11.20pm EDT 23:20 Rio carnival delayed for first time in a century Rio de Janeiro delayed its annual Carnival parade, saying Thursday night that the global spectacle cannot go ahead in February because of Brazils continued vulnerability to the pandemic.Rios League of Samba Schools, LIESA, announced that the spread of the coronavirus has made it…
PARIS — French investigators opened a probe into possible arson Saturday after a fire tore through parts of Nantes cathedral in northwestern France, bringing scenes reminiscent of last year's inferno that nearly destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.The blaze was brought under control and the damage at the Nantes cathedral was mostly concentrated around…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that he was accelerating plans to ease the country's coronavirus lockdown to revive the eurozone's second-biggest economy more swiftly.Macron promised that the cost of keeping companies afloat and people in jobs during the worst economic downturn since World War II would not be passed on to households…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Emmanuel Macron delivered an address to the nation - his fourth since the outbreak began French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a number of coronavirus restrictions are being lifted.Cafes and restaurants are reopening across France and travel to other European countries will be allowed.People will also be able to visit…
The move comes after the World Health Organization halted clinical trials of the drug as a treatment, citing a study that found no benefit and a higher mortality rate for hospitalized patients. A box of hydroxychloroquine, under the brand name Plaquenil, is seen in a pharmacy in Paris. Chesnot/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chesnot/Getty…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…