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The offical search has been called off for a grand-niece of former US President John F. Kennedy and her son after a boating tragedy, the latest sad chapter in the so-called Kennedy curse.
Nathan Vass in New York
Carrie Symonds, the pregnant fiancee of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, has told the public she’s spent the past week in bed with coronavirus symptoms.
Stephen Drill in London
Music fans are being encouraged to #keepyourtickets as bands and promoters face the logistic nightmare of rebooking tours to late 2020 and early 2021.
Kathy McCabe
After a Parkinson’s diagnosis and nerve-damaging fall, Ozzy Osbourne gets emotional facing his mortality and finds new fans with Post Malone and Travis Scott.
Acclaimed British actress Jane Seymour has been forced to delay filming a movie in Brisbane. But she still has every intention of coming to Australia.
Stephen Drill
Today’s developments on the outbreak - locally, nationally and across the world.
Qantas has secured a month of flights for desperate Australians who have been stranded overseas after airlines grounded their fleets due to the coronavirus outbreak.
When US President Donald Trump tweeted that a malaria drug might treat COVID-19 it sparked a rush on the drug in Australia prompting the medical regulator to take action.
Sue Dunlevy
Cities worldwide are being flooded with COVID-19 patients and are transforming buildings, streets and even convention centres into makeshift hospitals and morgues.
Louise Starkey
The Australian share market has opened strongly after a surge in oil prices which also boosted US stocks following a rollercoaster day on Wall Street.
Nathan Vass in New York, AAP and AP
America’s once-robust labour market is collapsing faster than at any point in the last century.
But doubts have crept in over the US President’s claim that he had brokered a deal that would see Saudi Arabia and Russia slash production.
It is the worst of times, yet it is still bringing out some amazing things in people in New York, one of the worst-hit COVID-19 regions in the world.
Sarah Blake in New York
The count represents confirmed cases, but the true numbers are believed to be much higher.
There were few winners on the ASX today after it dropped almost two per cent amid increasingly dire warnings about how bad the coronavirus crisis could get in the US.
AAP and Nathan Vass in New York
A six-week-old baby has died from coronavirus, the youngest reported victim, as the number of people infected with the virus globally pushes towards one million.
Staff writers
The wild ride for the Australian share market has continued with a 330-point swing that turned its early strong gains into a massive loss.
John Dagge, Nathan Vass in New York, AAP
The prestigious tournament joins the growing list of major sports events called off in 2020 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Prince Charles has released a video describing the ‘strange’ experience of suffering the coronavirus and praising workers battling on the frontline.
An estimated 200,000 Aussies have returned home following government advice, but up to 800,000 are still overseas. Here is a snapshot of where they are worldwide.
The International Air Transport Association has revealed the staggering numbers facing airline executives around the world as COVID-19 grounds entire fleets and sends travel plans into chaos.
Geoffrey Thomas
The Australian share market has climbed further after a bounce this morning, as the Reserve Bank released minutes showing members’ recession concerns.
Nathan Vass in New York and AAP
Energy companies are preparing to swim for their lives from today as Saudi and Russian oil starts flooding world markets in defiance of OPEC production caps.
Neale Prior
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