Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands
Monday, 7 September 2020, 09:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering islands in southern Japan and injuring dozens of...
India now second worst-hit country by virus amid economic pain
Monday, 7 September 2020, 08:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the pandemic's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday as its efforts to head off economic disaster gain...
Pandemic turns summer into European tourism's leanest season
Monday, 7 September 2020, 06:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning he crossed the Burg square in front of the Gothic city hall and there was...
Multiple people injured in series of stabbings in England
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 09:10
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British police say that multiple people have been injured in a series of stabbings in the central England city of Birmingham. West Midlands Police said officers were called to reports of a...
Migrants are moved from overcrowded Lampedusa facility to ship
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 06:38
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
With the help of a local fishing boat, hundreds of migrants were transferred on Saturday to a ferry from a tiny Italian island to relieve severe overcrowding during the pandemic at a residence for...
Covid-19 – Berlusconi admitted to hospital
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10:44
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A senator who is a top aide to Silvio Berlusconi said the former premier was admitted to a Milan hospital early Friday as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection. Sen. Lucia Ronzulli...
France closes 22 schools due to infections
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10:42
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
France has closed 22 of its 62,000 schools since in-person classes resumed this week because of virus infections. Of those, 10 were on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where access to...
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for Covid-19
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 19:09
Last update: about 7 years ago
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for Covid-19, according to reports. He is currently in isolation at home. According to a Reuters report, Berlusconi, 83,...
20 new sexual assault counts filed against adult film actor
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 11:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged Monday with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault involving 12 women and a teenage girl, authorities said. The charges came two months after the...