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Coronavirus: UK's queen, 93, leaves London for Windsor Castle

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 16:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is leaving London and heading to Windsor Castle as a precaution because of the coronavirus pandemic. Buckingham Palace says the 93-year-old monarch will move to...

EU battles to forge common front as virus eats at unity

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 11:22 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders are set to hold their second summit in two weeks on Tuesday, a fresh attempt to forge a joint response to the novel coronavirus as Europe takes over from China as the front-line...

Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 11:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

 It's 7 p.m. on a Friday night, a time when Aurel Johannes Marx's three-room brothel on the edge of Berlin would normally be preparing for its first customers. Sex for sale has long been a staple...

How social distancing works and what it means for you

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 08:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

In this time of coronavirus, once-easy questions have suddenly become complex. Here are some questions and answers about the “social distancing” efforts to slow the...

As pandemic spreads, China's ex-epicentre down to 1 new case

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 06:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The battle to contain the coronavirus reached new urgency, as more governments locked down borders and ordered new closures and restrictions and pleas went out to funnel masks and ventilators to...

With borders and businesses closing, world hunkers down

Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 06:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

With borders slamming shut, schools and businesses closing and and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement, tens of millions of people were hunkered down Tuesday, heeding government calls to...

UK ramps up virus fight; 12-week isolation for over-70s

Monday, 16 March 2020, 20:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

British authorities on Monday dramatically ramped up measures to combat the new coronavirus, urging all U.K. residents to avoid unnecessary contact with others and telling people in the most...

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