Indian power grid operators scramble to prepare for Modi’s ‘lights off’ plan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to switch off lights across India on Sunday to mark the coronavirus fight is generating a lot more...
China holds national mourning for victims of virus outbreak
China held a national mourning ceremony on Saturday (April 4) for ‘martyrs’ who died in the new coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half-mast...
Britain set for long lockdown as death toll rises to 4,313
Britain is unlikely to lift its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May, once the spread of the coronavirus has started to slow, a...
UK coronavirus death toll rises to 4,313, up 20% on day earlier
The United Kingdom’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 20% to 4,313 at 1600 GMT on April 3, the health ministry said....
Austrian coronavirus infection growth slows significantly: health ministry
Austria’s daily growth of COVID-19 infections has decreased to a single digit percentage range from 40 percent three weeks ago as restrictions on people’s movement...
Spain to extend state of emergency to April 26, rise in infections slows
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 more days until April 26 as the daily pace of new...
At least I can be Wimbledon champion for two years, says Halep
Simon Halep is trying to look on the bright side regarding the suspension of the tennis season due to the coronavirus pandemic, which means at...
China’s Wuhan marks quiet Tomb-Sweeping Festival
Coronavirus has changed China’s Tomb-Sweeping Festival this year, above all in Wuhan. Usually millions of families travel to tend ancestral graves, but on Saturday (April...
Saudi authorities lock down several Jeddah neighborhoods
Saudi authorities announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighborhoods of the Red Sea city of Jeddah, starting on Saturday, as part of...
Man armed with knife kills two in attacks in southeast France – mayor
A man armed with a knife attacked people out shopping in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isère on Saturday, killing two and wounding four, the...