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The wars, revolutions and fallen empires that transformed the world map in the 20th century have a surprising beneficiary: capital cities.

Famed Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died after contracting novel coronavirus, according to his representatives.

As movement around the world grows more and more restricted, it's hard to imagine what travel will look like when it eventually ramps back up.

Italy appears to have the highest novel coronavirus death rate in the world even with the government imposing tight restrictions on its citizens. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports.

Medical student Chiara Bonini, 26, had barely finished her final exam, before the young doctor was headed for the front line of Italy's coronavirus pandemic.

When the coronavirus outbreak reached Hong Kong, domestic worker Jinkie Alhambra followed guidance from the government and stayed home on her day off.

With football on hold across the world, Juventus' first-team squad and coach Maurizio Sarri have agreed to give up four months' wages to help the club manage the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

While many hotels around the world are shuttering, a growing number are transitioning into medical facilities or making themselves available as temporary housing for nurses and doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus.

One girl wrote the word slave above her genitals. Another was made to bark like a dog while naked.

Curfews and lockdowns are in effect on hundreds of millions of people in the Middle East, but how effective are they in the fight against coronavirus?

Even though the company was bleeding money, laden with debt and staring down a potential bankruptcy, becoming chief executive of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices was a dream job for Lisa Su.

Along with toilet paper, hand sanitizer and groceries, shoppers are stockpiling food and toys for their pets during the coronavirus crisis.

Pope Francis defied Italy's lockdown rules on Sunday afternoon as he left the Vatican to pray at a famous crucifix believed to have saved Romans from the plague in 1522. Watch the latest videos on Covid-19. 

Too much clean energy. It's an unusual problem to have, and one that's spurred a group of islands off the northern coast of Scotland to become an unlikely pioneer in hydrogen power.

The Orkney islands in far northern Scotland use excess wind power to produce the zero carbon fuel.

British doctor Katie Sanderson hit breaking point over the weekend. As she advised the family of a Covid-19 patient on where their loved one should die, she received an image on her phone of crowds of people sunning themselves in a north London park.

Every restaurant and pub in the United Kingdom has been ordered to close as the country seeks to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. On the outskirts of Birmingham, one award-winning restaurant is riding out the crisis by assisting people in need and accepting help from German supermarket chain Aldi.

China is closing its border to most foreigners amid fears of imported novel coronavirus cases causing a second outbreak in the country where the infection was first detected.

Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country's National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients.

Among global efforts to offer some light relief to the current crisis, bakers and chefs have been producing coronavirus-related dishes that are hopefully a lot tastier than the epidemic which has inspired them.