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Santorini, dubbed Greece’s “Instagram Island,” attracts some 3.4 million visitors a year but is only home to around 20,000 permanent residents. Many of those have decided to flee the island ...
Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal After violent protests erupt across the country against a lockdown imposed to combat the virus, the government announces it will "relax" the restrictions. Interior Minister Aly Ngouille Ndiaye says the curfew will be shortened and inter-regional travel ban lifted. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil Brazil surpasses Italy ...
The near-empty arrival hall of Seoul–Incheon International Airport in South Korea on 6 March 2020 A COVID-19 testing centre for travellers at Heathrow Airport. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries and territories imposed quarantines, entry bans, or other travel restrictions for citizens of or recent travelers to the most affected ...
Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 recession COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil The Brazilian economy officially enters a recession after the country's statistics institute reported a 9.7% decline of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter, which is the second consecutive quarter of a decline in its GDP. It is Brazil's largest quarterly drop since ...
September 15 – Germany agreed to take 1,500 migrants from the country following a devastating fire at the Moria Refugee Camp on the island of Lesbos. [ 59 ] September 19 – A rare Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (medicane), with winds up to 120 km/h (75 mph), killed three people as it passes over the country heading toward the island of ...
Disasters and accidents A United States Air Force 48th Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle based at RAF Lakenheath, England crashes into the North Sea, 74 miles (119 km) off the East Yorkshire coast, killing the pilot. (BBC News) At least three houses are damaged after an Indonesian Air Force Hawk 209 crashes into a residential area of Kampar, Riau. There are no fatalities in the incident. (The Jakarta ...
2020 Easter tornado outbreak. The death toll in a tornado outbreak that devastated the Southeastern United States on April 12–13 rises to 35.; Fourteen people are injured in a chain-reaction accident involving up to 60 vehicles, during the morning rush hour on Chicago's Kennedy Expressway, as unseasonable, wintry weather strikes the city.
Disasters and accidents A pipeline explosion causes a fire and destroys dozens of buildings in Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 15 people. (Reuters) European migrant crisis Malta's Navy rescues 112 migrants from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean Sea. (New York Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan confirms the Central Asian country's first ...