Can school temperature checks lessen coronavirus spread?
This week, most students in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire returned to remote learning for term 3. Students whose parents can’t work from home are allowed...
WHO: Pompeo charges are ‘untrue’ and ‘unacceptable’
The World Health Organization chief on Thursday rejected as false an allegation by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he owed his position...
EU’s 750 billion-euro recovery package: funded by taxes?
One of the biggest gambles of the 750 billion-euro coronavirus recovery package agreed by the EU is the idea that Brussels will be able...
EU leaders debate endlessly to bring virus recovery package to fruition
Squabbling EU leaders held round after round of group discussions on Sunday as they struggled to find enough common ground to justify re-opening negotiations...
Opposition by the ‘frugals’: EU chiefs try to negotiate virus recovery fund
EU leaders debated new proposals for a huge post-coronavirus economic recovery fund on Saturday, seeking to overcome resistance from the Netherlands and Austria on...
EU leaders try to mend raging sores as they carve out economic plan
European leaders warned Friday that the future of their union was at stake as they embarked on a summit to thrash out the terms...
Apple wins $15 billion tax case against EU
The EU suffered a major setback in its effort to curb profit-shifting as a European court annulled an order that Apple repay Ireland 13...
ECB reticent as EU drafts pandemic recovery plan
European Central Bank governors are expected to refrain from doling out fresh stimulus medicine Thursday, hoping EU leaders will do their bit to shore...
WTO leadership rivals map path for solving ‘existential crisis’
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is stuck in a serious, even existential crisis, leadership candidates said Wednesday as the first wave of contenders made...
WHO team lands in China to probe into the origin of COVID-19
A two-member advance team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 behind...
WHO urges aggressive measures against virus as flare-ups spark new closures
The World Health Organization on Friday urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it...
Eight contenders vying for WTO leadership
Three last-minute contenders on Wednesday joined the race to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, meaning eight candidates in total...