Oil rises as OPEC backs deeper supply cuts
Oil rose on Thursday after major producers agreed on deeper output cuts to bolster prices as worries intensify over the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak and its...
Kazakh chess queens inspire new generation
Kazakhstan is going through a chess boom whose poster children – unusually for its patriarchal society – are young female players who have far outperformed...
Cycling: Astana becomes latest team to stop racing due to coronavirus
Astana became the latest team to withdraw from racing amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Kazakh outfit said on Thursday....
Greece reports 10th coronavirus case, shuts schools in three areas
Greece reported its tenth case of coronavirus on Thursday, a person related to an individual who recently traveled to Israel and Egypt, health authorities said....
Greek coronavirus cases jump, 21 new cases: Health Ministry
Greece confirmed 21 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, detected among travelers who had recently returned from a pilgrimage to religious sites in Israel and Egypt,...
EU court adviser backs Soros-founded school over Hungary
Hungary is breaking EU law with rules that led to the forced closure there of the Central European University (CEU), founded by Hungarian-born billionaire George...
Dutch health authorities brace for return of 900 students from Italian alps
Dutch health authorities on Thursday said they were scrambling to put together a plan for the imminent return of a group of around 900 students...
‘Now we have corona’: Cash-strapped Lebanon navigates new crisis
Lebanon’s crippling financial crisis could pose a grave threat to managing a coronavirus outbreak that has so far been kept in check but is expected...
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara says he won’t run for re-election
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not stand for re-election in October, ending speculation about his political future ahead of a...
Britain moves to trying to delay coronavirus spread
Britain is moving into the second of four phases in its battle plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty...