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Today Europe’s COVID-19 death toll has passed 100,000. As of Sunday, April 19, the continent has had more than 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to The European Center for Disease Control.  Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom are by far the countries that have reported most deaths. However, signs of relative improvement […]

A scientist works in the lab o at Tsinghua University’s Research Center for Public Health in Beijing, China, March 30, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Scientists are now aware that the novel coronavirus is changing its genetic makeup slightly, but the rate of mutation is slow and no evidence of a change in the virus’s biology has been […]

People watch a concert from their windoes in the San Basilio suburbs of Rome on Saturday. Photo: AFP As the official number of new coronavirus infections continues to slow, Italy is still debating cautious steps out of a lockdown that has left an estimated half of the working population seeking government support. Italy’s official daily […]

Several hundred people attend a “Stand for Freedom” rally against – and in violation of – a stay-at-home locidown order in Boise, Idaho, Friday, April 17, 2020.   –   Copyright  Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman via AP US governors eager to rescue their economies and feeling heat from President Donald Trump are moving to ease restrictions meant to control the spread […]

Britain’s Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick gives updates on the Covid-19 situation in the UK – Downing Street, London, April 18, 2020   –   Copyright  PIPPA FOWLES / 10 DOWNING STREET / As of Saturday, April 18, the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded globally is more than 2.1 million, with more than 153,000 deaths. Europe […]

  Iranian officials have argued the economy must start reopening if it is to survive diminishing oil and tax revenues coupled with US sanctions. ATTA KENARE AFP Iran allowed some businesses in the capital, Tehran, and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. […]

M Police at scene of crime Image: ANDREW KASUKU Police are holding 18 Somali Muslim ladies among them six US nationals after a raid at Madrasa at Mackinnon Road, Kwale county. Acting on a tip of by an insider, police from Taru police Station assisted by GSU officers from Mackinnon Road raided Madrasa Al Banat and arrested […]

A military report said the fighters were believed to be led by Abu Sayyaf commanders Radulan Sahiron and Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, who have been blamed for kidnappings for ransom and beheadings [File: Laurenz Castillo/EPA] Philippine troops have clashed with dozens of Abu Sayyaf armed fighters allied with the ISIL (ISIS) group in the country’s southern […]

After being ousted from a string of towns west of Tripoli Haftar’s militias turned their rage on civilians in the capital. The rocket attacks on Friday caused at least 23 casualties between those dead and wounded. According to the Ambulance and Emergency Service, one person was killed and 11 others were injured, as two shells […]