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Students arrive at the 'Friedensburg Oberschule' school for the first day at school after the summer vacations during the new coronavirus outbreak in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

Coronavirus cases reported at 41 schools in Berlin

The reopening of schools and the possible risk of new virus clusters building up has been an issue that’s hotly debated in Germany

21 Aug 2020 3:26 PM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

Russian doctors refuse Navalny's transfer to Germany

Navalny remains in a coma in intensive care after a suspected poisoning his allies link to his political activity

21 Aug 2020 1:13 PM

Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, along with the RDIF. The vaccine has not been tested in Phase 3 or larger clinical trials. (Representational Image: AP)

Russia looking for partnership with India for producing COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V: RDIF CEO

The vaccine, named Sputnik V, has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, along with the RDIF

21 Aug 2020 8:54 AM

Once officers came in, they put him on a bed and forcefully restricted his movements, with one officer sitting on him for a long time. Another officer made an apparent Nazi salute during the incident. (Representational Image: AFP)

Outrage in Belgium as video reveals police violence on custodial death victim

The issue, which happened in 2018, has gained extra prominence after the death of George Floyd in US' Minneapolis

20 Aug 2020 3:58 PM

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (AP File Photo)

Germany's Merkel hosts Greta Thunberg for talks on climate crisis

The meeting comes exactly two years after Thunberg started to strike outside Swedish parliament to call attention to climate crisis

20 Aug 2020 3:14 PM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AP File Image)

Russian opposition figure Navalny in coma after poisoning

Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption has been exposing graft among government officials, including some at the highest level

20 Aug 2020 12:42 PM

Belarusian opposition supporters rally in the center of Minsk, Belarus. European Union leaders are putting on a show of support for people protesting in Belarus. — AP photo

EU leaders to build pressure on Belarus president

The EU believes that the results of the Aug. 9 polls, which handed President Lukashenko his sixth term was falsified

19 Aug 2020 3:52 PM

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, second right, argues with a worker of the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant in Minsk, Belarus. — AP photo

Belarus crisis: I'm not a saint, says Lukashenko

He made the offer, which he insisted would not be delivered on while he was under pressure from protesters

18 Aug 2020 1:11 PM

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses his supporters gathered at Independent Square of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. (AP)

Belarus protesters hold 'historic' rally as Lukashenko vows to stay on

Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, is facing an unprecedented challenge to his leadership

17 Aug 2020 9:45 AM

A protester holds a sign reading "Violence remains violence despite the mask!" during a demonstration on the contested elections in Belarus in Berlin. (AFP)

Belarus leader says Putin offers help as pressure builds

Russia is Belarus's closest ally and the countries have formed a "union state" linking their economies and militaries

16 Aug 2020 11:28 AM

People with old Belarusian National flags lay flowers as they gather at the place where Alexander Taraikovsky died amid the clashes protesting the election results, during his civil funeral in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Several thousand gather in Belarus capital for new protest

A large crowd had formed in the capital in honour of a protester who died there during this week's police crackdown on demonstrators

15 Aug 2020 5:17 PM

People queue to check-in at the Biarritz airport, southwestern France. (AP)

Holidaymakers rush home as second coronavirus wave threatens Europe

France and the Netherlands were removed from a list of quarantine-exempt countries on Friday

15 Aug 2020 1:56 PM

An employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Russian doctors wary of rapidly approved COVID-19 vaccine: Survey

The vaccine, named ‘Sputnik V’, is yet to complete its final trials and some fear Moscow may be putting national prestige before safety

15 Aug 2020 8:53 AM

A statue wears a mask along Trocadero square close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (AP)

Paris is 'red' high-risk COVID zone again

The measure follows a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks

14 Aug 2020 4:39 PM

A woman wearing a face mask holds the former white-red-white flag of Belarus during a protest rally against police violence during recent rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in Minsk. (AFP)

'They beat everyone': Belarus releases protesters as EU weighs sanctions

At least two protesters have died and around 6,700 were detained this week in the crackdown, which followed Lukashenko's re-election win

14 Aug 2020 3:16 PM

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. (AP)

People should not fear spread of COVID-19 in food, packaging: WHO

China had said they found traces of coronavirus in imported frozen meat from Brazil and on outer packaging of frozen Ecuadorian shrimp

14 Aug 2020 10:26 AM

A Spanish NGO Open Arms volunteer takes a swab to test a man for COVID-19, at Vilafranca del Penedes in the Barcelona province, Spain. (AP)

Experts warn Spain is losing the 2nd round in virus fight

Spain is struggling more than its neighbours even after western Europe had won control over the pandemic

13 Aug 2020 3:50 PM

Police detain an opposition supporter protesting the election results as protesters encounter aggressive police tactics in the capital of Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Thousands stage flower protest in Belarus as EU weighs sanctions

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the detention of 6,000 people, 'including bystanders, as well as minors'

13 Aug 2020 10:36 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. (PTI Photo)

Russia has developed coronavirus vaccine, claims Putin, says his daughter received dose

Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated

11 Aug 2020 3:43 PM

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP)

Belarus' leader wins sixth term with over 80% of votes

Human rights group says over 100 protesters are detained, who claim the elections are rigged

10 Aug 2020 1:52 PM

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