Putin approves law that could keep him in power until 2036
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 14:13
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on constitutional changes that could keep him in power for another 16 years, a step that must still be approved in a nationwide vote. Putin...
UK departs from Europe in virus response, draws criticism
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 07:13
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The United Kingdom stood increasingly apart Friday as countries across Europe and around the world shut schools and universities, scrapped sports tournaments and shuttered bars and restaurants in...
'Not a wave, a tsunami': Italy hospitals at virus limit
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 07:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Talk of a 400-bed field hospital in Milan’s fairgrounds. A team of Chinese experts and surplus ventilators arriving on a cargo plane. Doctors Without Borders, usually dispatched to the third...
Virus cases balloon around the world as China recovers
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 07:04
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
As the rest of the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, China continued to ease up lockdown measures in its hardest-hit region, where the number of new cases has...
Updated: Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
Friday, 13 March 2020, 20:40
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the...
Spain declares emergency as cases rise to 4,200
Friday, 13 March 2020, 16:02
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Spain's leader says he is declaring a state of emergency for two weeks, a measure that will let him “mobilize all resources," including the military, to contain sharp rise in coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Czech Republic bars citizens from 15 nations
Friday, 13 March 2020, 13:14
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Czech citizens coming home from 15 countries that are considered risky due to the virus outbreak will have to stay under quarantine for two weeks. The announcement Friday by the Czech...