europe
Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
World
March 24, 2020
Britain in lockdown as WHO warns pandemic ‘accelerating’
Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to…
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
World
March 24, 2020
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in…
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
World
March 23, 2020
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
PARIS (AP) — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the US and Europe on Monday, as new…
Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge
World
March 23, 2020
Trump deploys emergency beds, global pandemic deaths surge
US President Donald Trump ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots but a trillion-dollar economic…
World ramps up restrictions as virus cases top 300,000
World
March 22, 2020
World ramps up restrictions as virus cases top 300,000
From Italy to India to the United States, governments rolled out tougher measures to halt the rapid spread of the…
Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe
World
March 22, 2020
Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe
What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat…
Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus
World
March 21, 2020
Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus
Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot…
Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap
Middle East
March 21, 2020
Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap
President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released…
Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’
World
March 21, 2020
Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated…
North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea
World
March 21, 2020
North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in…