Italy closes nightclubs as coronavirus cases rise among young
Italy is to shut discos and clubs and make it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in some areas during the night-time in the first reimposition of restrictions as cases Continue Reading
UK household finances worsen in August over job worries
The financial health of British households deteriorated in August at a faster pace than last month, in an unpromising sign for the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey Continue Reading
Virus flareups in Europe lead to club closings, mask orders
PARIS (AP) — New flareups of COVID-19 are disrupting the peak summer vacation season across much of Europe, where authorities in some countries are reimposing restrictions on travelers, closing nightclubs Continue Reading
France Sends Navy to Eastern Mediterranean Amid Turkey-Greece Standoff
President Emmanuel Macron ordered French forces to the Eastern Mediterranean to provide military assistance to Greece, raising the stakes in France’s growing regional confrontation against an increasingly assertive Turkey. France’s Continue Reading
Germany Set for Long Recovery After Initial Bounce, Report Says
Germany’s economy is expected to expand strongly in the third quarter, but is set for a lengthy recovery process, according to a government report published on Friday. Gross domestic product will Continue Reading
Europe Electric-Car Subsidies Have Market Exceeding China Sales
Western Europe’s electric-vehicle sales pulled ahead of China’s last month after countries including Germany and France boosted government subsidies to stimulate demand that had been decimated by the pandemic. The roughly 500,000 Continue Reading
Russia’s Gazprom sees Q2 international gas sales slide 17% to 44.9 Bcm
Russia’s Gazprom saw its international gas sales in the second quarter slide by 17% year on year to 44.9 Bcm, according to an analysis of data published late Aug. 13 Continue Reading
UK records deepest recession among top economies
Britain has suffered the deepest recession among the world’s top economies this year, shrinking by a fifth in the second quarter alone when much of the economy was mothballed as Continue Reading
Coronavirus: Russia calls international concern over vaccine ‘groundless’
Russia’s health minister (l) has rejected widespread scepticism over the vaccine programme Russia has dismissed mounting international concern over the safety of its locally developed Covid-19 vaccine as “absolutely groundless”. Continue Reading
Nearly 6% of people in England may have had COVID-19, researchers say
Nearly 6% of people in England were likely infected with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of infections said on Thursday, millions more people than Continue Reading