The Swedish government will scrap recommendations against travel to four European countries from Thursday, amid signs that coronavirus infections are falling. Stockholm said it would stop advising against non-necessary travel...
July 29, 2020
US Ambassador Todd Chapman has said that Brazil may face “consequences” if it allows China's Huawei Technologies into its 5G network, referring to US warnings that Beijing fails to protect...
July 29, 2020
A NEW study is signalling road workers, transport drivers, care workers, security guards and farmers, are at particular risk if they become sick with Covid-19.
July 29, 2020
More than 100 people have been warned they have come into close contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case through the contact tracing app.
July 29, 2020
US officials on Wednesday hailed a three-day ceasefire proposed by the Taliban and agreed by Kabul. The Taliban declared that the truce would start on Friday, the first day of...
July 29, 2020
Deutsche Bank has reported a small net profit of 61 million euro (£55.1 million) in the second quarter as cost-cutting and revenue growth outweighed increased loan losses due to the...
July 29, 2020
Portugal said on Wednesday that some member states in the EU had broken a pact to reinstate freedom of movement inside the bloc after coronavirus lockdowns were lifted. “We understand...
July 29, 2020
Russia has rejected accusations it is spreading disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic in the US.
July 29, 2020
The US government has said it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for a programme that shields young people from deportation.
July 29, 2020
A group of asylum seekers, including minors, has been relocated from Greece and Cyprus to Germany and Finland, the EU's asylum coordination agency said Wednesday. The first relocation – of...
July 29, 2020
Visiting restrictions to nursing homes and other residential centres have been relaxed and can now include children for the first time.
July 29, 2020
The US military can help monitor “unprecedented incursions” by Chinese ships around islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan and also claimed by China, the commander of US...
July 29, 2020
Iran has launched underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a mock aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported.
July 29, 2020
Iran has launched underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a mock aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported.
July 29, 2020
Muslims are arriving at Islam's holiest site in Mecca for the start of a unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic.
July 29, 2020
Separatists in Yemen abandoned their declaration of self-rule in the south on Wednesday and pledged to implement a stalled Saudi-brokered peace deal, AFP reports. The move could mend a rift...
July 29, 2020
German police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007 are searching a garden plot on the outskirts of Hannover in northern Germany for a third...
July 29, 2020
The UK wing of Santander managed to keep its head above water even as its Spanish parent took its first loss in its 160-year history.
July 29, 2020
Labour leader Alan Kelly has labelled new rules which would see those in receipt of Covid-19 payment lose their benefits for travelling abroad "disgraceful and discriminatory" against poor people.
July 29, 2020
German police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007 are searching a garden plot on the outskirts of Hannover in northern Germany for a third...
July 29, 2020
Two British women have broken the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by tandem bike.
July 29, 2020
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has said it expects to complete 40% fewer homes in 2020, as it plunged to a £40 million loss for the first half of the year.
July 29, 2020
The closure of borders between European countries as a result of the coronavirus pandemic must be avoided as much as possible, French Junior European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on...
July 29, 2020
Turkey's parliament has approved a law that gives authorities greater power to regulate social media despite growing concerns over censorship.
July 29, 2020
New York's governor has said he is “appalled” by videos showing crowds standing close together at a Hamptons concert featuring electronic music duo The Chainsmokers over the weekend.
July 29, 2020
The 'Big Four' tech CEOs – Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple – are set to answer for their companies' practices...
July 29, 2020
Clothes retailer Next has said the second quarter of the year was much better than it had expected as full-price sales dropped 28%.
July 29, 2020
German police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007 are searching a garden plot on the outskirts of Hannover in northern Germany for a third...
July 29, 2020
Troubled car-maker Aston Martin saw sales drop by half in its global dealerships in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus crisis shut down showrooms.
July 29, 2020
Residents of Tel Aviv have woken up to a pop-up exhibit depicting a life-size statue of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a lavish meal by himself in a mock...
July 29, 2020
Twitter has banned the US president's eldest son from tweeting for 12 hours on Tuesday after he shared false claims about the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment..
July 29, 2020
The four Big Tech CEOs – Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple – are set to answer for their companies' practices...
July 29, 2020
Barclays has taken a further £1.6 billion hit from the coronavirus crisis in the second quarter of the year even as the investment arm of the bank managed to keep...
July 29, 2020
US officials say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.
July 29, 2020
US Attorney General William Barr yesterday fended off attacks in the Democratic-led House of Representatives, denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trump's bidding by intervening in high-profile cases and...
July 29, 2020
A simple blood test for Alzheimer's, capable of spotting the disease 20 years before memory loss and confusion occur, is on the horizon.
July 29, 2020
Malaysia's former leader, Najib Razak, was jailed for 12 years yesterday after being found guilty of corruption.
July 29, 2020
The Wikipedia entry for Meghan Markle was altered days before her relationship with Prince Harry was made public to remove a television game show appearance and change her occupation from...
July 29, 2020
Donald Trump has returned to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment for Covid-19 and challenging the credibility of the nation's leading infectious disease expert.
July 29, 2020
People taller than 6ft have more than double the chance of testing positive with Covid-19, a new survey suggests.
