Friday, April 10: Coronavirus global update
As of 5.40 today more than 1,604,715 people have been infected across the world and over 95,735 have died but at the same time 356,660...
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EU ministers seal deal on half a trillion euro coronavirus rescue plan (Updated)
European Union finance ministers agreed on Thursday on half-a-trillion euros worth of support for their coronavirus-battered economies after weeks of wrangling that exposed painful divisions...
UK PM Johnson leaves intensive care, remains under observation
Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from Covid-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital,...
UK govt: virus not peaked; too early to lift lockdown
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday Britain had not yet reached the peak of the coronavirus epidemic and that it was too early to...
Britain’s Easter egg hunt moves online as virus curbs visits
Britons locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic risk missing out on their annual chocolate binge. With big family gatherings off limits, friends and relatives...
China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock
China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus...
Thursday, April 9: Coronavirus global update
As of 11.25 today more than 1,540,085 people have been infected across the world and over 90,010 have died but at the same time 340,590...
Germany hopes EU can agree economic aid package on Thursday
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said he expected European Union finance ministers meeting later on Thursday to make progress towards agreeing a 500 billion euro...
Australian police take ‘black box’ off Ruby Princess in coronavirus homicide probe
Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the “black box” of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in...
Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO investigation
Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a study published on Wednesday, prompting the WHO...
New York, New Jersey report record coronavirus deaths
New York state, epicenter of America’s coronavirus crisis, set another single-day record of COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, as veteran doctors and nurses voiced astonishment at...
Northern Irish driver pleads guilty over 39 Vietnamese truck deaths
Northern Irish truck driver Maurice Robinson has pleaded guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter related to the deaths of Vietnamese people found in a shipping...
PM Johnson’s condition ‘improving’, can sit up in bed
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care but his condition is improving and he can sit up in bed, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said...
Roadbridge in north Italy collapses, two suffer minor injuries
A bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy collapsed on Wednesday but with virtually no traffic during the coronavirus lockdown, only two truck drivers suffered minor...
Bernie Sanders suspends Democratic presidential campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the White House on Wednesday during a conference call with staff, making former Vice President Joe...
Syrian air force behind chemical attacks, investigation team finds
Syrian Arab Air Force pilots flying Sukhoi Su-22 military planes and a helicopter dropped bombs containing poisonous chlorine and sarin nerve gas on a village...
Wednesday, April 8: Coronavirus global update
As of 19.15 today more than 1,478,366 people have been infected across the world and over 86,744 have died but at the same time 316,855...
Isolation art: recreate masterworks with cabbage, lentils and socks
While making blinis one morning in self-isolation, Natalia Goroshko noticed one in her pan had taken the floppy form of one of Salvador Dali’s melting...
WHO denies being ‘China-centric’ after Trump comment
World Health Organisation officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time...
Fire at building site of palace in Berlin
A fire broke out on Wednesday at the royal palace that is being rebuilt at great expense in central Berlin, the fire service said. The Berlin fire service...
