Spanish authorities on Monday prepared to further loosen one of Europe’s toughest coronavirus lockdowns and played down concerns that letting children outdoors after six weeks had led to crowds forming in public spaces. Having suffered one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain shut down public life on March 14 to curb its spread, but recently began to…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary country to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections. On his first day back at work in three weeks after a bout of COVID-19 that left him dangerously ill, Johnson said Britain had…

The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to get the country and the economy back onto more normal footing. Australia and neighbouring New Zealand have both managed to get their coronavirus outbreaks under control before it strained public health systems,…

A man shot in the Aug. 3 attack targeting Latinos in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart died after months in the hospital, raising the death toll from the attack to 23, according to a hospital official. “After a nearly nine-month fight, our hearts are heavy as we report Guillermo ‘Memo’ Garcia, our last remaining patient…

Demonstrators gathered in a Hong Kong mall on Sunday chanting pro-democracy slogans, even as Hong Kong’s social distancing measures banned gatherings of more than four in public. Police officers, including riot police with shields, entered the Cityplaza shopping mall in Tai Koo to disperse the crowds shortly after demonstrators gathered. Hundreds of protestors gathered and sung…

Kim Jong-un’s disappearance from the public eye has raised speculation about the North Korean leader’s health as well as who would take over should anything happen to him. North Korea is one of the world’s most isolated and secretive countries, and the health of its leaders is treated as a matter of state security. Reuters has…