Laughing couples in open restaurants and friends socialising in city parks – Sweden’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic is almost unique in Europe.…
Europe is at war. It’s a war with an invisible enemy, a war our leaders tell us we must all play our part in and yet, despite the fact that we share t…
The coronavirus is changing the way we live our lives. Much of Europe is in lockdown. People are limited in how often they can go outside. They are to…
It is the most difficult of periods for many in Europe. Tens of thousands of people have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected, millions have…
From virtual doctors to sanitizing robots, the UAE has taken innovative steps to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus among its seven emirates. T…
In times of isolation, fear and uncertainty, ten cousins are trying to have a simple equation sweep the world — one letter, one smile. From 14 to 24 y…
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US or a …
Why has Spain had almost 11,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic while Portugal’s death toll barely exceeds 200? Such a disparity in numbers withi…
While most citizens around the world are advised to stay home, there are also those who have to keep going to work, risking their health every day to …
“We modern civilizations, we too know that we are mortal. We had heard tell of whole worlds vanished, of empires foundered with all their men and all …
The head of the United Nations has appealed for “peace at home” as he described a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women, linked…
An artificial intelligence tool is being developed which researchers hope could be used to predict which coronavirus patients will suffer life-threate…
Firefighters in Ukraine are battling to extinguish two forest fires in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power station that have brought…
Testing the public to determine who has already had coronavirus could help governments to determine when to ease lockdown measures and send people bac…
Pope Francis has delivered Palm Sunday Mass behind the closed doors of St Peter’s Basilica to adhere to strict lockdown measures in place. Making a st…
A historic European cycling race made infamous by sections on cobbled streets will be held virtually this year. Thirteen professionals will cycle more…
Italian doctor Luigi Cavanna, a senior oncologist in Piacenza has been fighting the coronavirus by treating patients at home. Cavanna, who is based in…
This is not the way that Briton Nadene Ghouri had planned to spend the first six weeks of motherhood. Holed up in an apartment in central Kyiv, Ghouri…
A deadly pandemic rages across the United States. Hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed, as new laws restrict movement and confine people to their hom…
The pace of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak means information is changing all the time. Here is the latest data on infection hotspots and deaths fro…
As schools and kindergartens are closed across Europe due to lockdowns to prevent coronavirus, many parents have been forced to navigate staying at ho…
As COVID-19 lockdowns continue to be extended across Europe, the continent’s cities are looking alien to art lovers. Amid social distancing, cultural …
In the deep waters of Dibba Bay, in the northern emirate of Fujairah, clusters of mollusks hang like lanterns across 100-metre lines. This is seafarin…
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”, has died from heart complications aged 81, his family has announced. The three-…
The English Premier League will not resume at the beginning of May and has been suspended indefinitely amid the coronavirus pandemic. Football in the …
