ZURICH (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor announced major restrictions on movement in public places on Sunday, urging Austrians to self-isolate, banning gatherings of more than five persons and putting further limits on who can enter the
Read moreItalian journalist accuses Germany of coronavirus cover-up: ‘Shame on you!’
On Wednesday, Italy imposed sweeping nationwide restrictions on travel and public life, in a desperate attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak that looks set to plunge the world’s eighth largest economy into a steep recession.
Read moreRugby: Brumbies hammer Waratahs, Crusaders rout Sunwolves before Super shutdown
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – ACT Brumbies ran in seven tries to trounce the New South Wales Waratahs 47-14 on Sunday in the final match before Super Rugby joined much of the rest of the sporting world
Read moreChina tightens quarantine, airport checks as imported coronavirus cases tick up
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has tightened checks on international travelers at Beijing airport and said it will centrally quarantine all arrivals at its capital, after new imported coronavirus cases surpassed locally transmitted infections for a
Read moreGermany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have
Read moreCoronavirus: UK in ‘far worse’ position than most of Europe on key equipment
A decade of under-funding in key equipment to tackle coronavirus has left Britain in a “far worse” starting position than most of Europe, the government has been warned. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the British
Read moreMMA: Charles Oliveira wins in eerie silence as UFC Brasilia defies coronavirus fears
(REUTERS) – The sporting calendar took a serious beating this week with few events surviving the world’s battle to contain the coronavirus, and even though Saturday’s UFC mixed martial arts event in Brazil still went
Read moreMadeleine McCann hunt offered police ‘super recognisers’ to find missing girl
A former top cop has offered to track down Madeleine McCann using a specialist team of facial “super recognisers” – but his requests have been ignored, Daily Star Online can reveal. Ex-chief inspector Mick Neville,
Read moreSpain coronavirus ban: Travel stopped as cases soar across Europe
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe urged people to work from home and only go out to restock supplies and vote in weekend local elections. The 47 million in Spain will be told to stay at
Read moreUPDATE 1-Bank of Israel launches QE measures to ease market volatility
(Adds details, central bank governor quote) JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel said on Sunday it would carry out a series of quantitative easing measures for the first time since the global
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