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Free at last! Spaniards get outside to exercise after 49 days of lockdown

REUTERS 2020-05-02 16:01:45

Joggers and cyclists across Spain emerged from their homes early on Saturday, with adults allowed out for exercise for the first time in seven weeks, as the government began easing coronavirus restric...

Duchess of Sussex loses first round in newspaper lawsuit

AP 2020-05-01 21:08:49

The Duchess of Sussex lost an early round in a London court Friday when a judge dismissed part of her lawsuit against the publisher of a British newspaper that put out excerpts of a letter to her estr...

Oxford vaccine 'could be ready by end of year'

BBC 2020-05-01 12:04:21

A coronavirus vaccine could be available for limited use by the end of the year, AstraZeneca's chief executive Pascal Soriot has said. The pharmaceutical giant has agreed to manufacture and distribut...

Russian PM tests positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-05-01 11:24:07

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). His positive test came on the same day that Russia recorded a record 7,099 cases, tak...

Germany classifies Hezbollah as terrorist organisation, conducts raids

-- 2020-04-30 11:58:23

Germany has banned Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its soil and designated it a terrorist organisation, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Police conducted early morning raids in Germany to de...

UK PM Johnson and partner announce birth of baby boy

-- 2020-04-29 16:00:28

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of their baby. Johnson’s office says Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy at a London hos...

Germany reports 1,304 more virus cases, 202 more deaths

Reuters 2020-04-29 13:45:38

Germany on Wednesday reported 1,304 more cases of the novel coronavirus while the number of deaths rose by 202 compared to the previous day, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases...

Spain records lowest daily death toll as lockdown eases

-- 2020-04-27 16:26:01

Spain, which has been one of the worst hit-countries in the coronavirus pandemic, has reported its lowest daily death toll in more than a month. Its health ministry said earlier that 288 more people...

Italy moves to ease Europe’s longest lockdown

-- 2020-04-27 10:04:10

Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March. Prime Minister Giuse...

Johnson to return to work Monday

Reuters 2020-04-26 13:26:08

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday, a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday, after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive ca...

Russia to build another nuclear icebreaker

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-25 15:03:32

FSUE Atomflot, a subsidiary of Rostaom State Corporation of Russia, has signed a contract with a Russian shipbuilder Zvezda for construction of the nuclear icebreaker -Leader. FSUE Atomflot Director...

Britain nears grim milestone of 20,000 coronavirus hospital deaths

-- 2020-04-25 14:21:24

Britain could hit the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths later on Saturday, when the daily count is added to the current toll of 19,506 people who tested positive for the new coronavirus and die...

‘Credible, accurate reporting is a lifeline for all’

-- 2020-04-24 20:40:49

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday said she was alarmed by restrictive measures imposed by several states against the independent media, as well as the arrest and intimi...

Europe's first human trial for COVID-19 vaccine begins

BBC 2020-04-24 13:06:15

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half will receive the COVID-19...

Boris Johnson was like 'any other patient', say nurses who treated the British PM for Covid-19

-- 2020-04-23 21:01:29

Two nurses who were singled out for praise by Boris Johnson for their care while he was in hospital with the coronavirus said the British prime minister was treated like any other patient, reports Reu...

Germany approves first trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

-- 2020-04-22 17:15:32

Germany's vaccines regulator approved live human testing of a potential vaccine against the Covid-19 virus developed by German biotech company BioNTech, the regulator said in a statement on Wednesday,...

Johnson under fire over handling of coronavirus crisis

Reuters 2020-04-22 16:12:25

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday faced a call for an inquiry into his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis after failing to fully explain partial death data, limited...

Spain aims to phase out coronavirus lockdown in second half of May

-- 2020-04-22 14:53:31

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his government plans to begin winding down the coronavirus lockdown measures in the second half of May. Restrictions will be eased slowly...

Queen Elizabeth II marks 94th birthday without fanfare

-- 2020-04-21 21:38:07

Britain is marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 94th birthday with silence Tuesday, as the nation in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic forgoes the usual gun salutes and ringing of bells. According to...

Italy to start easing coronavirus lockdown from May 4

Reuters 2020-04-21 18:52:36

Italy will announce before the end of this week its plans for the gradual reopening from a lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus emergency that will be applied starting from May 4, Prime Minister...

Hope as Italy records first fall in active virus cases

-- 2020-04-21 12:31:59

The number of people officially identified as infected with coronavirus in Italy has fallen for the first time since the country's outbreak began, authorities have said. As of Monday, there were 108,...

Turkish president inspects building of coronavirus hospitals from air

-- 2020-04-19 18:57:53

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday inspected the construction zones of two COVID-19 hospitals in Istanbul from the air by a helicopter, reports Xinhua. Turkey has been building the ho...

Spain to allow children outside after six weeks

-- 2020-04-19 10:51:52

Spanish children have been kept indoors since 14 March, under strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Now Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez aims to relax the rule on 27 April so they can "g...

Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 30,000

Xinhua 2020-04-18 17:27:30

Russia has registered a daily record of 4,070 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, with the total number reaching 32,008 as of Friday, official data showed. The death toll climbed to 273 from 232 t...

UK medics to be asked to reuse gowns amid shortage fears

BBC 2020-04-18 09:41:15

Doctors and nurses in England are to be asked to treat coronavirus patients without fully protective gowns and to reuse equipment due to shortage fears. The decision came in a reversal of guidance to...

Merkel backs WHO after Trump cuts funding

-- 2020-04-17 12:28:06

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for more global cooperation to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and voiced support for the WHO after the United States cut its funding. Many wor...

IMF boss says UK should seek longer Brexit transition

REUTERS 2020-04-16 13:55:38

Britain should ask for an extension to its post-Brexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Internation...

Nearly 700 mariners on French aircraft carrier test positive for virus

Reuters 2020-04-16 11:30:52

Nearly 700 sailors assigned to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle’s naval group have tested positive for the coronavirus, the armed forces ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry sa...

UK coronavirus death toll could be 15pc higher than projected

Reuters 2020-04-14 20:17:20

Britain's death toll from the coronavirus could run some 15 per cent higher than official figures have indicated so far, according to broader data published on Tuesday that include deaths in the commu...

Hundreds of UK extra Covid-19 deaths revealed

-- 2020-04-14 19:54:58

Hundreds of  extra Covid-19 deaths have been revealed in the UK, reports BBC. About one in 10 coronavirus-related deaths in England and Wales took place outside hospital in the week that ended o...