Europe
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European Union seals borders for 30 days
Mar 18, 2020 07:47The European Union will ban travellers from outside the bloc for 30 days in an unprecedented move to seal its borders amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Czech PM urges EU to shelve Green Deal amid virus
Mar 17, 2020 08:38The Czech premier, whose country depends on nuclear energy and coal, said the European Union should shelve its landmark green law seeking carbon neutrality as it battles the novel coronavirus.
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Switzerland put on lockdown amid spreading coronavirus
Mar 16, 2020 21:12The Swiss government has declared an “extraordinary situation” over the spreading coronavirus, putting on a ban on all private and public events and closing gathering places.
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US sanctions; destructive virus in international relations
Mar 16, 2020 10:46Deputy Director of Iran's High Council for Human Rights described unilateral US sanctions as a significant example of malicious US viruses in international law and international relations.
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Type of Coronavirus patients in Italy is changing: Official
Mar 16, 2020 08:11Younger people are contracting coronavirus in Italy, according to a health official, as more than 17,600 people are infected in Europe's worst-hit country.
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Germany hits back over US coronavirus vaccine interest
Mar 16, 2020 05:21Berlin is trying to stop US government from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine.
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Italy reports 368 coronavirus deaths, France 127
Mar 16, 2020 00:37Ukraine-gate: Trump removed ambassador over Biden probe
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Envoy to Moscow: US sanctions target Iran's ability to confront Coronavirus
Mar 15, 2020 16:39The Islamic Republic of Iran's ambassador to the Russian Federation said the US's cruel, and illegal sanctions have limited Iran's ability to counter the Coronavirus in Iran.
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Death toll in UK doubles in 24 hours, amid surging cases
Mar 15, 2020 03:13The coronavirus death toll in the UK has nearly doubled in just 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases of the disease surging by hundreds overnight while hundreds of scientists question UK outbreak strategy as it happened.
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Coronavirus: France and Spain announce wide range of restrictions
Mar 15, 2020 02:20Two of the EU's biggest states, France and Spain, have followed Italy in announcing emergency restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus.
