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Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization says. "If the pandemic is not brought under control then governments failing to coordinate policy responses, the the decline could be 32% or more," World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo says during a virtual news conference in Geneva. IMAGES
The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief says, urging measures to help stop its spread. SOUNDBITE
Fire fighters are busy outside a gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, after they brought a blaze under control. An Arson probe has been launched. IMAGES
German police officers control cars at a crossing at the border between Germany and Austria, as Germany on Monday introduced border controls with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland in a bid to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak. IMAGES at the Austrian border
Outgoing French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives in Frontignan, Hérault, to greet firefighters, as a fire was put out during the night after ravaging 350 hectares of pine forest without causing any injuries. IMAGES
Traffic and pedestrians on a busy street in Dhaka, Bangladesh a day after the military took control as mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. IMAGES