Hard Hit by COVID-19, Spain Slowly Begins Easing Lockdown
Spain, with one of the highest death tolls from coronavirus, enacted strict social-distancing measures in mid-March. But with the number...
Conspiracy Theorists Burn 5G Towers Claiming Link to Virus
The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a...
Police Battle Uptick of Unrest in Locked-Down Paris
Paris police are facing a modest uptick of unrest in the oft-troubled suburbs of the locked-down French capital, making a...
European Markets in Freefall Tuesday
European stock exchanges are in a slump Tuesday, as the historic drop in U.S. crude oil prices the day before...
Hungary’s DC Ambassador Back in Budapest to Run Pro-Orban Media Group
Hungary’s ambassador to Washington has stepped down and returned to Budapest on short notice to take charge of a beefed up messaging...
Countries Reopen After Flattening Coronavirus Curve
Several countries in Europe and Asia are gradually easing their coronavirus lockdowns this week. From extensive testing to strict social distancing, these countries took aggressive measures before cautiously lifting some restrictions. On...
COVID-19 Diaries: Living With the Unknown as Pandemic Widens in Istanbul
COVID-19 came late to Turkey, compared to its European neighbors, but the reality of the threat is increasingly impacting life...
Rome Starts an Uneasy Return to Normal
Italy is edging towards an end of its lockdown, but with more than 23,000 deaths from coronavirus and still climbing,...
Russian Court Postpones Trial of Journalist Prokopyeva Due to Coronavirus
A Russian court has ordered a delay in the trial of journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, who faces terrorism-related charges for publishing...
Turkey Blocks Saudi and UAE News Websites
Turkish authorities blocked Saudi and United Arab Emirates news websites on Sunday, days after the sites of Turkey’s state broadcaster...
US Navy Complains of Another ‘Unsafe’ Russian Jet Interception
U.S. military officials have complained that a Russian fighter jet came dangerously close to a U.S. surveillance plane in the...
In Shadow of Coronavirus, Muslims Face a Ramadan Like Never Before
Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the...
Nations Seek to Ease Nursing Home Loneliness Yet Keep Safe
Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing. After so many frail and elderly nursing home...
Australia to Force Google, Facebook to Pay for News Content
Australia says Facebook and Google will soon have to pay news outlets for their content. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Monday that...
Pandemic Forces First-ever Digital Holocaust Remembrance Day
Berthe Badehi, who hid from the Nazis as a child during World War II, has become one of the many...
Global Health Crisis Pits Economic Against Health Concerns
The global health crisis is taking a nasty political turn with tensions worsening between governments locked down to keep the...
Rescued Migrants to Quarantine on Ferry Off Italy
Some 180 migrants rescued at sea will be held in isolation on an Italian ferry off the coast of Sicily,...
2.3 Million COVID Cases Around the World
Coronavirus cases rose to 2.3 million around with world, with the U.S. seeing steady increases but several other countries reporting...
World Cruise, Begun Before Virus Pandemic, Approaching Spain
Passengers on a luxury liner’s around-the-world cruise, begun before the globe was gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, are finally approaching...
Orthodox Churches Hold Diminished Easter Services Amid Pandemic
Orthodox Christians observed the Easter holiday amid extraordinary coronavirus-related restrictions on services that forced many parishioners to watch services on...
Hundreds of Parishioners Attend Orthodox Easter Vigil in Georgia
Hundreds of Christian parishioners went to churches in ex-Soviet Georgia to attend Orthodox Easter Vigil despite a state of emergency...
Greece Relocates 50 Migrant Minors to Germany Amid Coronavirus
Fifty unaccompanied minors have been transferred from Greece to Germany. They are the second group of relocations in a week...
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