Health
Spain insists outbreaks are under control
The Spanish foreign ministry has responded to the latest UK measures by saying that Spain is safe for visitors and that new ...North Korea reports first suspected infection as global cases top 16m
North Korea declared its first suspected coronavirus case on Sunday, becoming one of the last countries to do so as the number ...Australia, facing ‘harsh reality’ of pandemic, braces for biggest postwar deficit
Australia’s budget is set to plunge into its biggest deficit since World War Two this year as the coronavirus crisis knocks the ...Yemen’s children starve amid rising fears of famine
Weighing just 9kg at ten years old, Hassan Merzam Muhammad is so emaciated by the severe malnourishment plaguing hundreds of thousands of ...Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil
A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses ...EU agrees landmark 750-bn-euro virus ‘Marshall Plan’
EU leaders emerged from a marathon four-day and four-night summit Tuesday to celebrate what they boasted was a historic rescue plan for ...Oxford coronavirus vaccine induces strong immune response
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response ...Barcelona back under lockdown as virus cases surge
Barcelona’s streets were largely empty on Saturday, with millions of people instructed to stay at home as new coronavirus restrictions came into ...Argentina to ease Buenos Aires restrictions after nearly four months of tight lockdown
Argentina will gradually loosen a lockdown that has lasted nearly four months in and around Buenos Aires, President Alberto Fernandez said on ...EU leaders hunker down to clinch virus rescue
European leaders hunkered down on Friday for two days of tortuous negotiations to thrash out the terms of a huge post-coronavirus economic ...














