As Spain’s Death Rate Drops, its Economic Problems Rise

As Spain’s Death Rate Drops, its Economic Problems Rise

Spain – one of the nations hardest hit by the pandemic – is seeing its daily coronavirus death rate drop...

Tech Giants Confirm People Moving Around Less During Lockdown

Tech Giants Confirm People Moving Around Less During Lockdown

As governments and communities around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google and other tech giants have been tracking...

Germany Hopes to Open Borders by Mid-June

Germany Hopes to Open Borders by Mid-June

Germany’s interior minister said Wednesday the country wants to end some COVID-19 checks at land borders by the middle of...

EU Unveils Its Plan to Save Summer Vacations

EU Unveils Its Plan to Save Summer Vacations

The European Union unveiled Wednesday its plan to help citizens across the 27 nations salvage their summer vacations after months...

New Zealand, Thailand Report Zero New Coronavirus Cases

New Zealand, Thailand Report Zero New Coronavirus Cases

New Zealand and Thailand each reported no new coronavirus cases Wednesday as the governments prepared to further ease lockdown restrictions. New...

Rome Builds Bike Lanes to Keep Cyclists Away from Mass Transit

Rome Builds Bike Lanes to Keep Cyclists Away from Mass Transit

Italy plans to reopen bars and restaurants after suffering one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks Europe has seen so far.  Getting around the country remains...

Putin’s Spokesman Peskov Hospitalized for Coronavirus

Putin’s Spokesman Peskov Hospitalized for Coronavirus

The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to Russian news...

Turkey’s Erdogan Eases COVID Restrictions Despite Complacency Fears

Turkey’s Erdogan Eases COVID Restrictions Despite Complacency Fears

Turkey is starting to ease COVID-19 restrictions, as the government claims success in containing the coronavirus. While infection and death...

5 Surfers Drown in Rough Seas Off Dutch Coast

5 Surfers Drown in Rough Seas Off Dutch Coast

Dutch authorities said Tuesday that five experienced surfers drowned when they went out in stormy weather off the coast of...

Spain Requires Visitors to Quarantine for 2 Weeks

Spain Requires Visitors to Quarantine for 2 Weeks

In an effort to try to prevent importing new cases of the coronavirus, Spain is requiring people arriving from abroad to...

Spain Requiring Arrivals to Quarantine for 2 Weeks

Spain Requiring Arrivals to Quarantine for 2 Weeks

In an effort to try to prevent importing new cases of the coronavirus, Spain is requiring people arriving from abroad to...

US, Britain, Russia Plan Return to Work Despite Continued Epidemic

US, Britain, Russia Plan Return to Work Despite Continued Epidemic

The United States, Britain and Russia are preparing to return their people to work despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the...

British PM Defends His New Plan to End Lockdown

British PM Defends His New Plan to End Lockdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to assure the public Monday that the government is taking “baby steps” toward leading the country out of...

British Media: Wanted Notice Issued for Wife of US Diplomat over Fatal Crash

British Media: Wanted Notice Issued for Wife of US Diplomat over Fatal Crash

British media are reporting that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has issued a wanted notice for a U.S. woman who is accused of killing...

Amsterdam’s Red-Light District to Remain Closed

Amsterdam’s Red-Light District to Remain Closed

The red-light district is one of the main tourist attractions in Amsterdam. While coronavirus lockdown restrictions are starting to ease,...

Britain Issues New Guidance on COVID-19

Britain Issues New Guidance on COVID-19

Britain has issued guidance for wearing face coverings in public on Monday as part of a large plan to slowly...

Excited Children, Anxious Parents – Swiss Go Back to School

Excited Children, Anxious Parents – Swiss Go Back to School

Thousands of Swiss children returned to school on Monday, many excited to be reunited with their classmates after a nearly...

UK PM Johnson’s ‘Go to Work’ Advice Sparks Wide Confusion

UK PM Johnson’s ‘Go to Work’ Advice Sparks Wide Confusion

Employees, business owners, police and trade unions in Britain expressed confusion Monday after the government switched from telling workers to...

Restart Or Re-Stop? Economies Reopen But Chaos Abounds

Restart Or Re-Stop? Economies Reopen But Chaos Abounds

Plastic barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities, as France and Belgium...

80 Romanian Health Care Workers Arrive in Austria to Assist Elderly

80 Romanian Health Care Workers Arrive in Austria to Assist Elderly

Eighty health care workers from Romania arrived in Vienna, Austria, Monday on a chartered train.The workers, mostly female, have been...

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative   

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative   

If the coronavirus pandemic forces large-scale events to be either discouraged or cancelled this summer, American political conventions may be...

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative

Events and event planning are among the societal casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, in the United States, the biggest among them could be national political nominating conventions....