Efforts by European Union (EU) finance ministers to strike a deal on a package of coronavirus-related fiscal measures ended in disarray early on Wednesday, with talks due to resume later this week. After 16 hours of discussions that began on Tuesday afternoon, “we came close to a deal but we are not there yet,” Mario Centeno, head of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, wrote on Twitter. He added that the talks would resume on...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him, a Downing Street spokesman said. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London with “persistent symptoms” on Sunday night, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. The spokesman said the prime minister was moved on the advice of...

China has reported no coronavirus deaths over the past day, in a sign the worst of the outbreak is over for the country. There were also no new locally transmitted infections in the original epicenter of the disease, in Hubei province, and across mainland China, the National Health Commission said. Authorities reported 32 new coronavirus cases among citizens returning from abroad. The commission said that 30 new cases of asymptomatic infections were being monitored, with...

Wuhan, the Chinese metropolis at the origin of the current coronavirus pandemic, is due this week to lift the final restrictions after more than two and a half months of stringent lockdown. From midnight on Wednesday, (1600 GMT on Tuesday) traffic is set to return to normal. Flights are also due to resume, cars will be able to leave the city again and people can travel by train, on condition that they are healthy and...