Artist lights up Italian town with message of hope
Shortly before daybreak on Saturday (May 16) Italian artist Stefano Cagol ignited emergency flares, immersing the Bressanone’s cathedral square, in Italy’s northern Trentino-Alto Adige region,...
WHO chief promises review of coronavirus response, China pledges $2 billion
The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible, and received backing and...
U.S. House chairman alleges Saudi arms sale link to State IG firing
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired because he...
Coronavirus Live Updates: Vaccine Tests Show Early Promise, Drugmaker Says, Rallying Wall Street – The New York Times
Coronavirus Live Updates: Vaccine Tests Show Early Promise, Drugmaker Says, Rallying Wall Street The New York Times Moderna Rallies On Positive Phase 1 Coronavirus Vaccine Data,...
Nigeria to impose ‘precision lockdown’ in coronavirus hotspots: task force head
Nigeria will impose “precision” lockdown measures in areas that report rapid increases in cases of the new coronavirus but it will slow the phased reopening...
Visitors return to European landmarks, but only in miniature
Visitors were back at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London’s Houses of Parliament and the Grand Place in Brussels on Monday, not flouting lockdowns but...
FBI finds evidence linking al Qaeda to 2019 Saudi shooter at Florida naval base: U.S. source
The FBI has found cellphone evidence linking al Qaeda to the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three American sailors and wounded eight people...
Russian prosecutors intervene after some virus bonuses to medics go awry
Prosecutors in Russia said on Monday that they had intervened to force hospitals to pay out coronavirus bonus payments promised by President Vladimir Putin to...
UK expands testing; anyone over five with symptoms now eligible
Britain expanded its testing scheme on Monday to allow anyone aged over five with COVID-19 symptoms to book a test to see if they have...
Start ‘travel bubbles’ for low-risk countries, Heathrow urges UK
Britain should set up “travel bubbles” with low-risk countries to allow the movement of people, instead of bringing in new coronavirus quarantine rules when flights...