Thrumming hooves mark return of English sport at Newcastle
The thrum of hooves pounding the ground returned to Newcastle racecourse on Monday as competitive sport resumed in England after the shutdown because of the...
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Greek hotels reopen to an uncertain future
Greece allowed year-round hotels to open on Monday, restarting its vital tourism sector hobbled by weeks of lockdown, although business remained quiet with international flights...
Gilead says remdesivir helped moderate Covid-19 patients improve
Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday its antiviral drug remdesivir showed improvement in patients with moderate COVID-19 in a late-stage study. Remdesivir is being closely...
Jamaican bobsleigh team push a Mini to keep Olympic dream alive
The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around...
UAE says Israel should back off threat to annex West Bank
A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Monday that any unilateral move by Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be...
Britain reopens markets and some schools as lockdown eases
English schools reopen on Monday for the first time since they were shut 10 weeks ago because of the coronavirus pandemic, but many parents planned...
Return to contact training a big boost says Liverpool’s Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said resuming contact training has made a “massive difference” for the Premier League leaders as they step up preparations for...
Russia, after approving Japanese COVID-19 drug, to roll out ‘game changer’ next week
Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it described...
Protests over death of George Floyd turn violent again despite curfews, National Guard
Looting broke out on Sunday in Southern California, a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis and demonstrators clashed with police in Boston and Washington,...
UK foreign minister defends lockdown easing as the ‘right step’
British foreign minister Dominic Raab defended on Sunday the government’s “careful” loosening of the coronavirus lockdown, saying it was the “right step to be taking...
People more important than the economy, pope says about Covid crisis
Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns....
Spain to extend lockdown to 21st June – El Pais
Spain’s prime minister said on Sunday he will ask parliament to agree to a last two-week extension of the state of emergency lockdown until 21st...
Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or...
NASA resumes human spaceflight from U.S. soil with historic SpaceX launch
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the...
NASA resumes human spaceflight with historic SpaceX launch
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans toward orbit from Florida on Saturday in a mission that marks the...
British competitive sport given green light for June 1 restart
After a near three-month shutdown, all competitive sport in Britain can resume from June 1 behind closed doors provided strict conditions are met, the government...
China’s ‘nervous’ Xi risks new Cold War
Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperilling Hong...
Protests heat up as curfews imposed in several U.S. cities (Updated)
Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday night as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at...
Risk in UK lockdown easing too soon
England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again because it is starting to lift its lockdown without a fully operational track and trace programme...
India posts record jump in Covid-19 cases
India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as lockdown restrictions start to ease...
