The British government on Friday said no exemption has been granted to French travellers arriving in the UK from proposed new two-week quarantine rules. In an apparent step back from a previous position -- announced at the weekend -- London said there was no "French exemption"....

 French health authorities reported 104 new coronavirus deaths Friday, or a slowing increase of 0.4%, bringing the total to 27,529, still the fourth-highest in the world. In a statement, the ministry added the number of confirmed cases had risen to 141,919, up from 141,356 Thursday,...

Despite the deadlock in post-Brexit EU trade talks and the disruption of coronavirus, London still refuses to consider delaying a December deadline -- and the outbreak may even have toughened its stance. When Britain left the European Union in January, both sides agreed to a standstill...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday rejected German Chancellor Angela Merkel's accusations that Russian hackers had spied on her. "Five years have passed. Not a single concrete fact has been provided," Lavrov said in a live interview with Russia's RBK media group.