Walk-through sanitising booth sprays South African commuters
Commuters squinted as they streamed into a bus station in the South African township of Soweto on a bright Thursday, but not because of the glare – they were being sprayed with a solution meant to fight the coronavirus.
Antibody test approval is an ‘important breakthrough’: UK PM’s spokesman
Britain’s approval of a COVID-19 antibody test is an “important breakthrough” and might lead to Britons being able to use health certificates if antibodies are present, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
UK COVID-19 death toll rises by 428 to 33,614
The COVID-19 death toll in the United Kingdom rose by 428 to 33,614, health officials said on Thursday.
Serbia pins hopes of post-coronavirus tourism revival on Chinese
Serbia is pinning its hopes of a tourism revival on Chinese visitors as it emerges from its coronavirus lockdown.
Pandemic hampers Philippines mass evacuation as typhoon hits
The coronavirus pandemic is complicating Philippine efforts to move hundreds of thousands of people into evacuation centres where social distancing is hard to enforce as a strong typhoon pummeled through its eastern provinces.
On your bike: Parisians hit cycling lanes to evade virus
Parisians are rushing to buy new bicycles or hauling old ones to the repair shop in an attempt to avoid crowded buses and metro trains and minimise the risk of coronavirus infection.
We will not give up our independence to EU, UK cabinet agrees
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top team of ministers agreed on Thursday that Britain will not give up its rights as an independent state by bending to the demands of the European Union in its talks on a future relationship.
Hungary could end emergency powers in late June: top Orban aide
Indefinite emergency powers obtained by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to fight the coronavirus crisis could be retracted in late June depending on the evolution of the pandemic, his chief of staff said on Thursday.
Palestinians look to a digital future to connect with their past
(This May 14 story has been refiled with tweaked wording in paragraph 2 to make clear not all Palestinians marking Nakba were uprooted in 1948)
Malaysia to recover $107.3 mln after settling 1MDB case against ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer
Prosecutors dropped money-laundering charges against Riza Aziz – a Hollywood producer and the stepson of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak – on Thursday after a deal that officials said included the recovery of $107.3 million of overseas ass…
