Tag: Europe

• Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Spanish coronavirus strain has spread across with the second wave in Europe

  

  A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers said, highlighting the role of travel in the pandemic and the need to track mutations.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  Spain becomes first Western Europe to exceed a million coronavirus infections

  

  Spain became the first Western European country to exceed 1 million coronavirus infections on Wednesday (Oct 21), doubling its tally in just six weeks despite a series of increasingly stringent measures to control the second wave.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Latin America becomes the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the somber step of recording over two million infections. The world's worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to a tally based on official data.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  F1 Grand Prix scraps this year the Americas and includes three European races

  

  The Grand’s Prix in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada have been scrapped this year but three races in Europe have been added to the coronavirus-affected season, Formula One said on Friday.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Europe opens consultation sessions on how to combat fake news and ensure free and fair elections

  

  The European Commission will this Wednesday seek input from the public and civic bodies on how to combat fake news and ensure free and fair elections, a move that could lead to new rules targeting social platforms such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  British are the fattest after Malta in Europe, says Johnson who admits he needs to lose weight

  

  The British are far fatter than any other nation in Europe bar the Maltese so there needs to be a debate about how to tackle soaring rates of obesity which cost the country dearly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:28 UTC

  Facebook advertising boycott campaign preparing to expand to major companies in Europe

  

  Organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech. The new chapter comes when PepsiCo had decided to stop advertising on Facebook Inc, according to Fox Business News.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:21 UTC

  World tourism international arrivals collapse 97% during April year on year

  

  World tourism almost stopped in April due to the COVID-19 crisis, with a 97% drop in the number of international arrivals, 180 million less than in the same month of 2019, after a decrease of 55% in March, according to data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 11:05 UTC

  Europe working with US on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization

  

  European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European country said, signalling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to say it would quit.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  European countries easing border controls from Monday

  

  European countries ease some border controls this Monday June 15 after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain's continued closure, a patchwork of restrictions elsewhere and new ways of working mean pre-pandemic levels of travel are a long way off.