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...
Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87
Sunday, 10 May 2020, 05:59
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to...
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...
Updated: Europe holds low-key VE-Day commemorations due to virus
Friday, 8 May 2020, 11:08
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Europe was marking the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces following six years of war in a low-key fashion Friday due to coronavirus lockdown restrictions...
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...