Ireland to review 14-day quarantine for travellers on June 18
Ireland’s new regulations requiring incoming travellers to provide the address at which they will self-isolate for 14 days will initially be in effect from May...
Migrants stuck in Hungary can take walks after ‘transit zones’ shut
Pale, thin but in high spirits, Yemeni engineering student Wesam Al-Hadrami emerged from the unlocked gate of a new migrant centre in Hungary on Friday...
Confirmed Pakistan plane crash death toll at 41: airline CEO
At least 41 people are confirmed to have been killed in a plane crash in a residential area of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, Pakistan International...
France – No daily coronavirus death toll, to be updated on May 25
For the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, French health authorities did not report the daily additional deaths linked to the infection,...
UK to introduce quarantine for international arrivals from June 8
Britain will introduce a COVID-19 quarantine for travellers arriving from abroad from June 8, interior minister Priti Patel said on Friday, a measure that airlines...
Factbox: The details of Britain’s impending quarantine scheme
The British government plans to introduce a 14-day quarantine period for almost everyone entering the country from June 8. [nL8N2D417H]...
Nicaragua-Costa Rica coronavirus dispute stalls hundreds of trucks at border
Hundreds of freight trucks were stuck on the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Friday as the two countries remain locked in a squabble...
Exclusive: U.S. plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline
The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates...
Pakistani airliner carrying 99 plunges into Karachi houses
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people on board crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon...
Wall Street flat amid Sino-U.S. tensions, economic uncertainty
U.S. stock indexes moved in a flat-to-low range on Friday as investors gauged Sino-U.S. tensions amid continued uncertainty over the pace of economic recovery from...