Italian PM Resists Calls to Ease COVID Restrictions
In Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, the debate is growing on whether it is time...
Germany Flies in Seasonal Farm Workers Amid Virus Measures
Two planeloads of Eastern European farmhands arrived Thursday in Berlin and Duesseldorf amid strict precautions to protect the country from...
Whales Filmed Having Whale of a Time During Lockdown
With humans away, the whales will play.In another sign that wild animals are roaming more freely while locked-down people are...
UK Braces for More Virus Deaths; Johnson Reported Stable
Britons braced Thursday for several more weeks in lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in a London hospital after...
European Markets Mostly Higher Thursday
Europe’s major stock indexes were mostly trading in positive territory Thursday, continuing the upswing enjoyed earlier in the day in...
Coronavirus Threatens Greek Tourism
After a brutal 10-year financial crisis, Greece was on course to a promising rebound. Businesses and exports were slowly but...
Virus Outbreak Gives Tech Darlings a Harsh Reality Check
Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it’s also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people’s freedom to...
In Global Life-Death Struggle, Democracy Changes Course
Outside wartime nothing like it as ever been seen before in modern Western history. The lockdowns by democratic states with...
Rebuilding of Paris’ Notre Dame Stalled as Pandemic Rages
A year after a fire that shocked the world and destroyed the roof of Paris’ ancient cathedral of Notre Dame,...
Rome Empty at Easter
It is usually the most crowded week of the year in the Eternal City, but for the first time in...
Italy, Spain ICU Pressures Decline, but Emotional Toll Rises
Maddalena Ferrari lets herself cry when she takes off the surgical mask she wears even at home to protect her...
European Markets Fall Wednesday as Coronavirus Optimism Fades
European markets reversed course Wednesday after two days of gains, as optimism about the trend of the coronavirus pandemic was...
Head of EU’s Top Science Panel Quits Over COVID-19 Response
The head of the European Union’s top science organization has resigned in frustration at the height of the coronavirus crisis. Mauro...
Explosion on Road in Southeast Turkey Kills 5
An improvised explosive device went off on a road in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing five forestry workers traveling to...
PM Johnson Spends Second Night in Intensive Care
A British official said Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in stable condition Wednesday after spending a second night in the...
Countries Worldwide in Different Stages of COVID-19 Trajectory
Tuesday saw an increase in deaths and new COVID-19 cases in Britain, France, some eastern European countries, Sweden, Japan and...
OPEC Meeting Could End Oil Tug-of-War Between Russia, Saudi Arabia
Russia and Saudi Arabia meet with other countries Thursday on cutting oil production while they continue a price war that has driven down U.S. gasoline and...
To the Farms, Citoyens! France Urges Citizens to Fill Labor Gaps
Across a locked-down France, strawberries, lettuce and asparagus are ripening, near-ready for picking. Other plants are poking through the warming...
Smart Thermometer Shows Fevers Dropping in Areas with Sheltering Measure
In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, one sign that social distancing measures may be working is that people’s temperatures...
Spain Sees Uptick in Spread of COVID Cases, Overnight Deaths
After dropping for straight days, Spain’s health ministry announced Tuesday both the coronavirus daily rate of new infections and the...
Gamers Check Back in to Habbo Hotel as Coronavirus Refuge
Habbo Hotel, a hit online networking game more than a decade ago, is drawing back hundreds of thousand of players...
Ukraine Fights Fires in Chernobyl Zone, Says no Radiation Jump
Local authorities in Ukraine have dismissed residents’ concerns that forest fires near the Chernobyl nuclear power station have led to...
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