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Updated: Russian opposition figure Navalny in coma after poisoning

Thursday, 20 August 2020, 08:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was placed on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman said...

Man drives into motorcyclists in German highway terror attack

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 13:05 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

An Iraqi-born man deliberately drove his car into motorcycles along a stretch of Berlin highway, leaving at least one person in life-threatening condition in what German officials said Wednesday was a...

Experts warn Spain is losing the second round in virus fight

Thursday, 13 August 2020, 11:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spain’s hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards. The deployment of a military emergency...

3 dead, 6 in hospital after train derails in Scotland

Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 17:44 Last update: about 7 years ago

A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six others Wednesday, authorities said. The train's driver is believed to be among the...

Russia's approval of virus vaccine greeted with some alarm

Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 15:37 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed...

Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days

Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 12:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that authorities have found four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household from an unknown source, the first cases of local transmission...

Global coronavirus cases top 20 million, doubling in 45 days

Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 08:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million on Tuesday, more than half of them from the U.S., India and Brazil. Health officials believe the actual number is much higher...

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