Politics
Virus-hit Brazil lets Cuban doctors resume work
Brazil re-enlisted more than 150 Cuban doctors Monday to help fight a surge in coronavirus cases, a year and a half after ...Spain lifts ban on flights from Italy, but tourism still off cards
Spain lifted on Tuesday a ban on direct flights and ships from Italy imposed since March 11 to curb the coronavirus, but ...Macron, Merkel agree €500-bn virus recovery plan for Europe
France and Germany proposed Monday a 500-billion-euro ($542-billion) fund to finance the recovery of the European Union’s economy from the devastation wrought ...European landmarks reopen but virus hits hard elsewhere
Major landmarks including Saint Peter’s Basilica and the Acropolis in Athens reopened Monday as Europe accelerated its lockdown easing, but mounting coronavirus ...Acropolis in Athens reopens after virus shutdown
Greece reopened the Acropolis in Athens and all open-air archaeological sites in the country to the public on Monday after a two-month ...US faces severe economic downturn as virus tolls fall in hardest-hit Europe
The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on ...Some traffic returns to roads as India eases virus lockdown
People trickled outdoors and thin traffic returned to roads in some Indian states on Monday, a day after the federal government extended ...Spain aims to reopen borders to tourism in late June
Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen borders to visitors around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully unwinds, a minister said ...Italy to reopen shops, restaurants as lockdown eases further
Shops, restaurants and hair salons prepared to reopen in Italy on Monday as the government further eased one of the world’s strictest ...Latin America and Caribbean record 500,000 virus cases
Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded more than half a million coronavirus infections, according to an AFP tally based on official ...