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May 4, 2020

NFL nixes all international games for 2020 season over coronavirus pandemic

The NFL announced Monday there will be no international games played in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

May 4, 2020

Top UK official says China has questions to answer over coronavirus

Ben Wallace, the U.K. defense secretary, said in an interview Monday that China must answer to allegations that it was less than transparent in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak.

May 3, 2020

Lawyers for Harry Dunn family say documents expose ‘scandalous’ UK Foreign Office cover-up

The family of the British teenager who was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by the wife of an American diplomat is set to receive documents they believe will expose a “cover up” by the British Foreign office.

May 3, 2020

Boris Johnson opens up about coronavirus fight, says it was ’50-50’ on whether ventilator would be used

The UK Prime minister reveals just how bad things got during his stay in hospital.

May 3, 2020

Boris Johnson, fiancée name son after grandfathers, doctors who 'saved Boris' life'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son in honor of their grandfathers and two of the doctors who cared for the politician while he was hospitalized with the coronavirus last month.

May 2, 2020

Leaked Western intel dossier reveals how China deceived the world about coronavirus

A new research dossier claims China intentionally hid or destroyed evidence regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak, and costs tens of thousands of lives in the process. 

April 30, 2020

British Army vet turns 100, raises $38 million to help doctors, nurses fighting coronavirus

A British Army veteran commemorated his 100th birthday on Thursday with an additional celebration: he announced he has raised $38 million for doctors and nurses fighting the coronavirus, just by proving he can walk 100 laps around his 82-foot-long garden in Bedfordshire.

April 30, 2020

Boris Johnson says UK ‘past the peak,’ but gives no sign of lifting lockdown

The United Kingdom is "past the peak" of the coronavirus spread, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday, giving no indication of lifting the lockdown anytime soon.

April 30, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine developed by UK researchers could prove effective by July, executive says

British researchers who are currently conducting human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine will know if it’s effective by the summer, possibly as early as June, according to the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company that is working alongside Oxford University scientists in its development. 

April 28, 2020

UK official hopes to get Premier League restarted 'as soon as possible'

A British minister said Monday he’s been in contact with the Premier League and getting matches restarted “as soon as possible.”