Russia has reported 2,558 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, its highest daily rise yet. The country has 18,328 cases with 148 deaths from the bug so far, an overnight rise of 18. Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, is under strict lockdown after 10,158 cases and 72 deaths were reported in the city alone. Residents … Read more
China has recorded 108 new coronavirus cases, marking the highest daily tally for more than five weeks and fanning fears of a second wave. More than 90 per cent of these infected people have entered the country from abroad, with the northeastern border with Russia quickly becoming a fault line. Having largely stamped out domestic … Read more
Great-great-grandson of Titanic victim Benjamin Guggenheim sees staterooms 12,500ft down where his mining tycoon ancestor drowned after donning evening dress ‘to go down like a gentleman’ Benjamin Guggenheim, 46, was last seen sipping brandy on the sinking ship Ancestor Sindbad Rumney-Guggenheim viewed the wreck through a laptop Moment was filmed for National Geographic documentary Back … Read more
The new series of Britain’s Got Talent kicks off on Saturday night and the new hopefuls have been revealed ahead of the episode. Looking to impress judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams is a flexible contortionist, a dancing Dachshunds act and a wannabe super villain. The new series, which was filmed earlier this year … Read more
Sweden’s daily death toll and its number of new coronavirus cases both fell today as the country continues to hold out against imposing a lockdown. The 77 new deaths – down from 106 yesterday – bring the total from 793 to 870, according to figures from Sweden’s public health agency. The number of confirmed infections … Read more
Spain’s daily death toll from coronavirus fell to its lowest for more than two weeks today while the number of new infections also dropped. The 605 new fatalities – the lowest figure since March 24 – bring the death toll in Spain from 15,238 to 15,843. Cases increased by 4,576, far fewer than yesterday’s 5,756, … Read more
Russia sees its largest rise in new coronavirus case yet with 1,786 new infections bringing the total to 11,917 Deaths also rose by 18 to 94, according to Moscow’s crisis response centre Doctors are treating all pneumonia patients for Covid-19 without waiting for test Russia has a relatively low outbreak but is building new coronavirus … Read more
Germany has suffered a record daily increase in coronavirus deaths as 266 more people were added to the death toll today. The latest deaths bring the total from 2,107 to 2,373, surpassing the previous record of 254 fatal cases announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile the total number of cases jumped by 5,323, a figure which has … Read more
The Himalayas are visible in parts of India 125 miles away for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s … Read more
Italy today recorded its lowest rate of new coronavirus deaths so far with a 3.2% increase in deaths to 17,669, while infections went up by 3,856 to 139,442. There were another 542 fatalities recorded, which compared with 604 the day before and 636 deaths on Monday. There were 3039 new case on Tuesday, so today’s figure marked … Read more