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Emerging from lockdown: '46 days in the house was enough'

Sunday, 3 May 2020, 07:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

From the United States to Europe and Asia, people in many parts of the world are emerging from their homes as virus-related restrictions begin to ease and springtime temperatures climb. Chinese...

UK PM Johnson names baby for grandfathers, doctors

Saturday, 2 May 2020, 16:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, honouring their grandfathers and doctors who cared for the U.K. leader after contracting the...

Western Europe relaxing virus measures, but Russian numbers spike

Saturday, 2 May 2020, 12:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Spaniards filled the streets Saturday to exercise outside in gorgeous spring weather for the first time in seven weeks, while German children rushed to playgrounds as countries in Western Europe moved...

Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who's family in Italy?

Saturday, 2 May 2020, 07:16 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

When Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said the government would relax some parts of a nationwide lockdown, residents entering an eighth week of home confinement to inhibit the coronavirus dove for their...

'I died and came back': 12-year-old recovers from virus

Saturday, 2 May 2020, 07:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

As her desperately sick daughter was being airlifted to a hospital, Jennifer Daly was thinking about all the parts of life that still lay ahead for her 12-year-old and whether she’d ever...

Updated: European Central Bank steps up aid as economy slides

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 13:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The European economy shrank by a record 3.8% in the first quarter as business activity from hotels and restaurants to construction and manufacturing was frozen by shutdowns aimed at preventing the...

UK now has world's third-highest virus-related death toll

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 07:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The U.K. has the third-highest coronavirus death toll in the world after the British government published new figures Wednesday that include deaths outside of hospitals. After factoring in deaths...

Harrison Ford piloting plane that wrongly crosses runway

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 07:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Harrison Ford was piloting a plane that wrongly crossed a runway where another plane was landing, and federal authorities are investigating, officials and a representative for the actor said...

Drug proves effective against virus as economic damage rises

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 07:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance...

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