Italy on Tuesday reported 162 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 32,169, as Italians adapt to new habits under softer lockdown rules. After two months of closure, retailers, bars, and restaurants reopened their doors on Monday, adopting strict sanitary...

The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll has reached nearly 43,000, underlining the country's status as the worst-hit in Europe and raising more questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the crisis. New figures for England and Wales brought the death toll to at least...

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin returned to work on Tuesday after recovery from coronavirus, according to the government's press service. Mishustin, 54, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30 and hospitalized afterwards in a condition of moderate severity. Last week,...

President Vladimir Putin was forced to intervene personally on Monday in the epidemic sweeping Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan, as local officials described the coronavirus situation as a "catastrophe." For several days now, there have rumours of mounting fatalities and...

Germany and France jointly proposed a 500 billion-euro recovery fund Monday to boost European economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron said the fund would see European Union budget money used to...

Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen borders to visitors around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully unwinds, a minister said Monday, in a much-needed boost for the ravaged travel sector. Madrid last week surprised its European Union partners by imposing a two-week quarantine...

Just one week after a third of French schoolchildren went back to school in an easing of the coronavirus lockdown, there's been a worrying flareup of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools. Some schools were opened last week and a further 150,000 junior high students went back to the...

Tucked away in a Moscow office block, the laboratory could pass unnoticed were it not for the line of people waiting, as Russia rolls out mass testing for coronavirus. While those in line are observing social distancing, they do not have symptoms of coronavirus. They have come to the...

Canada's parliament has gone virtual through the pandemic, assembling MPs across six time zones and giving a rare peek at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bookcase, a deer head and a stifled opposition. Every Tuesday and Thursday over the past month 338 Canadian MPs logged into Zoom from...

Thousands marched in Bosnia on Saturday to protest against a Mass being held to honour Croatia's Nazi collaborators and civilians killed after World War II. The annual service, usually held in Austria at the site of the Croatian regime's last stand, was moved to Sarajevo because of...

Italy's government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one of the world's most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. The government will allow free travel across the country from that same day. Some...

From anger over lockdown measures to a purported vaccine plan by Bill Gates: a growing wave of demonstrations in Germany by conspiracy theorists, extremists and anti-vaxxers has alarmed even Chancellor Angela Merkel. Initially starting as a handful of protesters decrying tough...

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.

France's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 351 to 27,425 on Thursday, the health ministry announced, but the number of patients in hospital and in intensive care units continued to drop. Thursday’s tally marks a significant increase from the 83 deaths reported on Wednesday, owing...

Europe's strongmen leaders want to use the coronavirus pandemic to tighten their grip while touting their prowess in overcoming crises, but their authority risks being badly undermined if the outbreak is mishandled. From Turkey to Russia and other ex-Soviet states such as Belarus, the...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia Wednesday of a hacking campaign that targeted her and many lawmakers in Bundestag. Speaking in parliament during a question and answer session, Merkel said they have “strong evidence” indicating that Russian agencies were behind a 2015...

Russia reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, continuing a grim trend that has seen the country register the world's second-highest number of infections. Health officials reported 10,028 new cases over the last 24 hours, bringing Russia's total number of infections to...