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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

UK's Boris Johnson claims huge progress in Brexit talks

Johnson took office in July promising to leave the EU next month with or without a deal, but has faced resistance from...

15 Sept 2019 9:35 AM IST

People sunbathe in Ostia beach, near Rome. (AP)

Europeans soak up the sun but travel rules cause confusion

European countries aim to open their borders for European travel in mid-June, but it isn't clear when intercontinental...

25 May 2020 9:47 AM IST

$Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson participates in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains NHS (National Health Service) workers and other frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)$ World

UK confident COVID-19 tracking system will be in place before lockdown...

Health workers have warned that any failure in tracing people with the virus and their contacts would result in a second...

22 May 2020 4:23 PM IST

An Ecuadorian criminalistics police member disinfects the death body of a woman in a street of Quito. (AFP)

Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000

The US had reported more than 85,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, while the Britain and Italy have reported over...

15 May 2020 8:40 AM IST

A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)

Work and exercise restrictions ease in England

The pandemic has killed more than 36,000 people in Britain, according to official statistics

13 May 2020 2:52 PM IST

A medical staff member prepares to collect samples from a woman at a COVID-19 testing centre set up in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AFP)

French coronavirus death toll overtakes Spain's

France now stands as world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy

13 May 2020 11:33 AM IST

Russia on Tuesday reported 10,899 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. (AFP Photo)

Russia reports 10,899 new coronavirus cases, surpasses UK tally

Russia puts the continued daily rise in cases down to widespread testing

12 May 2020 2:41 PM IST

Britains prime minister Boris Johnson. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

No end to lockdown yet: Boris Johnson

Britain has, however, announced a limited easing of restrictions as the death rate and hospital admissions keeps falling

11 May 2020 11:12 AM IST

People wearing face masks walk through an underground shopping area in Seoul. (AFP)

Eased restrictions bring new cases in South Korea, virus fears in...

4 million people have been confirmed infected by the virus so far, and more than 279,000 have died worldwide

10 May 2020 9:57 AM IST

Medical staffers walk in hall leading to the COVID-19 emergency ward of the Santo Spirito hospital, in Rome. (AP)

Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths

Compared to Italy, only United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus

9 May 2020 3:43 PM IST

Clinical staff wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as they care for a patient at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. (AFP)

UK overtakes Italy, reports highest coronavirus death toll in Europe

Only the United States, with a population nearly five times greater, has suffered more confirmed fatalities from the...

6 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

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Sikh doctors in UK complain about forced beard shaving

Sikh Doctors Association reports of at least five Sikhs being moved out of their usual shifts at the NHS hospitals

4 May 2020 3:52 PM IST