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Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists

Monday, 27 July 2020, 06:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

 Nightclubs, bars and beaches — some of Spain’s most beloved summer venues — are facing new lockdown restrictions after turning into coronavirus hot spots, and some European...

French virus infections rise, Spain cracks down on nightclubs

Saturday, 25 July 2020, 18:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

France’s coronavirus infection rate crept higher Saturday and Spain cracked down on nightlife but German authorities were confident enough to send a cruise ship out to sea with 1,200 passengers...

Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73

Saturday, 25 July 2020, 18:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died. He was 73. The law firm, Swan...

Mandatory masks becoming the rule amid Europe's virus uptick

Friday, 24 July 2020, 16:32 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

New rules on wearing masks in England came into effect Friday, with people going to shops, banks and supermarkets now required to wear face coverings, while Romania reported a record for daily...

German court convicts former concentration camp guard, 93

Thursday, 23 July 2020, 13:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A German court on Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II....

Contact tracing falters in Barcelona amid virus spike

Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 10:53 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

When Sonia Ramírez was told by her local clinic that she had tested positive for the coronavirus, she expected to be asked about anyone she had come in close contact with...

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

Monday, 20 July 2020, 16:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British...

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