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Europe records weekly high of 927K virus cases

Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 11:32 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization says Europe again reported a new high in the weekly number of coroavirus cases during the pandemic last week, recording more than 927,000 cases. The U.N. health...

Wales locks down as COVID-19 cases spike; Manchester resists

Monday, 19 October 2020, 13:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Wales on Monday became the second nation in the United Kingdom to lock down large swathes of its economy to combat rising coronavirus infections, but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting...

World struggles as confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 40 million

Monday, 19 October 2020, 12:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the true impact of the pandemic that has upended...

New virus restrictions in Europe; Merkel warns of hard days

Saturday, 17 October 2020, 17:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to come together like they did in the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the country posted another daily record of new cases...

US election, the demographic trends

Friday, 16 October 2020, 21:35 Last update: about 7 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden are currently in the middle of a heated Presidential election campaign. Both political parties have their targeted...

UK, EU each demand the other give way to strike trade deal

Friday, 16 October 2020, 14:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that the U.K. must prepare for a no-deal break with the European Union unless there is a “fundamental” change of position from the bloc, as...

Brexit trade talks: both EU and UK dig in heels

Friday, 16 October 2020, 06:49 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

With both sides digging in their heels as another Brexit deadline passed Thursday, the European Union and Britain demanded concessions from one another in talks on a basic trade deal that would soften...

Waiting for Brexit: Another deadline, likely another delay

Thursday, 15 October 2020, 15:35 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

It is yet another deadline day in the tortuous, four-year trek called Brexit but - Spoiler Alert! - most likely nothing will happen. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had set the first day of...

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