2020-04-20

USA

US oil prices plunge below zero amid coronavirus pandemic

Demand for oil has decreased significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.

20/04/2020

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Tourism-reliant Cornwall faces hardship if lockdown lasts into summer

The area is hugely dependent on visitors and faces huge financial hardship if the number of tourists drops this summer.

20/04/2020

World News

Analysis: How should the EU deal with 'totally incompatible' Hungary?

Our political editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks how serious the EU is in its approach to Hungary.

20/04/2020

Israel

Netanyahu and Gantz join forces to form 'emergency' Israeli government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival Benny Gantz have joined forces to create an "emergency" government in the face of coronavirus.

20/04/2020

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Saxony becomes first German state to make masks mandatory

The German city of Dresden began distributing 200,000 face masks on Monday as they became compulsory on trains, buses and in shops in the state of Saxony.

20/04/2020

Austria

Austria begins reopening after 'very early and very harsh' lockdown

Austria's early intervention allowed it to begin lifting lockdown restrictions earlier than other European countries, it's been claimed.

20/04/2020

United Kingdom

More than 140,000 firms in UK apply for job retention scheme

The UK government has been criticised for the lack of personal protective equipment for frontline workers.

20/04/2020

Hungary

'Simply fake': Hungary hits back over criticism of Orban's new powers

Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, insists Orban's new powers will only be related to the 'pandemic situation'.

20/04/2020

World News

Euroviews. The G20’s promise of a debt freeze is not enough for Africa to combat the COVID-19 crisis ǀ View

If the infections continue to rise, Africa’s weak healthcare systems will be immensely overwhelmed and not able to deal with the raging virus.

20/04/2020

Green News

Artificial clouds could save vulnerable coral reef from climate change

Unprecedented coral bleaching in Australia has scientists searching for ways to shade the ocean from the sun’s harmful rays.

20/04/2020

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Face masks distributed via vending machines in Taiwan

Automating the distribution of masks is aimed at reducing the workload of pharmacists and cutting the amount of contact between people.

20/04/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. COVID-19 is opening up new opportunities for fraudsters. Business must act to reduce the risk ǀ View

The situation that has been created by coronavirus will have produced new opportunities for those who commit fraud. And fraud is like a virus: it will spread and cause the maximum amount of harm unless the right precautions are taken.

20/04/2020

Spain

'Move out!' Spanish healthcare workers threatened by neighbours

Healthcare workers in Spain as in other European countries have been receiving threatening notes form their neighbours. They accuse caregivers of spreading the virus and are afraid their presence may mean they could catch COVID-19.

20/04/2020

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Advantage innovation! Tennis players take to roof for practice

These youngsters have come up with a bright way of keeping up their tennis practice!

20/04/2020

France

Life inside French retirement homes amid COVID-19 pandemic

More than 40 per cent of France's 19,000 COVID-19 fatalities have been in retirement homes.

20/04/2020

Germany

Germany eases lockdown restrictions as small shops reopen

Germany is one of the first countries in Europe to begin easing stringent coronavirus lockdown measures after a campaign of widespread testing.

20/04/2020

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso officers killed 31 unarmed detainees, says HRW

The victims, all from the nomadic Muslim Peuhl or Fulani community, were reportedly killed within hours of being arrested in the northern town of Djibo on April 9, HRW said in a statement.

20/04/2020

China

Viruses: an intimate 'enemy', yet essential for life on Earth

Science is just beginning to discover the essential role of viruses for biodiversity, the evolution of species - starting with our own- and even on climate regulation.

20/04/2020

United Kingdom

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle tell tabloids: 'We won't engage with you'

"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement," Harry and Meghan have told Britain's The Daily Mail, The Sun, Mirror, and Express.

20/04/2020

USA

COVID-19: US state leaders lambast 'conflicting messages' from Trump

"``To have an American president to encourage people to violate the law, I can't remember any time during my time in America where we have seen such a thing,'' Washington state's Democratic governor, Jay Inslee, has said.

20/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus latest: 'The worst is yet ahead of us,' WHO chief warns

"The worst is yet ahead of us," WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned as some countries prepared to ease lockdown measures.

20/04/2020

Living

Time to end our love affair with bog roll. What’s wrong with a bidet?

Pandemic induced panic-buying has got us all considering toilet paper alternatives in our time of need.

20/04/2020

Canada

Gunman disguised as police officer kills at least 16 in rural Canada

Gunman disguised as police officer kills at least 16 in rural Canada

20/04/2020