People arriving from 16 countries outside the European Union where the infection rate of COVID-19 is deemed to be high will be subject to compulsory testing on arrival at French airports and sea ports, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on (...)
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial "safe list" of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday.
The 27-member bloc gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14 (...)
The European Union plans to open its borders to non-essential travellers such as tourists and most business people from a limited number of countries outside the bloc from July 1.
The 27 EU governments agreed on an initial "safe list" of 14 (...)
Novak Djokovic, the men's world number one tennis player, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serbian said in a statement on Tuesday.
Croatia's Borna Coric, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Viktor Troicki have previously tested positive after (...)
Serbians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in Europe's first national election since coronavirus lockdowns took effect three months ago, with the ruling conservatives expected to win a comfortable majority.
Polling stations were (...)
The head of Italy's football federation (FIGC) hopes that stadiums can be opened to at least some fans next month if the rate of coronavirus infections continues to drop in the country.
The Italian season restarted after a three-month hiatus on (...)
Novak Djokovic had built up a real head of steam before the COVID-19 pandemic shut the tennis season down and it will be interesting to see if the world number one can regain that momentum, 18-times Grand Slam champion Chris Evert has said.
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While the coronavirus pandemic is having detrimental effects on the real estate sector across the world, China's buyers continue to search the world for good deals although overall deal closings fell during the first quarter of 2020, Zawya reported (...)
Malta will reopen its airport to passenger flights on July 1, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday, as the Mediterranean island rolls back restrictions introduced in March to halt COVID-19 infections.
Tourism accounts for almost a quarter of (...)
European football will continue its cautious return to play following the COVID-19 stoppage over the next week as a number of the continent's smaller leagues restart with some novelties and one team in serious trouble for breaking coronavirus (...)
Bosnia will re-open borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic with neighbouring Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia on June 1 and lift restrictions for commercial flights, Prime Minister Zoran Tegeltija said on Thursday.
Business travel from other (...)
Novak Djokovic believes he will win the most Grand Slam titles and become the longest-reigning world number one by the time he retires, the 32-year-old Serb said in an interview.
The current world number one has 17 Grand Slam titles to his name - (...)
Demand for Egyptian fruit and vegetables has been on the rise recently, despite the disruptive effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on global markets.
According to the Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine (CAAQ), an agency of the Ministry (...)
“Art Spreads Hope” is an online exhibition organised by artist and founder of the “Euro-Arab Artoday” cultural project Shereen Badr, on the cultural website https://www.euroarabartoday.com/online/.
The exhibition is an initiative to spread hope and (...)
Marsa Alam International Airport anticipates 8 more repatriation flights from Washington, Rome, Toronto and Heathrow in coming week
By Sarah El-Sheikh
Cairo International Airport received on Saturday an exceptional flight by Air Cairo a subsidiary (...)
Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic has not conducted full training or played any matches for over two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he somehow still managed to break his foot and is expected to be out of action for around seven weeks.
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Hungary and China signed a loan deal to finance the construction of a railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga announced on Friday, kickstarting a project that has been stalled for years, Reuters reported.
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The COVID-19 outbreak has dragged the whole human race into a fierce war with a highly infectious disease on a global scale. Facing the sudden and unprecedented attack of a virus unknown before, the Chinese people are pulling together with the whole (...)
“Egypt's reserves of staple food commodities are sufficient and secure,” the cabinet said this week, reassuring the public about the country's food security amid the Covid-19 crisis and with the approach of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
However, (...)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that China is facilitating the shipment of 1,000 ventilators to his state, as he continues to shop for more of the lifesaving devices ahead of a growing number of coronavirus patients who are expected to need (...)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo begged for health care reinforcements, saying up to 1 million more workers were needed to fight the coronavirus, while the World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the pandemic was far from over in Asia.
Spain and (...)
Spain's coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number Tuesday as the country's medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients and the world total climbed to more than 800,000 case.
In the United States, where the (...)
A Serbian court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for flouting self-isolation orders.
The state Serbian TV says the first such sentence in the Balkan country was handed out during a video linked court session in an eastern Serbian town.
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Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Friday that Egypt's goal at this stage in the fight against the coronavirus is to decrease the rate of infection, but the situation might get out of hand in case of a large outbreak.
In a phone call with (...)
The world's wealthiest nations poured unprecedented aid into the traumatized global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the current epicentre Europe even as they waned at the pandemic's point of origin, China.
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