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Shanghai reported one new imported COVID-19 case and no increase in domestically transmitted cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday. The imported case was a Chinese national who departed from Mexico on July […]

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he will ask the former special counsel tasked with investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to testify before the panel on the […]

Georgia confirmed five new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing its total tally to 986. All the five new cases are imported, the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) said. As of Sunday, […]

Armenia on Sunday reported 577 new COVID-19 cases in the last day, bringing its total to 31,969, according to the National Center for Disease Control. Data from the center showed that 214 more patients have […]

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveiled a simplification plan on Tuesday aimed at bringing the country quickly out of the coronavirus emergency through massive infrastructure spending, among other measures. In a televised press conference, Conte […]

A British serial rape suspect, who has evaded justice for more than a decade, is charged with murdering one of his victims in 2009, local media reported Tuesday. Aman Vyas, 35, is accused of rape […]

London mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday welcomed the British government’s 1.57-billion-pound (1.96-billion-U.S. dollar) rescue package for the cultural and creative sector hit heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic. National museums and galleries in London, as well […]

The number of people who live on the government income support in Ireland due to the loss of their jobs in the COVID-19 crisis has fallen to 412,900, according to the Department of Employment Affairs […]

Italy registered 208 new coronavirus cases on Monday, showing a trend slightly upward, according to the latest data by the Health Ministry. Overall, the total assessed cases in the country were 241,819 against 241,611 on […]

The prime ministers of Portugal and Spain met here on Monday and called on the European Union (EU) member states to reach a deal on the bloc’s 750-billion-euro (840 billion U.S. dollars) recovery plan by […]