Pan-Pan! Facebook plea gets Sri Lankan chef off Italy-bound cruise
A Sri Lankan chef stuck aboard a cruise ship headed to Europe managed to get ashore in Colombo this week after issuing a social media...
Israelis mark Passover, a celebration of freedom, in virtual isolation
The Jewish Passover holiday typically draws crowds of Israelis outside to burn heaps of leavened bread, commemorating the Biblical exodus from slavery in Egypt....
Obesity is major COVID-19 risk factor, says French chief epidemiologist
Being overweight is a major risk for people infected with the new coronavirus and the United States is particularly vulnerable because of high obesity levels...
Hong Kong unveils $17.7 billion in relief measures to help cushion impact of coronavirus
Hong Kong announced relief measures totalling HK$137.5 billion ($17.7 billion) on Wednesday as it joins global efforts to offset the impact of coronavirus, which has...
Bridge on Genoa to Florence road collapses, two vehicles involved
A bridge on a normally busy road in northern Italy collapsed on Wednesday but only two drivers were caught up in the chaos, the fire...
Wuhan celebrates reopening with light show
The former epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrated the lifting of its lockdown measures with a light show on...
EU antitrust regulators to allow drugmakers to cooperate in virus fight
EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday that they would allow generic drugmakers to cooperate to supply critical hospital medicines for coronavirus patients without fear of...
Swiss coronavirus death toll goes past 700, positive tests near 23,000
The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 705 people, the country’s public health ministry said on Wednesday, rising from 641 people on Tuesday....
WHO denies being ‘China-centric’ after Trump comment
World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time...
Athletics: Italian Olympic 800 metres finalist Sabia dies from COVID-19
Twice Olympic 800 metres finalist Donato Sabia has died from COVID-19 at the age of 56, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday....