Europe

A new wave of lockdowns and business closings is sweeping across France, Germany and other places in Europe as surging coronavirus infections there and in the U.S. wipe out months of progress against the scourge on two continents.

A resurgence in coronavirus cases in Europe is darkening the prospects for the economy just as it was emerging from its sharpest recession in modern history

A ‘full blown’ second wave is sweeping across European countries and capitols, with places like Italy recording the highest single day spike since March, France setting an all-time high for new cases this weekend and Spanish capital Madrid in a state of emergency. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the UK, said cases had “quadrupled.”

Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started

Political pressure is growing in Europe for governments to tackle the rising number of coronavirus case without resorting to a spring-style lockdown that would hit the continent’s struggling economies

France and Spain are now seeing more new cases every day than they did when the virus originally peaked in the spring. Israel on Friday entered a second nationwide lockdown, shuttering restaurants, hotels, gyms and more, amid soaring new cases and as the Jewish High Holiday season begins. While epidemiologists expected autumn to be worse, the rapid resurgence comes ahead...

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The European Union reopened its borders on Tuesday for tourists from a list of 14 approved countries. The United States was excluded from the list of approved countries as U.S. states battle a spike of coronavirus.

Europe is taking a big step toward a new normality as many countries open up their borders to fellow Europeans after three months of coronavirus closures . But even though Europeans love their summer vacations, it’s not clear how many are ready to use their rediscovered freedom to travel.

Prosecutors have questioned Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte about the lack of a coronavirus lockdown on two towns in northern Italy’s Lombardy region that became one of the hardest-hit areas of the country’s outbreak

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of European cities to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in cities from Asia to Europe, to honor George Floyd and voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement

Germany’s governing parties have agreed on a 130 billion euro ($146 billion) stimulus package meant to help kick-start Europe’s biggest economy, which has taken a heavy hit from the coronavirus pandemic

Tear gas choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires amid growing global outrage over George Floyd’s death in the United States

Frustration and anger could be seen on streets across the country Monday night, the seventh night of protests against police brutality spurred by the death of George Floyd. Terrance Floyd, George’s brother, made an emotional plea for the violence that has marred many of the demonstrations to end.

On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe  are weighing the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a vaccine could take years to develop

The coronavirus pandemic is straining social safety nets all over the world and showing how sharply the U.S. and Europe differ in their approach

With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them, complaining that states are competing against each other for vital equipment in eBay-like bidding wars. “If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save...

Dr. Deborah Birx, a U.S. State Department official working as a coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, told reporters on Thursday that social distancing is the best protection.

The race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified Thursday as the total number of cases worldwide neared 1 million and Spain topped 10,000 deaths.