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US approves new Coronavirus antigen test with fast results

Sunday, 10 May 2020, 06:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of Coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday...

New outbreaks in Germany, South Korea underline risk of easing up

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 14:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Fresh coronavirus outbreaks at slaughterhouses in Germany and new cases reported Saturday in South Korea linked to a man who had visited multiple nightclubs highlighted the challenges authorities face...

Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from Coronavirus at 75

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 09:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. He was...

Coronavirus strikes staffers inside the White House

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 08:24 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this...

'Every parent's nightmare': Boy's death may have virus link

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 07:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A 5-year-old boy has died of a rare inflammatory condition possibly linked to COVID-19, the first such death in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Also, some New York City parks will see...

Milan mayor lashes out at revellers breaking virus rules

Saturday, 9 May 2020, 06:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

 The mayor of Milan — the first Western metropolis to shut down because of the coronavirus —reacted furiously Friday to images of young people ignoring social distancing rules as they...

Vatican cardinal in row over claim that virus hurts religion

Friday, 8 May 2020, 16:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A petition signed by some conservative Catholics claiming the coronavirus is an overhyped “pretext" to deprive the faithful of Mass and impose a new world order has run into a hitch. The...

Libyan official: 5 killed, dozens wounds in Tripoli shelling

Friday, 8 May 2020, 06:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Artillery shelling by Libya's eastern-based forces killed more than five civilians and wounded dozens in the capital, Tripoli, an official with the country's U.N.-supported government said...

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