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Spain has seen its daily number of coronavirus deaths fall for a fourth consecutive day, bolstering hopes the country is passing the outbreak’s peak. Monday’s increase of 637 deaths means more than 13,000 have died in total. Spain’s population has been living under severe restrictions for more than three weeks, …

Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. Two blazes erupted Saturday in the zone around Chernobyl that was sealed after the 1986 explosion at the plant. Firefighters said they have managed …

A man in central Russia has shot and killed five people for talking noisily at night under his windows, investigators said Sunday. The shootings took place in the Ryazan region during stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. A 32-year-old man from the small town of Yelatma …

A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday, killing two people and wounding others, prosecutors said. The anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press the attack took place at 11 a.m. in a commercial …

Italy’s national lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus will probably continue beyond the start of May, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the Civil Protection Agency, said on Friday. The government extended the lockdown this week. Severe restrictions were imposed on movement and all services and firms not deemed …

European stock markets sank on Friday, erasing meager gains for the week, as more companies flagged a hit to business from the coronavirus pandemic while oil prices extended their previous day’s gains on hopes of a global supply cut. With virus-fighting lockdowns raising the risk of a prolonged global downturn, …

Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses, asserts some hospitals in London have become inundated with a “continuous tsunami” of coronavirus patients and are likely to be overwhelmed within days. Despite hospitals having expanded critical care capacity between five and sevenfold in the last weeks, …

Police in Andorra has performed the ‘Baby Shark’ dance on a street as thanks to locals for following social distancing rules and staying home during a coronavirus lockdown. Footage of officers playing the popular children’s song loudly from their vehicle and dancing in the parish of Escaldes-Engordany has amused many …

Greeks are celebrating Independence Day indoors, without the usual parades and rallies due to the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of the usual parade by schoolchildren and the annual military parade, this year military aircraft flew over the country to mark the day.

UEFA has decided to postpone the Champions League and the Europa League finals due to the ongoing health crisis across the continent. The European Football governing body said in a statement that it has formally taken the decision to postpone the club finals, originally scheduled for May 2020. It added …

Spanish authorities expect the so-called “peak” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country to happen as soon as Wednesday. Enrique Ruiz Escudero, a senior health official of Madrid’s Regional Government, told radio COPE on Monday that the number of cases in the country is expected to begin decreasing by the …

People in the Bavarian town of Bamberg stood on their rooftops and opened their windows to sing Bella Ciao, an Italian resistance song, in solidarity with Italy where the death toll from the Covid-19 outbreak continues to rise

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in an interview that the European Union must use “the full firepower” of its 500 billion euro ($534.10 billion) rescue fund to confront Europe’s economic crisis during the coronavirus outbreak. The Italian Prime Minister told the Financial Times newspaper that monetary policy alone is …

Italians took to social media to show the upsurge in marine life as Venice’s canals are clear of boats amid the coronavirus outbreak. As nonessential businesses in Italy come to a halt, the canals of Venice were cleared of the usual boat traffic, allowing Italians to see dolphins, fish, and …

Up to 20,000 British military service personnel will be put on standby to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak, the defense ministry said on Thursday. The number represented a doubling of service personnel who are on standby.

An official from the World Health Organization, the body leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said on Tuesday that two staff members have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus. The cases are the first at the Geneva-based organization and follow a confirmed case at the U.N. …

Spain’s King Felipe VI has distanced himself from his father, a former monarch who has been hit by allegations of financial irregularity. Felipe renounced his personal inheritance from his father and stripped the former King Juan Carlos 1 of his annual stipend on Sunday. A statement by the Royal House …

Russian MPs have given a final nod to a package of constitutional amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin which include giving broader powers to the parliament and tightening background checks on top officials. During the third and final reading on Wednesday, the State Duma passed the bill amending Russia’s basic …

Greece will transfer migrants who arrived on its territory illegally after March 1 to the northern city of Serres and plans to deport back to their own countries, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said late on Wednesday. Thousands of migrants have made for Greece since Ankara said on Feb. 28 …

A high-speed TGV train running between Strasbourg in eastern France and Paris derailed on Thursday, injuring 20 people including one seriously, local officials said. A spokesperson for the SNCF said: “As far as we know, there are no serious injuries among passengers.” Other trains were being re-routed and there was …