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We have decided to strengthen the coordination of measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic, announced the President of the European Council Charles Michel yesterday after the end of the EU summit.more

The Chinese embassy in Great Britain called on the country's authorities to quickly "bring to justice" those who burned the Chinese flag in front of the institution during yesterday's protest and raised slogans "calling for the independence of Hong Kong".more

Ministers are considering converting disused ferries moored off the coast to process people seeking asylum in the UK.more

US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now in quarantine.more

There will be no controlled bankruptcy. The Polish Airlines LOT agrees on the amount of public aid - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

Boris Johnson's father has said he is "extremely sorry" after being photographed shopping without wearing a face covering.more

The European Commission has today sent the United Kingdom a letter of formal notice for breaching its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement. This marks the beginning of a formal infringement process against the United Kingdom. It has one month to reply to today's letter.more

More than half of patients who get coronavirus suffer persistent fatigue, regardless of the seriousness of their infection, a study has suggested.more

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning in late August and claimed that he was not afraid.more

MPs have voted to renew the Coronavirus Act in parliament. The motion to extend the act, which governs the laws around lockdowns, restrictions and enforcement, was voted for by 330MPs, with 24 against. More than 300 MPs did not take part in the vote. more

Various aspects of the reform of the judiciary raise serious concerns regarding the rule of law, especially as regards the independence of the judiciary, informs the European Commission about Poland in its report. The document also points to reservations about the CBA and the media.more

The United Kingdom and Canada have imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior officials over accusations their government rigged an election and committed violence against protesters.more

MPs have given their final backing to government plans to override parts of its Brexit agreement with the EU.more

The first debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry - and personal - jabs that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has for a nation facing historic crises.more

In the course of negotiations within the United Right - according to unofficial information from the Polish Press Agency - it was agreed that the number of ministries is to be reduced from the current 20 to 14, and some ministries are to be merged. PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński would enter the government as deputy prime minister and head the Committee for Internal Affairs and Justice.more

Street prostitution in Brussels has been banned until further notice, and the venues dealing with this activity have been closed by the decision of the mayor of the city, Philippe Close, reports the Belgian news agency. The reason is the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic.more

The Houses of Parliament has said it will not serve alcohol on its premises after 10pm despite not being subject to England's Covid-19 hospitality curfew.more

There are just four countries on the new travel green list issued this week and none of them are popular destinations for Irish travellers. With the virus soaring across the continent the number of countries on the green list has decreased with Germany, Iceland, Lithuania and Poland no longer on it.more

Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed billionaire, paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he was elected US president, according to a stunning New York Times investigation that could shake up the presidential election.more

In Ireland, five people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest number since early August, and 248 new coronavirus infections were detected, the country's health ministry said yesterday.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on the world to fight together against the coronavirus as it "has made individual states more selfish." He also warned against comparing mortality rates by country, and announced that the UK itself would pay for vaccines for the poorest countries in the world.more

The President of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka "must go," French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French newspaper "Le Journal du dimanche".more

Britain's decision to leave the European Union was bold and testified to the greatness of the country, but Hungary will not follow suit, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban yesterday in an interview with Reuters.more

The pandemic is not in retreat, but it is under control in our country - assessed Polish President Andrzej Duda. He added that the information provided to him showed that by mid-October an increase in the incidence could be expected, but from mid-October he expected the curve to flatten.more

The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom plan to impose targeted sanctions on representatives of the Belarusian regime, the Reuters agency reported, citing sources familiar with the case.more