WHO says disease is rapidly accelerating at the same time as people tire of lockdowns; record 150,000 cases reported worldwide on Thursday

The need to get continent's tourism industry up and running again after coronavirus lockdowns is urgent, but leaders urge caution, as virus 'is still out there'

Germany and France both plan on listing travel warnings for European countries from June 15, Austria to end border checks with all neighbors but Italy

Country becomes 3rd-hardest-hit worldwide as COVID-19 sweeps through Latin America; clashes reported in Chile over food shortages; worrying signs in Argentina as well

Freedom House cites crackdown on press, new bill allowing Prime Minister to rule by decree as examples of erosion of democratic norms in the Central European nation

After interviewing two-dozen survivors, 19-year-old Ashton Gleckman from Indiana created his film ‘We Shall Not Die Now’ -- with an assist from Claude Lanzmann’s ‘Shoah’

Thousands of people have died with COVID-19 symptoms -- many in nursing homes, which have been ravaged by a disease that hits the elderly the hardest -- without ever being tested

Highest rates of daily fatalities yet in Turkey and Bulgaria; officials in Spain believe reported toll could be thousands short

Spain, Italy and Germany take initial steps as figures indicate outbreak there could be past its peak, as does Trump who says US will be 'comeback kids'

Italy, Spain and France continue recent drop in number of new cases of coronavirus amid fears Britain on track to become worst hit country in continent