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Two police officers patrol an almost empty Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral, center, and Spasskaya Tower and the Kremlin Wall, right, at the time when its usually very crowded in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has managed to slow down the spread of coronavirus but should be prepared for contagions to quickly grow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow goes into lockdown, rest of Russia braces for same

The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the country quickly followed suit to stem the spread of COVID-19. 12

New images give bird's-eye view of the world amid COVID-19 pandemic

New satellite images show a bird’s-eye view of the world amid the coronavirus pandemic. 1

Firemen and rescuers stand beside the remains of a Lion Air, West Wind 24 aircraft after it caught fire during take off at Manila's International Airport in Philippines on Sunday, March 29, 2020. A plane carrying eight people has caught fire while attempting to take off from Manila's airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said. (AP Photo)

Philippines grounds company's aircraft after fire killed 8, including Canadian

Philippine aviation officials on Monday grounded all aircraft belonging to a company that owns a plane that caught fire while taking off from Manila's airport, killing all eight people on board.

Off the coast of Panama, passengers were being ferried from the virus-stricken cruise liner Zaandam to another vessel. (AFP)

Cruise ships carrying Canadians on the move toward Florida

Two cruise ships carrying nearly 2,700 passengers and crew, including 248 Canadians are on the move after being stranded off the coast of Panama following the deaths of four passengers with flu-like symptoms. 6

A member of the Iranian Army works at a temporary hospital in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantine

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. 12

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

'Staggering': New York virus death toll rises above 1,200

A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday in New York City as officials pressed for more federal help. 9

Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, on March 9, 2020. (Kirsty Wigglesworth / THE CANADIAN PRESS / AP)

Prince Charles is out of isolation after contracting coronavirus

Prince Charles is out of isolation and in good health after contracting coronavirus.

Neighbours gather to show their support of the community near a rabbi's residence in Monsey, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, following a stabbing Saturday night during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Man, 72, wounded in Hanukkah stabbings dies from injuries

A man who was among the five people stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City has died three months after the attack, according to an Orthodox Jewish organization and community liaison with a local police department.

HMCS Windsor, one of Canada's Victoria-class submarines, performs sea trials in the Bedford Basin in Halifax in this December 2012 file photo. (Andrew Vaughan/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly worries to encourage undivided focus on their top-secret missions of nuclear deterrence, may be among the last pockets of people anywhere who are still blissfully unaware of the coronavirus pandemic.

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokyo's infection spike after Olympic delay sparks questions

Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan looked like it had coronavirus infections contained, even as they spread in neighbouring countries. Now that the games have been pushed to next year, Tokyo's cases are spiking, and the city's governor is requesting that people stay home, even hinting at a possible lockdown. 12

Indians line up to buy grocery during lockdown as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

India marshals more resources to stop virus, but gaps remain

India is adding more resources to tackle the inevitable rise in its number of coronavirus cases by announcing that private hospitals may be requisitioned to help treat virus patients, and turning railway cars and a motor racing circuit into makeshift quarantine facilities. 19

FILE - In this March 21, 2020 file photo, coffins are downloaded at the Ferrara cemetery, northern Italy, from a military convoy coming from Bergamo, a city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP, file)

Mafia could be big winner in coronavirus-ravaged Italy

As Italy mourns thousands of coronavirus dead, and survivors brace for life in an economic wasteland, one rung of society looks to win big: organized crime.

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