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Image copyright AFP Screenshot Adesina denied the allegations against her, saying they were attempts to tarnish her reputation. The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) was exonerated from the corruption charges after a review by an independent panel. The United States, one of the bank’s largest shareholders, insisted on …

Florida set another grim record on Tuesday with nearly 200 more COVID-19 deaths recorded overnight, but for the past few days a sinister sight outside a funeral home has been sending a chill through a Miami-area city, a refrigerated trailer to store bodies. Rumors that the bodies of coronavirus victims …

SEOUL, South Korea: The South Korean government said on Tuesday it would begin work on launching its own military surveillance satellites to monitor North Korea, after negotiating a loosening in an agreement with the United States that limits the type of rockets that are allowed to develop. South Korea and …

The coronavirus that is circulating around the world may have close relatives that have yet to be discovered, a clue that the current pandemic will not be the last to threaten humans. New research published Tuesday in the journal Nature Microbiology finds that the current strain, known in the scientific …

By Christopher Giles, Shayan Sardarizadeh, and Jack Goodman BBC Reality Check and BBC Monitoring Image copyright fake pictures Screenshot President Trump has promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine The removal of a viral video by social media companies has rekindled a highly charged controversy in the US over the use of …