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Britain's Labour Party gets new leader

Britain's Labour Party gets new leader

-- 2020-04-04 17:11:34

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party named Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions who opposed the country’s exit from the European Union, as its leader on Saturday. Star...

Fighting COVID-19: Johnson invites opposition to work with him

Fighting COVID-19: Johnson invites opposition to work with him

REUTERS 2020-04-04 16:02:20

Prime minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of Britain’s opposition parties to work with him during this “moment of national emergency”, saying he wants to hear their views...

French coronavirus cases jump above China’s

French coronavirus cases jump above China’s

Reuters 2020-04-04 10:01:20

The number of people who have died from the COVID-19 illness in France jumped by 61 per cent to 6,507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included, and confirmed cases jumped by 44 per ce...

Merkel ends her self-quarantine, returns to chancellery

Merkel ends her self-quarantine, returns to chancellery

-- 2020-04-03 18:40:42

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self-quarantine and returned to the chancellery on Friday after testing negative for coronavirus several times, her spokesman said. Merkel had been self-...

France’s coronavirus death toll jumps as nursing homes included

France’s coronavirus death toll jumps as nursing homes included

-- 2020-04-03 09:48:20

The coronavirus death count in France surged to nearly 5,400 people on Thursday after the health ministry began including nursing home fatalities in its data. The pandemic had claimed the lives of 4,...

Russian doctor who met Putin has coronavirus

Russian doctor who met Putin has coronavirus

-- 2020-04-01 16:20:30

A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital last week said on Tuesday he had himself been diagnosed with the virus. According to Reuters, Putin vis...

UK to speed up coronavirus testing as criticism grows

UK to speed up coronavirus testing as criticism grows

-- 2020-04-01 15:39:10

Britain’s government said on Wednesday it would ramp up the number of coronavirus tests amid widespread criticism that it was doing far too few, as ministers suggested that shortages of chemical...

Italy frets over lockdown, eyes eventual staggered re-opening

Italy frets over lockdown, eyes eventual staggered re-opening

-- 2020-04-01 10:08:06

Italian health officials warned on Tuesday it was too soon to consider lifting lockdown restrictions, saying a deceleration in new cases of coronavirus should not raise hopes that the crisis was near...

Spain hit by record virus deaths

Spain hit by record virus deaths

AP 2020-03-31 18:19:35

Spain's coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number Tuesday as the country's medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and the World Health Organization warned t...

Love across borders for elderly couple

Love across borders for elderly couple

-- 2020-03-31 17:55:14

An elderly couple have become local celebrities amid the coronavirus outbreak for their daily cross-border meeting, reports BBC. Inga Rasmussen, 85, from Denmark and Karsten Tüchsen Hansen, 89,...

Number of coronavirus cases in Germany rises to 61,913

Number of coronavirus cases in Germany rises to 61,913

Reuters 2020-03-31 13:17:20

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Germany has risen to 61,913 and a total of 583 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious disea...

Europe cities get cleaner air as lockdown continues

Europe cities get cleaner air as lockdown continues

Reuters 2020-03-30 12:02:01

Air pollution has decreased in urban areas across Europe during lockdowns to combat the coronavirus, new satellite images showed on Monday, but campaigners warned city-dwellers were still more vulnera...

Coronavirus deaths fall again in Italy but lockdown extension looms

Coronavirus deaths fall again in Italy but lockdown extension looms

-- 2020-03-30 09:52:00

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy fell for the second consecutive day on Sunday but the country still looked almost certain to see an extension of stringent containment measures. The Civ...

German minister commits suicide over ‘coronavirus worry’

German minister commits suicide over ‘coronavirus worry’

-- 2020-03-29 22:16:15

The finance minister of the regional state of Germany’s financial centre Frankfurt has committed suicide, police and the public prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement on Saturday....

UK coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000

UK coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000

Reuters 2020-03-29 18:54:32

The British government is "very concerned" following the latest figures which show more than 1,000 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, senior minister Michael Gove said on Sunday....

