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...
EU nations clinch €1.8 trillion budget, virus aid deal after 4 days
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 08:24
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and...
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...
EU summit breaks up after all-night talks, to resume later
Monday, 20 July 2020, 08:13
Last update: about 7 years ago
Weary and bleary European Union leaders temporarily broke up their summit at dawn on the fourth day of acrimonious haggling over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro EU budget and coronavirus recovery...
Virus rebounds around the world, deaths top 600,000
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 17:38
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The coronavirus pandemic has found fresh legs around the world, as confirmed deaths pass 600,000 and countries from the U.S. to South Africa to India struggle to contain a surge of new infections....
Updated: Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 14:39
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
South Africa was poised on Saturday to join the top five countries most affected by the coronavirus, while breathtaking numbers around the world were a reminder a return to normal life is still far...