Schools, businesses, and healthcare systems could all be impacted,

Super Cyclone Amphan bears down on millions of people

Where is the storm? Right now, Cyclone Amphan is in the Bay of Bengal, which is located in the northeastern

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million

People sit at the terrace of the Cafe Gavlen after it reopened in Copenhagen on May 18. Niels Christian Vilmann/Ritzau

House Judiciary Committee to move forward with two articles of impeachment against Trump

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to hold a final vote to acquit President Donald Trump, should he be

Pressure mounting on UK PM to sack top aide over ‘lockdown breach’

Cummings outside his London home on Saturday. The saga engulfing Downing Street dominates newspaper front pages in the UK, as

US announces new travel restrictions on Brazil

A healthcare worker administers a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing facility at George Washington University in Washington, DC, last

Dow slides 1,000 points

It’s been a wild couple of weeks for investors. Deciding whether to remain calm or freak out about the new

Track the outbreak’s global spread

Why CNN is using ‘pandemic’ It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it

Italy sees startling spike in coronavirus deaths and cases. Germany drastically restricts borders

Violet Helsing looks at a display of Clorox products while shopping at McGuckin Hardware in Boulder, Colorado, on March 13.

Trump says antimalarial will soon be available to treat coronavirus

A man wears gloves and a bandanna across his face while riding a scooter past a shuttered movie theater, with

‘Pure evil’: Satellite images show destroyed Uyghur grave sites in China

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Trump tweeted an American flag after the Baghdad strike

What happened? In the early hours of Friday morning, a strike hit Baghdad International Airport. The Iraqi military said three