South #Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them, officials said on Tuesday, warning of an even bigger crisis if anti-#Covid-19 efforts fail to dampen a...
Coronavirus pandemic: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope
#Moderna Inc’s experimental #vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing #Covid-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second US drugmaker to report results that...
Peru political crisis: Congress chooses third president in a week amid protests
#Peru‘s Congress on Monday chose a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country’s new #president – the third in a rollercoaster week of political upheaval. Francisco Sagasti was...
EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget
With the European Union on the verge of an embarrassing #crisis, Germany on Tuesday urged all member states to put divergences aside in a bid to break a stalemate on the adoption of the bloc’s €1.8 trillion...
Coronavirus pandemic: Austria enters second national lockdown
#Austria will introduce a national #lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to bring its soaring #coronavirus infections under control, Chancellor Sebastian #Kurz said on Saturday, confirming an earlier Reuters report based on a...
French police clear more than 2,000 people from makeshift migrant camp near Paris
French police cleared more than 2,000 people from a makeshift migrant camp in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis near the Stade de France in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Covid-19: Biden warns that ‘more people may die’ if Trump persists in impeding transition
President-elect Joe #Biden said on Monday “more people may die” if outgoing President Donald #Trump continues to block efforts to plan for a #US transition of power as the coronavirus #pandemic worsens, and...