Coronavirus has plunged the UK into its worst recession on record. The economy shrunk by more than 20-percent between April and June – a slump the government says is unprecedented. It means the UK is second only...
Coronavirus: What is a recession? – BBC News
Experts think that many countries, including the UK and the US, are facing one of the worst recessions seen on record because of the coronavirus pandemic. BBC Business reporter Lora Jones explains what exactly the term...
Landslide due to flooding may have derailed train in Scotland killing 3 people – BBC News
Three people have died after a passenger train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire and caught fire. Six others were taken to hospital. The train’s driver and the conductor along with a passenger were killed...
Coronavirus vaccine update: The global race is on | COVID-19 Special
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t slowing down, and there is only one hope to end it: a vaccine. But news of Russia granting regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine has been received with skepticism by leading health...
Music, dance and no masks: Good times return to former virus epicentre Wuhan
Music festivals, crowded streets and packed shops and restaurants… These scenes would have been unimaginable in Wuhan just a few months ago. But after enduring one of the world’s toughest lockdowns, good times are...
Champion’s League football: PSG takes on Atalanta in first game of “final eight”
Four months behind schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Champions League has reached the quarter-final stage with Paris Saint-Germain taking on outsiders Atalanta in Lisbon on Wednesday in the first game of...
Azerbaijani-Israelis rally against Armenian aggression
Azerbaijani-Israelis rally in response to the latest Armenian provocation against Azerbaijan.