How machine learning is crunching data to search for drugs that could alleviate or cure Covid-19.

Some of Europe's leaders stand accused of taking advantage of a health crisis.

Robot workers can help us keep social distance but once machines take over it will be hard to go back.

It comes as coronavirus cases in the country surge, leaving its doctors and hospitals stretched.

Twenty-one personnel at one of India's key naval bases have tested positive for coronavirus.

He says some measures are "too tough", but health experts warn lifting them will increase infection.

From 27 April children will be able to get some fresh air for the first time since the lockdown began.

Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones all play live at home.

No strangers to isolation, the trio left for the space station months before Covid-19 emerged.

With more graves being dug and little testing, Brazil's coronavirus crisis may be worse than figures show.

Infections spread like wildfire through a pork factory in South Dakota. Here's how it happened.

Trump says "we'll be the comeback kids" but experts warn US still isn't ready to test and track cases.

A drought as bad as any in recorded history may be under way in the US.

BBC News examines allegations that the coronavirus was accidentally released from a lab.

Guidelines for "Opening up America Again" outline three stages for US states to ease their lockdowns.

Mass testing has revealed the extent of the spread amongst Singapore's migrant worker community.

The president's eldest daughter travelled to New Jersey, a virus hotspot, with her family last week.

Its economy shrank 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 as it battled the virus and lockdowns

The French president adds his voice to growing concern about China's transparency over the outbreak.

Overfishing by industrial trawlers in Bangladesh has pushed almost every species to the brink.