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Coronavirus: France deaths at 14,400 ahead Macron lockdown speech

Elsewhere in Europe, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital on Sunday.

13 April 2020

Sweden

Is Sweden's COVID-19 strategy working?

The country continues to resist a France-style lockdown, but a spike in deaths in comparison to its Nordic neighbours might force the government's hand.

12 April 2020

World News

Coronavirus: Global death toll passes 110,000 with 1.8 million cases

Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 are now approaching 1.8 million.

12 April 2020

Russia

Moscow shutdown extended as mayor warns: 'things are getting worse'

Sergey Sobyanin says that the number of people in Russia's capital admitted to hospital with COVID-19 has risen from 500 to 1,300 per day.

11 April 2020

World News

Europe's COVID-19 lockdown leaves new families in limbo in Ukraine

Nadene Ghouri's son was born in Kyiv on February 27. They still can't get home.

4 April 2020

World News

US election, COVID-19 and the stark parallels with 1918 flu pandemic

The pandemic has already had a significant impact on the presidential primaries.

4 April 2020

Belarus

'We look like clowns': Belarus carries on as rest of Europe locks down

Alexander Lukashenko has resisted calls to close businesses and impose social distancing, but could this be his 'Chernobyl moment'?

1 April 2020

China

Explainer: What is coronavirus and how is it transmitted?

All you need to know about the pandemic.

31 March 2020

World News

Rain, floods and confused seals: Inside Antarctica's hottest summer

Dana Bergstrom spent this summer - like many others - on the ice. She'd never seen it like this before.

31 March 2020

World News

Coronavirus: 'Europe is in a fight for its life' says Von der Leyen

The Commision President made the comments in the European Parliament on Thursday

26 March 2020

United Kingdom

The UK Coronavirus Act 2020: What's in it?

The new law gives the government sweeping powers to grant more authority to the police and allocate millions in funding for Britain's struggling NHS.

23 March 2020

Japan

Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak

Following discussion between Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe and Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC confirmed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics "must be rescheduled"

23 March 2020

Germany

Angela Merkel: Coronavirus is biggest challenge for Germany since WW2

'It is serious,' Merkel told the nation, 'take it seriously.'

19 March 2020

Israel

'Coronavirus dictatorship': Netanyahu accused of exploiting crisis

Israel's prime minister has successfully shelved his corruption trial and is blocking his rival from forming a government.

19 March 2020

USA

President Donald Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus

The U.S. has confirmed more than 1,200 cases and 33 deaths.

13 March 2020

World News

Revealed: Europe's drugs of choice are cocaine and MDMA

Bad news: Your toilet just ratted you out.

12 March 2020

Switzerland

Coronavirus: What is a pandemic?

Clue: It is worse than an epidemic.

11 March 2020

Egypt

Hosni Mubarak, former ruler of Egypt, dead at 91

Mubarak was overthrown in the 2011 Arab Spring but later acquitted of charges relating to his role in the deaths of anti-government protesters.

25 February 2020

Poland

Amazon series Hunters under fire over Auschwitz 'human chess' scene

The Auschwitz Museum in Poland says that inventing atrocities that didn't happen at the Nazi death camp only encourages Holocaust denial.

24 February 2020

Moldova

Moldova at a crossroads: Igor Dodon on Russia and the future of Europe

'We are not the enemies of Europe'

19 February 2020