Despite the huge damage to global trade, COVID-19 could help bolster China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to Michele Geraci, the former Italian undersecretary of state at Italy's Ministr
04:21 A British man who was evacuated from Wuhan at the start of the COVID-19 crisis says he "should've stayed" in China and "made a bad choice" by returning to Britain.Matt Raw, who c
01:11 China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Chen Xu stressed the importance of international cooperation to help poorer nations during the COVID-19 crisis during a press c
01:07 A brown bear has been sighted in a remote area of north-western Spain for what could be the first time in more than 150 years.The animal was spotted by film makers shooting a mov
Medical supplies heading for the UK. China has provided the UK with over 21 million pieces of PPE and more than 1,000 ventilators over the last three weeks, according to the UK government.From
02:53 A new report from Warwick University suggests that one of the ways that the UK could ease its lockdown measures and unlock its economy in the face of COVID-19 is by removing rest
05:39 Sectors hit by the COVID-19 lockdown "will come straight back to life" once governments begin to unlock their economies, according to Patrick Minford, a professor of economics at
00:58 UK veterinary scientists are telling people with COVID-19 and those in self-isolation to keep their cats indoors to reduce spread of the COVID-19.The British Veterinary Associati
A Lisbon court has seized over a quarter stake in Portuguese telecommunications firm NOS from a holding company that is co-owned by the former first-daughter of Angola, Isabel dos Santos. /Toby M
01:48 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can have a "positive impact on your health," they are by no means a medically proven treat
Hungarian police officers reject cars at the Nickelsdorf-Hegyeshalom border crossing on the Austrian-Hungarian border. Alex Halada / AFP On this day, 26 March, in 1995, seven European nations
04:44 The mortality rate for those who contract COVID-19 may be much lower than one percent, according to the UK government's chief medical adviser – significantly lower than the figur
03:04 How does COVID-19 compare to previous viral outbreaks? Mark Honigsbaum, a specialist in the history of infectious diseases at City, University of London gives us the answer, expl
Germany's Lufthansa and Amsterdam-based KLM have both offered unpaid staff leave and put a freeze on hiring to tighten their belts. (Cecilia Fabiano/AP) Airlines shaken by the spread of COVID-
People outside the AHEPA hospital, where the first COVID-19 case in Greece was confirmed. /Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters Public health officials, including experts from the US Centers for Disea
00:57 All English adults are to be automatically enrolled as organ donors unless they choose to opt out under legislation that is set to come into effect in just eight weeks, the healt
The Parthenon Marbles, currently owned by the British Museum in London. (Credit: Reuters) An ongoing argument between the UK and Greece over ancient artifacts has become inflamed by Brexit ten