WASHINGTON, April 22 — The world is on the brink of a ‘hunger pandemic’ as the coronavirus continues to spread, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said Tuesday.

GENEVA, March 24 — More than 300,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been reported from almost every country in the world, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, noting "the pandemic is accelerating." It took 67 days from the first reported case of...

PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — The government now permits the import of face masks to meet a shortage in the domestic market as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said today.