WHO declares international emergency over novel coronavirus
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly novel coronavirus from…
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Europe
600 Europeans seeking to leave China amid virus: EU
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Nearly 600 European citizens in China want to be repatriated because of the coronavirus epidemic, the…
5 years ago
Airlines halt, reduce China flights
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A number of airlines say they are halting or reducing flights to China as the country…
5 years ago
Five people in France confirmed to have coronavirus
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The daughter of a Chinese tourist who is seriously ill in a Paris hospital has become…
5 years ago
Germany confirms first human transmission of China virus; first human-to-human transmission in Europe
A German man who contracted the novel strain of coronavirus was infected by a colleague visiting from China, officials…
5 years ago
UK fishermen angling for big catch post Brexit
NORTH SHIELDS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Roland JACKSON / William EDWARDS Just before dawn, the Good Fellowship trawler casts its…
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Icelandic volcano swell signals potential eruption
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) -- Small earthquakes and a so-called "inflation" of the mountain, signaling a potential volcanic eruption, have been…
5 years ago
WHO says still probing if Chinese virus can spread before symptoms
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Monday it remained unclear if the deadly coronavirus spreading in China…
5 years ago
Just in: First coronavirus case confirmed in Germany by Bavarian health ministry
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Health authorities in Germany's southern Bavarian region have confirmed the country's first case of the deadly…
5 years ago
Death toll from Storm Gloria in Spain rises to 13
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The death toll from a violent storm that wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain's eastern…
5 years ago
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