Spain, Italy demand EU virus help

Spain, Italy demand EU virus help

AP 2020-03-29 18:33:46

Spain and Italy demanded more European help as they fight still-surging coronavirus infections amid the continent's worst crisis since World War II. In the US, authorities urged millions in the hard-h...

Spain confirms 838 new coronavirus deaths

Spain confirms 838 new coronavirus deaths

-- 2020-03-29 17:11:08

Spain's health ministry has announced 838 new coronavirus deaths, marking the country's highest daily jump in fatalities and bringing its total to 6,528, according to Al Jazeera and Reuters. Second o...

COVID-19 cases in Turkey climb to 7,402 with 108 deaths

COVID-19 cases in Turkey climb to 7,402 with 108 deaths

-- 2020-03-29 12:15:44

In the past 24 hours in Turkey, 16 more people lost their lives due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 108, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday night. The total number of nove...

Italy coronavirus death toll surges past 10,000

Italy coronavirus death toll surges past 10,000

REUTERS 2020-03-29 09:02:32

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy barrelled past 10,000 on Saturday, a figure that made an extension of a national lockdown almost certain. Officials said 889 more people died i...

Germany not to ease shutdown until at least April 20

Germany not to ease shutdown until at least April 20

Reuters 2020-03-28 15:50:33

Germany will not ease measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus before at least April 20, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff told a German newspaper. “We are not talking about...

KPMG chair Bill Michael tests positive for coronavirus

KPMG chair Bill Michael tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-03-28 15:34:51

British accounting firm KPMG's Chairman Bill Michael has tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesman for the company said late on Friday, reports Reuters. Britain has so far recorded more than...

Italy tops 9,000 coronavirus deaths, overtakes China in cases

Italy tops 9,000 coronavirus deaths, overtakes China in cases

REUTERS 2020-03-28 14:29:53

Italy's recorded 919 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the highest daily toll anywhere in the world, while the number of confirmed cases eclipsed the total in China where the virus first emerged. It...

Turkey halts intercity trains, limits domestic flights over virus outbreak

Turkey halts intercity trains, limits domestic flights over virus outbreak

-- 2020-03-28 14:20:50

Turkey halted all intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as part of measures to contain a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak, as the number of cases jumped by a third in a day to 5,6...

British PM tests positive for coronavirus

British PM tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-03-27 17:33:08

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating but will still lead the government's response to the outbreak, reports Reuters. "Over the last 24 hours...

Putin announces paid leave for all Russians next week   

Putin announces paid leave for all Russians next week  

-- 2020-03-26 19:07:20

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Wednesday that all Russians would receive paid leave next week as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. All necessary institutions and estab...

Deputy British ambassador to Hungary dies due to coronavirus infection

Deputy British ambassador to Hungary dies due to coronavirus infection

-- 2020-03-26 15:19:07

Steven Dick, deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Budapest, has died after contracting coronavirus, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday, reports Reuters. The 37-year-old diplomat died i...

Smokers likely to be more at risk from coronavirus: EU agency

Smokers likely to be more at risk from coronavirus: EU agency

REUTERS 2020-03-26 14:56:48

Smoking can make people more susceptible to serious complications from a coronavirus infection, the European Union agency for disease control said on Wednesday, citing scientific studies, although ava...

Spain’s coronavirus death toll surpasses China’s

Spain’s coronavirus death toll surpasses China’s

-- 2020-03-26 09:54:11

Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed the official figure from China, becoming the second highest in the world. The number of deaths rose by 738 in 24 hours - a daily record - t...

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

-- 2020-03-25 17:22:36

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced. The Prince of Wales, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good...

UK extends visa for stranded foreign nationals

UK extends visa for stranded foreign nationals

-- 2020-03-25 16:35:09

The United Kingdom has announced to extend visas for the foreign nationals, who are unable to return home from Britain until May 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. British Home Secretary Priti Patel on...