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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...

EU eyes COVID-19 vaccines at less than $40, shuns WHO-led alliance

Reuters 2020-07-24 21:17:16

The European Union (EU) is not interested in buying potential COVID-19 vaccines through an initiative co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it deems it slow and high-cost, two EU sources to...

Bulgarian PM isolated, awaits COVID-19 test results

-- 2020-07-24 17:25:44

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has gone into quarantine after the head of his political office tested positive for coronavirus late on Thursday. Borissov, 61, whose first test for coronaviru...

Hagia Sophia holds Friday prayers after 86 years

-- 2020-07-24 16:36:31

Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the monument, revered by Christians and Muslims for almost 1,5...

Russia's Covid-19 cases top 800,000

-- 2020-07-24 16:20:29

Russia has registered 5,811 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 800,849, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Friday. Meanwhile, 154 new deaths were rep...

Russia claims to have coronavirus vaccine ready

-- 2020-07-21 23:18:26

Russia has reportedly claimed to get the first domestic vaccine against novel coronavirus ready. All the volunteers who received the vaccine have developed immunity against the deadly virus, Russian...

EU's greenhouse gas strategy fails to plug methane hole

-- 2020-07-21 21:57:05

The European Union does not plan to crack down on planet-warming methane emissions from gas imports despite pressure from oil companies, activists and academics, according to its draught strategy and...

Britain secures 90 million doses of two possible Covid-19 vaccines

Reuters 2020-07-20 15:45:12

Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible Covid-19 vaccines from an alliance of Pfizer and BioNTech, and French group Valneva, the business ministry said on Monday. Bri...

Russia reports almost 6,000 new coronavirus cases

-- 2020-07-20 15:43:24

Russia reported 5,940 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, pushing its total infection tally to 777,486, the fourth largest in the world. In a daily readout, officials said 85 people had die...

UK poised to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty

Reuters 2020-07-20 12:42:31

Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers...

Hagia Sophia mosaics will be covered with curtains during prayers

Reuters 2020-07-20 10:55:16

Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday, as work t...

Germany pledges 3.0b euros for poor countries

-- 2020-07-19 18:29:24

Germany pledged 3.0 billion euros ($3.4 billion) at a meeting of G20 finance ministers to help the world's poorest countries. The funds will be made available as long-term loans for the International...

Turkish police detain 27 people over links to Islamic State

-- 2020-07-19 15:53:21

Turkish police said on Sunday they had detained 27 people with links to the Islamic State militant group whom they suspect were preparing for an attack. Police said they had learned that the people h...

France to impose mask-wearing in banks, shops from July 20

-- 2020-07-18 22:32:45

France will enforce mask-wearing in enclosed public spaces including banks, shops and indoor markets from July 20, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday, as part of efforts to curb a resurgen...

Firemen battle blaze at Nantes cathedral in western France

-- 2020-07-18 14:30:11

Firemen were battling a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning inside the cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, the local fire service said on Twitter. TV images showed smoke coming...

US, UK, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials

-- 2020-07-17 20:24:00

Western countries have accused Russian hackers of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine. Intelligence agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada said...

Britain eyes normal life before Christmas: Boris Johnson

-- 2020-07-17 17:28:46

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned that while he was hoping for th...

Russia's coronavirus death toll passes 12,000

Reuters 2020-07-17 16:14:26

Russia’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 12,000 on Friday, as the country reported 186 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre regis...

UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking US trade documents

-- 2020-07-16 19:29:54

Britain said on Thursday that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the United States and l...

Reconnaissance plane crashes in Turkey, killing seven

Reuters 2020-07-16 12:02:49

Seven Turkish security personnel were killed when a reconnaissance plane crashed in eastern Van province, state-owned Anadolu news agency quoted the interior minister as saying on Thursday. Suleyman...

Russia confirms more than 6,200 new virus cases

Reuters 2020-07-14 13:48:46

Russia on Tuesday reported 6,248 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its confirmed national tally to 739,947, the fourth largest in the world. Officials said 175 people had died in the last 2...

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 232 to 198,963

-- 2020-07-14 12:45:31

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 232 to 198,963, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll rose by...

Primark rejects 30-million-pound UK bonus for bringing back employees

-- 2020-07-12 21:49:26

Primark, the fashion retailer owned by AB Foods, said on Sunday it would not take advantage of a British government scheme to pay employers for bringing back staff from furlough, eschewing a bonus of...

‘Wildlife crime putting environment, health at risk’

-- 2020-07-12 17:19:02

Wildlife crime like selling of wild animals in open markets is a threat to both environment and human health as it can increase the transmission of diseases that spread from animals to humans. The fi...