Great British lockdown: bread-making frenzy sweeps the UK
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Brits aren’t known for being the best cooks, but as the coronavirus lockdown continues, a baking frenzy has taken hold to such an extent … Read More
Silver lining? Russia’s Cossacks don modified masks against coronavirus
By Maria Vasilyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) – Cossacks and police officers enforcing the coronavirus lockdown in Russia’s western city of Kaliningrad have donned modified face masks that local scientists say can … Read More
Nigerians turn to rabbits for consolation during coronavirus lockdown
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) – Sandra Dozie has a fluffy new friend to keep her company during the long tedious hours of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread … Read More
Ukrainian designer equips doctors for battling coronavirus
By Sergei Karazy KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian fashion designer Ivan Frolov has postponed work on his new collection and is making coveralls for doctors to meet a shortage of protective … Read More
Dutch coronavirus deaths rise to 1,487: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands announced a further 148 deaths linked to the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the country’s total to 1,487. It also confirmed 1,026 new coronavirus cases, taking … Read More
Exclusive: Air France-KLM in talks on multibillion euro state-backed loan package
By Laurence Frost and Anthony Deutsch PARIS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Air France-KLM is in talks with banks to receive up to 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in loans guaranteed by the … Read More
Countries face ‘fights’ over facemasks in China: German health minister
APFELSTAEDT, Germany (Reuters) – Countries’ procurement agents are fighting each other in China for access to the protective equipment that must play a key role in stemming the spread of … Read More
Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but … Read More
Coronavirus forces cancellation of French ‘bac’ exam for first time since Napoleon
PARIS (Reuters) – French high-school school students will not sit the traditional ‘baccalaureat’ (bac) exam this summer due to the coronavirus, the education minister said on Friday, an unprecedented move … Read More
Vietnam’s total coronavirus cases rise to 237, no deaths: health ministry
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s health ministry reported 10 more coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally to 237. More than 73,000 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Vietnam, it … Read More