Brussels [Belgium], May 4 (Sputnik/ANI): The European Union's top executive arm has green-lighted France's plans to provide 7 billion euros in urgent liquidity support to Air France in light of the coronavirus crisis, according to its official website.
Moscow [Russia], May 4 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia will launch its first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring the Arctic climate and environment at the end of the year, General Director of the Lavochkin aerospace company Vladimir Kolmykov told Sputnik.
Moscow [Russia], May 03 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia has registered a record 10,633 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 134,687, the national coronavirus response center said Sunday.
Berlin [Germany], May 03 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany has confirmed 793 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,62,496, the Robert Koch Institute said Sunday.
Mexico City (Mexico), May 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Mexico has registered a total of over 22,000 coronavirus cases so far with 1,300 cases and 89 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Mexican Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell.
Washington D.C. [US], May 3 (Sputnik/ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have rejected an offer of the Trump administration to carry out rapid COVID-19 testing in Congress.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The US military called on the parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to settle the disagreements through political means and threatened with retaliatory actions if the Taliban militants did not reduce the scale of violence, Col. Sonny Leggett, spokes
Ottawa [Canada], May 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The Canadian province of Alberta is considering appointing its own chief firearms officer in response to Ottawa's decision to ban 1,500 models and variants of military-grade assault weapons, Premier Jason Kenney said in a statement.
Washington D.C. [US], May 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized an emergency use of Remdesivir drug in coronavirus treatment, FDA head Stephen Hahn announced on Friday.
Brasilia [Brazil], May 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A court in Brazil has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to release the results of his coronavirus tests within two days, Brazilian media reported on Friday.
Seoul [South Korea], May 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A rescue helicopter with seven people on board, including a patient, crashed in mountains in South Korea on Friday, national media reported.
Damascus [Syria], May 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Israeli military helicopters have carried out a missile strike on southern parts of Syria, Syrian state media reported on Friday.