‘Too early’ to lift UK lockdown but coronavirus outbreak peaking, minister says
The United Kingdom’s novel coronavirus outbreak is starting to peak but it is too early to lift the lockdown because the virus would “run rampant”...
Japan to expand state of emergency to rest of country: Yomiuri
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to expand the state of emergency that Japan has declared for seven of its 47 prefectures so far to...
Treatment of Africans in southern China sparks diplomatic backlash
Huddled under a highway bridge with a small bag of belongings, a 19-year old student from Ivory Coast was desperately dialling his few contacts in...
Poland to reopen parks and forest on Monday as it starts easing curbs
Poland will reopen parks and forests on Monday and then revise the rules on the number of customers allowed in shops, as the country starts...
Apple’s new budget iPhone unlikely to make splash in China where 5G now commonplace
Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE for the budget-conscious is unlikely to be a major driver of sales in China, with analysts noting it lacks the...
Captain Tom, 99, raises more than $15 million with walk for Britain’s health service
Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran walking his garden for the health service, has raised more than 12 million pounds ($15 million)....
EasyJet says it can survive a lengthy fleet grounding
British low cost airline easyJet said it would be able to survive a lengthy fleet grounding during the coronavirus pandemic due to the steps it...
EasyJet CEO sees flying restarting with empty middle seats
The chief executive of easyJet said when flying restarts after the coronavirus crisis recedes planes are likely to operate with the middle seat empty due...
Iranian vessels come dangerously close to American military ships: U.S. military
Eleven vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the U.S....
India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge
India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding a gathering last month that...