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United Kingdom

Goats on Zoom: UK farm finds new income by livening up video calls

Video meetings? Meh. One English farm takes Zoombombing to a new level: hiring out goats to make surprise appearances on conference calls.

World News

How are masks and lockdowns affecting early child development?

In a world that seems to keep going in and out of lockdown, and where faces are increasingly covered up with masks, how are babies and young children adapting? Euronews asked an expert in child development at Oxford University’s BabyLab.

Germany

Face masks: What's the difference between a cloth one and an FFP2?

As authorities in southern Germany and in Austria make FFP2 masks mandatory on public transport and in shops, we ask an expert what difference these masks make.

Germany

Bavaria makes FFP2 masks mandatory in shops and public transport

Starting next week, Austria will introduce a similar rule nationwide.

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USA

'This was four years in the making': Trump blamed for US violence

Political scientists say US President Trump's incendiary rhetoric has riled up right-wing voters in a way that will deeply affect the Republican Party for years.

United Kingdom

English boy raises money for charity by camping out in his garden

Since March, an 11-year-old boy in England has been sleeping out in his garden for a charitable cause, raising over €100,000 for a local hospice.

World News

Lockdown, social distancing, quarantini: The 2020 pandemic lexicon

From talk of flattening the curve to doomscrolling: how the coronavirus pandemic hijacked our vocabulary.

United Kingdom

‘Like a grenade has gone off’: how some people suffer 'long COVID'

When he first developed symptoms of COVID-19 in March, Professor Paul Garner expected to develop only a mild form of the disease. "But it absolutely floored me," he told Euronews.

World News

UN chief warns over threat of new Cold War between US and China

It came as Donald Trump used the virtual UN meeting to attack China over the emergence of coronavirus. China hit back at what it called "a political virus" and said Trump's accusations were "baseless".

World News

Calls to protect nurses who are 'still in the eye of this pandemic'

According to a new report, more than 1,000 nurses have died from the disease worldwide. They account for around 10 per cent of infections.

Belarus

'The regime is in agony': Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko

"Our demonstrations are working and our strikes are working (...) The fact that they are kidnapping people shows that they feel fear and don't know what to do," Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews.

World News

Adjusting to masks: How our brains are seeking new cues to read faces

Why are we suddenly struggling to communicate with this new accessory on? Did we take for granted just how much information our mouths convey?

World News

Record number of land and environmental activists killed in 2019

On the frontlines of the climate crisis: environmental activists across the world are literally risking their lives to save the planet

United Kingdom

UK signs new deal for 60 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine

The world’s wealthiest countries are pre-ordering hundreds of millions of doses of potential vaccines – but there is no certainty any of them will effectively protect against COVID-19.

World News

Will the COVID-19 crisis be a long-term boost for domestic travel?

The coronavirus pandemic has spooked most European travellers into staying put this summer or exploring their own countries. How long might this last?

World

Face masks vs scarves: Why proper face coverings are important

A health expert used a box of matches to show us the varying efficacy of face coverings in the fight against COVID-19.

Spain

Barcelona's hospitals coping despite COVID-19 rebound, says doctor

A hospital doctor just outside Barcelona says the rise in coronavirus infections across the region is worrying, but the health system is coping well.

Spain

Spain local lockdown measures ‘helping keep people alert’

Countries preparing for a second wave of coronavirus infections have a lot to learn from what is happening in Spain, a public health expert tells Euronews.

World News

EU marathon summit turning into a ‘fight over sovereignty’

"You have to intrude into national politics when you have joint money, and that's what's really at stake," says German economist Guntram Wolff.

Spain

Pamplona bull-running festival scrapped for first time in decades

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Spanish city to cancel its iconic – and booze-fuelled – bull runs.

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