Apr 30 Europe’s employment aid keeps jobs from vanishing — for now By Masha Macpherson, David McHugh, Associated Press Government programs are keeping hard-hit businesses across Europe afloat, preventing millions of workers from losing their jobs and income for now, and thousands of bosses from seeing their trained staff scatter. Continue reading
Apr 19 More than 1 million European cases of virus By Associated Press According to the tally, Europe accounts for almost half the global case load and more than half the total deaths. Continue reading
Apr 03 Cuomo to sign order allowing for ventilators to be taken from private companies By Marina Villeneuve, John Leicester, Aritz Parra, Associated Press With coronavirus deaths climbing rapidly in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to take ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them. Continue reading
Mar 24 UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe and U.S. By David Rising, Chris Blake, Associated Press Overnight reporting showed 85% of the new cases are being reported in Europe and the United States, said Dr. Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman. Continue reading
Mar 14 Spain to follow Italy into lockdown as virus cases soar By Joseph Wilson, Geir Moulson, Associated Press Spain is set to follow Italy on Saturday in declaring a far-reaching nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Spain's decision Saturday came as European countries took ever more severe, though widely varying, measures to reduce… Continue reading
Mar 11 Trump announces U.S. suspending all travel from Europe to combat virus By Molly Finnegan President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation on Wednesday that the United States will suspend all travel from Europe to the U.S. for the next 30 days, effective at midnight. Continue reading
Mar 01 Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at borders By Costas Kantouris, Andrew Wilks, Associated Press Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. In Syria, Turkish troops shot down two… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 4:53 News Wrap: Turkish, Syrian forces clash again in Idlib province In our news wrap Monday, Turkish and Syrian forces clashed in northwestern Syria for the second time in two weeks. As Turkish trucks rumbled into Idlib province, officials in Ankara warned Syria’s Assad regime to pull back. Also, U.S. Senate… Continue watching
Feb 09 Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel By Sheila Norman-Culp, Associated Press Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Continue reading
Feb 02 Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. Continue reading