Vatican City, March 21  The Vatican has issued guidelines for Catholics celebrating Easter and advised processions be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, said in the statement on Friday that pr

Beijing, March 21  Chinese international footballer Wu Lei has tested positive for the novel coronavirus with mild symptoms and has been in self-isolation at home in Barcelona, Spain.

A source confirmed this information to Xinhua news agency on Saturday.

Wu, who plays for La Liga's Espanyol

Naples, March 21  Despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak which has claimed over 4,000 lives in Italy and a subsequent lockdown announced by the government, football club Napoli has said that they will resume training from March 25.

"SSC Napoli announces that the team will resume training at the Technic

Rome, March 21  Italy football club AS Roma has announced that it will buy three intensive care ventilators and eight new intensive care beds for a hospital in Rome tackling the COVID-19 crisis, after players and coaching staff donated a day's salary to the club's fundraising campaign.

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London, March 21  The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that no professional cricket will take place in England and Wales till May 28 in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The ECB said that it has begun modelling a range of options to start the season in June, July or August - wit

San Francisco, March 21  Twitter has said it will not remove a controversial tweet by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that children are "essentially immune" to the new coronavirus.

The micro-blogging platform flouted its own new rules which say misinformation about children and the coronavirus is kin

San Francisco, March 21  Google has announced to completely cancel its flagship "I/O 2020" conference, saying the digital-only event has also been put off.

"Out of concern for the health and safety of our developers, employees, and local communities - and in line with recent ashelter in place&#

New Delhi, March 21  The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday launched a Health Alert on WhatsApp where over 1.5 billion users can ask questions and they will be provided with reliable information about new coronavirus 24/7.

This will also serve government decision-makers by providing the latest number

New Delhi, March 21  Time is ripe to implement India's version of "Helicopter Drop" fiscal support scheme to avert an impending economic disaster due to the outbreak of COVID-19, with industry body CII suggesting direct cash transfer of Rs 5,000 into the accounts of all adults with annual income of less than R

Bengaluru, March 21  About 20 former rebel Congress MLAs of Madhya Pradesh would be leaving for Bhopal on Saturday by a chartered aircraft after a 12-day stay at the resorts in the city's northern outskirts, a source said.

"Our former rebels have decided to leave for Bhopal today (Saturday) as they a