A lesson from France? 1.4m French pupils return to school with safety masks, one-way lanes and a vow to close the instant anyone tests positive – but militant British unions issue a 22-page checklist of demands before agreeing to send teachers back to work France seen only 70 cases in 40,000 schools and nurseries over […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Marcel Fratzscher, a former senior manager at the ECB who is now president of the German Institute for Economic Research – commonly known as – DIW Berlin – said Brussels ignored the […]

Bodies of two women are discovered at the bottom of 160ft cliffs near seaside town of Peacehaven in East Sussex Police said the two women that were found have not yet been formally identified Lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter scrambled to the cliffs near Peacehaven But the women were declared dead at the scene, according […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The European Commission President has discussed her blueprint for the bloc’s recovery with other EU presidents and prime ministers. In discussions with more than 20 leaders over the weekend, the German set out […]

MADRID/VALENCIA (Reuters) – Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen borders to visitors around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully unwinds, a minister said on Monday, in a much-needed boost for the ravaged travel sector. Madrid last week surprised its European Union partners by imposing a two-week quarantine on all overseas travellers and effectively […]

Shops, bars, cafes and restaurants have reopened in Italy, after more than two months of nationwide lockdown measures. Customers can again sip their morning cappuccino at their favourite bar after restrictions were eased on Monday, providing they stick to COVID-19 social distancing rules. “I haven’t worked for two-and-a-half months. It’s a beautiful, exciting day,” said […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization (WHO) after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday. Xi’s comments, made during a video speech to the World Health Assembly, come as […]

US President Donald Trump says the World Health Organization (WHO) has mismanaged and helped to cover up the spread of the coronavirus after it emerged in China. But the WHO has defended its handling of the early stages of the pandemic. We’ve been looking at some of the charges President Trump has levelled against the […]

A Maryland bar unveiled an innovative solution to help patrons remain socially distant when they fully reopen — inner tubes on wheels. Fish Tales in Ocean City rolled out new “social distancing tables” on Saturday, recording their maiden voyages on Facebook Live. “Only at Fish Tales can you find these special tables for social distancing,” […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Last week, a test to find out whether people have been infected with coronavirus in the past was approved by health officials in England. The antibody test, developed by Swiss pharmaceutical company […]