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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: MADRID — Spain has reported 23,580 daily confirmed infections as health authorities tighten restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Spain’s health ministry says 9,395 cases were diagnosed in the past 24 hours. The remainder were diagnosed in recent days but not immediately reported to central authorities. |
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PARIS/NEW YORK -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sent out a series of tweets Thursday over the recent killing of a French teacher who used cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a classroom, writing that he believed in freedom of expression but that it should not be used to insult others. |
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The French National Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved new nationwide lockdown measures a day after President Emmanuel Macron said a they were necessary since the second wave of the virus was "likely to be deadlier than the first". Prime Minister Jean Castex is set to detail the measures in a national broadcast Thursday evening. |
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RALEIGH — Two people who attended President Donald Trump’s rally last week in Gastonia, North Carolina, have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement on Thursday. “These cases are not thought to be an indication of spread.... |
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Police officers stand guard at the scene of a knife attack at Notre Dame church in Nice, France, on Oct. 29, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/Pool/Reuters) The attacker shouted “Allahu akbar!” repeatedly as police apprehended him, the mayor told reporters, adding that “the meaning of his gesture left no doubt. |
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LONDON -- The World Health Organization says Europe had a record 1.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the last week and has reached 10 million of the 44 million global cases. WHO’s European director Dr. Hans Kluge says, “hospitalizations have risen to levels unseen since the spring” and deaths have sharply risen by more than 30%. |
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France suffered another terror attack today. An attacker with a knife went on a rampage in a Church in the city of Nice, killing three people. This is the third such attack in two months in France. Within hours of the Nice attack, police killed a man who had threatened passersby with a handgun in Montfavet, near the southern French city of Avignon. |
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French people will only be allowed to leave their homes for food shopping, medical appointments, pressing family reasons and to commute to work, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday ahead of a new Covid-19 lockdown starting at midnight. © France 24 screen grab. |
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French members of the elite tactical police unit RAID leave after searching the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice after a knife attack on Thursday as forensics officers prepare to enter. A knife-wielding attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar” killed three people, slitting the throat of at least one of them,.... |
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HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: Spain to keep state of emergency until May 2021. Pope Francis ends general public audiences amid virus surge in Italy. Germany's Merkel says to expect a “difficult winter” As new wave of coronavirus infections sweeps U.S. |
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France goes into its second nationwide lockdown this year from Friday, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases that has threatened to overwhelm French hospitals. Detailing the new restrictions, Castex said people will be allowed outside for just one hour of exercise per day and no further than one kilometre from their homes. |
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