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Poland’s conservative president, Andrzej Duda, was the frontrunner in Sunday’s election, but fell short of the 50% of votes needed to win in the first round, according to the projection of an exit poll.

The spread of coronavirus infections has taken a “swift and very dangerous turn” in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has warned.

A man who drove into a Walmart distribution center in Northern California and went on a shooting rampage was fired from his job at the center last year, authorities said.

New Zealand currently has 20 active Covid-19 cases, all in managed isolation or quarantine.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has passed the milestone of 10 million, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US.

A multimillionaire Sydney financier is taking Northern Beaches Council to court in an attempt to stop it creating an off-leash dog area at Palm Beach.

The Brazilian government today announced an agreement with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to produce a promising coronavirus vaccine that is undergoing tests.

Three new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 3,177.

New Zealand has four new cases of COVID-19 – all involving people tested in managed isolation facilities who recently returned from overseas.

For many states and counties in the U.S., the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic in April unfolded on their television screens, not on their doorsteps.

Coronavirus infections across the United States have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported in the states of Florida and Texas.

The Chief Minister of India’s capital Delhi has said the speed at which coronavirus has spread has severely challenged its health system.