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Belarus revokes accreditations of journalists covering protests for foreign media

Reuters 2020-08-30 12:52:34

Belarus has revoked the accreditations of some journalists working for foreign media and covering anti-government protests that erupted after a disputed presidential election, news organisations and a...

J&J to start mid-stage vaccine trials in three European countries

Reuters 2020-08-28 20:30:28

Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit will begin mid-stage trials for its coronavirus vaccine in Spain, the Netherlands and Germany next week, Spain's health minister said on Friday, as the US drugmake...

Italy begins testing potential COVID-19 vaccine on volunteers

Reuters 2020-08-24 18:50:25

Italy kicked off human trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, joining a global effort to develop a response to the virus which has shown signs of resurging in Europe. Rome's Lazzaro Spalla...

Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France

-- 2020-08-23 14:02:34

The new coronavirus is circulating four times more among people under 40 in France than over among 65-year-olds. However, he warned that contamination was on the rise among the elderly and more vulne...

Turkey's historic Chora church switched to mosque

Reuters 2020-08-21 19:08:02

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to...

Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week

-- 2020-08-20 21:10:52

Mass testing of Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body when it starts next w...

Norway expels Russian diplomat over spy case

-- 2020-08-19 18:54:18

Norway has decided to expel a Russian diplomat following the recent arrest in Oslo of a Norwegian citizen suspected of espionage. Norwegian police on Monday said the Norwegian man was suspected of il...

Most COVID-19 transmissions happen in homes, UK data shows

-- 2020-08-19 16:59:50

Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission. "We are not c...

Pressure grows in France to tighten mask rules

AP 2020-08-15 19:39:31

Pressure is growing on the French government to require masks in all workplaces and everywhere in public as coronavirus infections resurge. Paris police stepped up mask patrols Saturday as the French...

Russia's coronavirus vaccine goes into production

Reuters 2020-08-15 15:19:19

Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for Covid-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry. Russia has said the vaccine, developed by Moscow’s Gama...

Coronavirus cases surge as France goes ‘wrong way’

-- 2020-08-12 11:32:39

Coronavirus cases in France have nearly doubled in the past 24 hours as Prime Minister Jean Castex warned that the country had been going "the wrong way" for two weeks. The health ministry reported 1...

Russia names COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V'

Reuters 2020-08-11 20:18:48

Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' for foreign markets, a reference to the world's first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to ap...

Russia first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, says Putin

Reuters 2020-08-11 15:38:52

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move ha...

UK says getting children back to school is a national priority

Reuters 2020-08-10 13:20:11

It is a national priority for children to return to school after months away from the classroom due to the coronavirus pandemic, a junior British health minister said on Monday. “Sadly we have...

UK records hottest day in August in 17 years

-- 2020-08-08 13:09:36

Temperatures have reached 36.4 degrees Celsius on Friday in Heathrow and Kew Gardens in London, making it the hottest August day in Britain since 2003, the Met Office said. Thousands of sun seekers...

Second COVID wave ‘highly likely’ to hit France this year, scientists say

-- 2020-08-04 18:44:03

After strict lockdown measures pushed down infection rates, many European countries are now watching numbers creep back up, a consequence of easing curbs to try to limit economic damage and greater so...

Britain to roll out 90-minute coronavirus tests

-- 2020-08-03 18:32:03

Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months. They will comprise 5...

Nobel Peace laureate John Hume passes away

REUTERS 2020-08-03 16:13:27

John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on Monday at the age o...

Former Pope Benedict is in critical condition

-- 2020-08-03 16:12:38

Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reported on Monday, citing his biographer, reports Reuters.&nbsp...

Russia's virus cases surpass 850,000

Reuters 2020-08-02 14:22:47

Russia reported 5,427 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 70 pe...

Thousands march in Berlin against coronavirus curbs

-- 2020-08-02 11:52:49

Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they violated people’s rights and freedoms. The gathering, estima...

Russia preparing mass vaccination against coronavirus

-- 2020-08-01 17:28:41

Russia is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, after a vaccine completed clinical trials. The Gamaleya Institute, a state research facility in Moscow, had...

UK worried about second wave in Europe, won’t hesitate to act on quarantine

Reuters 2020-07-30 12:25:44

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would not hesitate to act to bring back qu...

German vaccine unlikely to be available before mid-2021

-- 2020-07-29 20:01:46

Germany awarded grants to three biotech companies to speed up the development of coronavirus vaccine candidates, but the country’s Research Minister Anja Karliczek said any vaccine was unlikely...

France must not drop guard against Covid-19, minister says

-- 2020-07-29 15:05:04

France’s health minister urged the country on Wednesday not to drop its guard against Covid-19, saying it faced a long battle and that observing social distancing rules was vital to avoiding a n...

Turkey passes law to regulate social media content

Reuters 2020-07-29 14:05:32

Turkey’s parliament passed a law regulating social media on Wednesday, that critics said will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling A...

Five Turkish soldiers die, 10 injured after bus topples in south

Reuters 2020-07-27 14:10:38

Five Turkish soldiers and a driver died on Monday after a bus carrying them toppled in the southern province of Mersin, the local governor’s office said. Ten soldiers were seriously injured and...

Russian Navy to get hypersonic nuclear strike weapons: Putin

FE Online Report 2020-07-26 22:42:52

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, which the defence ministry said were in their fina...

British decision to quarantine travellers from Spain causes anger, worry

REUTERS 2020-07-26 14:59:37

British tourists flying home on Sunday from holidays in Spain reacted angrily to the UK government’s abrupt decision to impose a two-week coronavirus quarantine on everyone travelling from there...

Record daily rise in global coronavirus cases

Reuters 2020-07-25 11:15:58

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours. Deaths rose by 9,753, the biggest one-day increase since...