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Ukraine's first lady tested positive for Covid-19

Ukraine's first lady tested positive for Covid-19

-- 2020-06-13 12:39:53

Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced on Friday via her official social media account that she has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). "I feel good, but I...

Queen Elizabeth joins first public videoconference

Queen Elizabeth joins first public videoconference

-- 2020-06-12 17:28:11

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom has taken part in her first public video conference call to mark Carers Week, adding another first for the British monarch during her long reign. Elizabeth and h...

Russian COVID-19 cases rise to over 510,000

Russian COVID-19 cases rise to over 510,000

Xinhua 2020-06-12 16:10:37

Russia recorded 8,987 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 511,423, the country's coronavirus response centre said in a statement Friday. The death toll grew by 183 to 6,715, whil...

EU countries move to further reopen borders

EU countries move to further reopen borders

-- 2020-06-11 13:01:41

Some European Union member states have announced new steps to reopen their borders with the improvement of the coronavirsu (Covid-19) situation inside their countries. German Interior Minister Horst...

France will end coronavirus emergency health powers on July 10

France will end coronavirus emergency health powers on July 10

-- 2020-06-10 15:45:06

France will end special government powers brought in to deal with the coronavirus pandemic on July 10 though it will retain the ability to curb gatherings and freedom of movement for four months, the...

Turkey's Erdogan appoints new governors in 41 provinces

Turkey's Erdogan appoints new governors in 41 provinces

Reuters 2020-06-10 12:36:13

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed new governors in 41 provinces, a presidential ruling in the Official Gazette showed on Wednesday. As part of the move, 23 governors were shuffled between pr...

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent Covid-19 second waves: Study

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent Covid-19 second waves: Study

Reuters 2020-06-10 11:39:51

Population-wide facemask use could push Covid-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, a...

Anti-racism protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

Anti-racism protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

-- 2020-06-07 18:55:37

Anti-racism protests attended by thousands of people in London and other major British cities "undoubtedly" risk causing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases again, British health minister Matt...

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 301 to 183,979

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 301 to 183,979

Reuters 2020-06-07 15:09:44

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 301 to 183,979, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 2...

Russia's COVID-19 cases near 450,000

Russia's COVID-19 cases near 450,000

Xinhua 2020-06-05 17:02:35

Russia has confirmed 8,726 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total to 449,834, its coronavirus response centre said in a statement Friday. The death toll grew by 144 to 5,528, whil...

Turkey says to gradually restart flights with 40 countries in June

Turkey says to gradually restart flights with 40 countries in June

-- 2020-06-04 17:37:23

Turkey is planning to gradually resume flights with 40 countries in June and it has reached preliminary agreements for reciprocal flights to begin with 15 countries, Transport Minister Adil Karaismail...

EU classifies coronavirus as mid-level threat to workers

EU classifies coronavirus as mid-level threat to workers

-- 2020-06-03 23:35:17

The European Commission has classified the coronavirus as a mid-level threat to workers, drawing criticism from socialist lawmakers because the move will allow less stringent workplace safety measures...

Trump has no power to change format of G7 summit: EU

Trump has no power to change format of G7 summit: EU

-- 2020-06-03 18:11:34

The European Union has said US President Donald Trump has no power to change the rules for the Group of Seven (G7) the chair of the group, after Trump’s announcement to invite several other coun...

Coronavirus lockdown eases in Moscow as cases fall in Russian capital

Coronavirus lockdown eases in Moscow as cases fall in Russian capital

-- 2020-06-01 11:36:27

Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases. Mo...

Spain to extend lockdown until June 21

Spain to extend lockdown until June 21

-- 2020-05-31 23:21:05

Spanish government wants to extend ongoing lockdown for 15 more days to ‘finish’ the coronavirus pandemic. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said he would ask parliament to a...

Protesters rally in London, Berlin in solidarity with US demonstrations

Protesters rally in London, Berlin in solidarity with US demonstrations

-- 2020-05-31 22:46:45

Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman...

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

-- 2020-05-30 19:52:53

The European Union on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as spiking infection...

France, Britain, Germany 'regret' US decision on Iran nuclear waivers

France, Britain, Germany 'regret' US decision on Iran nuclear waivers

-- 2020-05-30 17:56:29

France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a US decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. “We deeply regret the U...

Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest

Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest

-- 2020-05-29 20:23:46

You may need a face mask to see the Mona Lisa. You will have your temperature taken at the Colosseum in Rome. And to see views of Paris from the Eiffel Tower might require taking the stairs. After th...

Moscow more than doubles city's Covid-19 death toll

Moscow more than doubles city's Covid-19 death toll

-- 2020-05-29 11:36:20

Moscow's authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for the month of April. The city's health department now says 1,561 people died from the disea...

Turkey resumes intercity train services as virus curbs ease

Turkey resumes intercity train services as virus curbs ease

Reuters 2020-05-28 13:45:23

Turkey began operating intercity trains on Thursday after a two-month gap, as it gradually eases coronavirus curbs in a bid to restore normal life and reopen an economy facing the threat of recession....

Pandemic threatens access to electricity

Pandemic threatens access to electricity

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2020-05-28 12:33:43

One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone by 2030, international organisations said on Thursday. An annual...

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 353 to 179,717: RKI

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 353 to 179,717: RKI

Reuters 2020-05-28 09:40:39

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 353 to 179,717, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by...

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

Reuters 2020-05-27 16:32:22

The French government on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by th...

Poland to scrap obligation to wear masks on May 30

Poland to scrap obligation to wear masks on May 30

-- 2020-05-27 16:21:31

Poles will be allowed to go out in public without protective masks on from May 30 (Saturday) and cinemas, theatres, swimming pools and gyms will reopen on June 6, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sai...

UK minister quits over PM adviser Cummings’ lockdown trips

UK minister quits over PM adviser Cummings’ lockdown trips

-- 2020-05-26 19:21:43

Douglas Ross, a junior minister in the Scotland Office, resigned from the British government on Tuesday over the handling of accusations that the prime minister's senior adviser had broken the coronav...

UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000

UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000

Reuters 2020-05-26 15:36:43

The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 47,000 on Tuesday, a dire human cost that could define the premiership of Boris Johnson. The Office for National Statistics said 42,173 people...

After coronavirus, Italian nursing homes face fight to survive

After coronavirus, Italian nursing homes face fight to survive

-- 2020-05-26 13:25:39

Italy’s nursing homes, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which claimed the lives of thousands of residents, face financial pressures that threaten to put many out of business and create a fres...

Easing Europe confident of avoiding coronavirus lockdown sequel

Easing Europe confident of avoiding coronavirus lockdown sequel

REUTERS 2020-05-26 13:07:34

Armed with mass testing and tracing capabilities, a growing number of European countries are expressing confidence that they can avoid a return to economically-devastating coronavirus lockdowns. Whil...

WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 declining

WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 declining

Reuters 2020-05-26 09:32:32

Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization (WH...