“Freedom” means many things. For outdoors-loving Coloradans, it can mean standing alone atop a 14,000-foot peak you just climbed. Or being the first person to carve your skis’ signature through virgin powder. Or backpacking to a mountain lake and camping
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Tokyo 2020: One week to go but can the Olympic spirit defeat the spectre of COVID-19
The Tokyo Olympics are now just seven days away but already the COVID games have begun. Athletes are already being forced to pull out, more than two dozen positive cases have been confirmed, one team is in isolation and some
Supermarkets go on hiring spree amid virus crisis
Supermarkets have gone on a hiring spree as demand surges as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Tesco, Asda, Aldi, and Lidl said they would hire thousands of staff after hugely increased demand saw shoppers clearing shelves. That move came
Biden won’t go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination – The Denver Post
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual. It is the latest example
Spain wants common EU rules on cross-border movement as pandemic lockdowns ease
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain on Tuesday urged its European Union partners to set up common rules, including potential health checks for passengers, to open borders and reestablish freedom of travel in the Schengen Area as national coronavirus lockdowns are phased
Spain aims to reopen borders in June as deaths fall again
MADRID/VALENCIA (Reuters) – Tourism-dependent Spain aims to reopen its borders around the end of June as its coronavirus lockdown fully unwinds, a minister said on Monday, while deaths fell below 100 for the second day in a row. Madrid last
Coronavirus may never go away, WHO warns
The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if
Half of Spaniards will see lockdown eased from Monday as death toll falls
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, as half the country prepared to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns. Spain
Spain's coronavirus death toll climbs by 164, lowest rise in nearly seven weeks
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 164 to 25,264 on Sunday, according to data from the Health Ministry, marking the lowest one-day increase since March 18. Confirmed cases of the virus rose to 217,466