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Family members attend the burial of Rosalia Mascaraque, 86, during the coronavirus outbreak in Zarza de Tajo, central Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Intensive care units are particularly crucial in a pandemic in which tens of thousands of patients descend into acute respiratory distress. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Agonizing decisions being made in Spain's virus hot spots

Spanish doctors at overburdened hospitals in need of more resources are having to make increasingly tough decisions on who gets the best care, and age appears to matter more than ever. 9

A quote by Russian President Vladimir Putin on a screen reads "The most safe thing now - is to stay at home. V. Putin", with the Foreign Ministry headquarters building, second from left, and Kiyevsky railway station, center, in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia's Putin orders non-working month to curb coronavirus

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month as part of a partial economic shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. 9

Chinese animal rights activists stage a protest calling for people to refrain from eating cats and dogs. (AFP/Getty Images/CNN)

Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban consumption of cats and dogs

Shenzhen has become the first city in China to ban the consumption of cats and dogs, the government announced Thursday. 9

Homeless people in Cape Town South Africa are housed in tents at a shelter Wednesday April 1, 2020 as the country continued the nationwide 21 days lockdown in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Africa faces an 'existential threat' as virus cases spread

Some African countries will have more than 10,000 coronavirus cases by the end of April, health officials projected Thursday, as the continent least equipped to treat serious infections has an 'enormous gap' in the number of ventilators and other critical items. 9

Medical personnel wearing personal protective equipment remove bodies from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Thursday, April 2, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Economic fallout mounts, along with competition for gear

The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage piles up around the world. 20

In this March 15, 2020, file photo Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, and former Vice President Joe Biden, left, return to the stage after a commercial break in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington. White House contenders aren't typically bashful about asking for money. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Democrats delay nominating convention until week of Aug. 17

The Democratic National Committee is delaying its presidential nominating convention until the week of Aug. 17 after prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didn't think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic. 12

Indonesian inmates at a Jakarta prison talk via video to family members after visits were stopped because of coronavirus fears. (AFP)

Indonesia frees 18,000 inmates from bursting jails over virus fears

Indonesia has released some 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through its notoriously overcrowded prison system, authorities said Thursday. 9

Morocco is grappling with what is being described as its biggest-ever property scam. (AFP)

Thousands scammed, $65 million missing in Morocco's biggest-ever property scheme

More than US$65 million has allegedly disappeared, leaving more than 1,000 Moroccan home buyers out-of-pocket, according to one of the lawyers representing them.

Half the planet is under some form of lockdown as governments struggle to tamp down a virus that has killed tens of thousands of people. AFP.

Global virus cases near a million as Spain sees record deaths

Confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million around the world on Thursday as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported record numbers of people out of work. 4

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

U.S. to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela: Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolas Maduro.

A fire burns a field on a farm in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Fifth Guajajara tribesman killed in Brazil in five months

A member of the Brazilian indigenous group known for its forest guardians who fight illegal deforestation in their territory was killed Tuesday, marking the fifth slaying of a Guajajara tribesman since November.

FILE - In this March 29, 2002, file photo, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's abduction, arrives at a court in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Zia Mazhar, file)

Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

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