World Mar 27 UK’s Boris Johnson tests positive for virus, deaths soar in Spain British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, while the number of infections in the United States surged to the most in the world and Spain announced a record number of virus deaths overnight.
Health Mar 24 UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe and U.S. Overnight reporting showed 85% of the new cases are being reported in Europe and the United States, said Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman.
World Mar 19 On COVID-19, Wuhan offers hope as Italy nears stark death toll The Chinese city of Wuhan reported no new homegrown infections, but Italy appeared set to surpass China's death toll from the virus.
Economy Mar 18 Trump invokes emergency authority; Big 3 automakers closing President Donald Trump moved to invoke a federal law that allows the government to marshal the private sector to deal with the coronavirus epidemic with word that Detroit's Big Three automakers agreed to shut down all their factories to protect…
World Mar 03 Iran nearly triples stockpile of enriched uranium, violating 2015 nuclear deal The current stockpile puts Iran within reach of the amount needed to produce a nuclear weapon, which it insists it does not want to do.
World Feb 24 Car hits crowd at Carnival in German town, injuring dozens “We are working on the assumption that it was a deliberate act,” police spokesman Henning Hinn said, but added that further details of the driver's motives weren't yet known.
World Feb 19 German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people Authorities say a 43-year-old German who posted a rant calling for the "complete extermination" of various races and cultures shot and killed nine people, most of them Turkish.
World Feb 14 Jewish leaders seek better policing of online hate speech Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt said online radicalization was giving rise not only to more anti-Semitic incidents, but also hate crimes directed at Muslims and others.
World Jan 14 EU triggers Iran nuclear deal dispute mechanism The action paves the way for possible sanctions in response to Tehran’s attempts to roll back parts of the nuclear deal.
World Nov 25 Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewel sets from museum in Dresden, Germany Authorities said it appeared the thieves had broken open only one glass case containing three sets of Baroque jewelry made up of dozens of gems each.