Reading Time: 2 minutes The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 60 million on Wednesday, with the pace of new infections accelerating and the United States reporting record numbers of hospitalizations, according to a Reuters tally. Officials in the United States, the worst-affected country in the world, urged Americans to stay home for
Reading Time: < 1 minute At least 40 people died in Brazil on Wednesday after a crash between a bus and a truck in the state of Sao Paulo, the fire service said. Local TV images showed an eviscerated bus near the city of Taguaí, roughly 350 kilometers (217 miles) west from state capital Sao Paulo. The fire service said 37 people died at the scene and
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on Germany not to link the European Union’s budget to the upholding of rule of law in the bloc, saying that asking him to back such a link was tantamount to asking for his “suicide”. Last week, Hungary and Poland vetoed proposals that would make it possible for countries that
Reading Time: 3 minutes Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections approached 60 million on Wednesday and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving. The holiday weekend is expected to fuel a surge of infections in the United States, which leads
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pope Francis remembers soccer legend and fellow Argentine Diego Maradona with affection and is keeping him in his prayers, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Maradona, who died on Wednesday at his home in Argentina after a heart attack, met the pope several times at the Vatican after Francis was elected in 2013 as Latin America’s
Reading Time: 2 minutes News of his death on Wednesday ricocheted around the city’s narrow alleyways, drawing crowds into the streets to mourn the passing of the Argentine star who decades earlier had turned their beloved Napoli soccer team into national champions. Naples is meant to be under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but in
The funeral has taken place of Professor Olivier Friggieri who died last Saturday.