Hong Kong suffered its own mask shortages in the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic

Facebook launched a new messaging app for couples called “Tuned”

Lockdown saw people forcibly confined to their homes, with streets deserted except for police patrols

China maintains strict screening protocols, concerned about any resurgence in domestic transmissions

Trump says he will put a hold on US funding for the agency

I’m confident in the days ahead we’ll have things that look like steps backward, says US secretary of state

Johnson shifted to ICU after suffering persistent symptoms including high temperature and cough for more than 10 days

Markets, however, lack momentum as economic crash on a scale not seen for generations looms large

Main oil producers expected to agree on output cut of 10m bpd on Thursday

United Kingdom has a stockpile of about 215 nuclear warheads, though about 120 are operationally available