Britain followed through on the results of a deeply divisive 2016 referendum and left the EU after almost half a century of integration on January 31.

Polls also show his response to the pandemic driving voters strongly in the direction of opponent Joe Biden in the presidential election.

The deal was sealed after intense negotiations that saw threats of walkouts, vetoes and fierce opposition from the Netherlands and Austria.

The studies provided a much-needed shot in the arm for investors, who have been put on edge in recent weeks by worrying spikes in new infections.

The marathon talks chaired by EU Council President Charles Michel failed to yield agreement over the size, rules for a 750-billion-euro loans, grants package.

Merkel had drawn up the backbone of the deal along with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Trump called for students to return to their schools in the fall and lashed the CDC for issuing guidance that he said was too restrictive.

London will host EU negotiator Michel Barnier after a round of face-to-face talks ended a day early last week in Brussels.

Merkel's last major role on the international stage comes as the 27-member club faces its deepest recession since World War II.

The virus emerged at least six months ago in China, where the WHO will send a team next week in the search for its origin, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

The new round of talks in Brussels will be the first to be held face-to-face since the coronavirus shutdown.

Europe faces its biggest recession in the bloc's 63-year history, and states are under pressure to look beyond their own borders.

The WHO has been holding clinical trials to find a treatment for COVID-19, which has killed more than 382,000 people.

Trump said he would postpone the planned June summit of leaders after Angela Merkel said she would not be coming, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader to decline the in-person invitation outright.

The WHO said that 106,662 virus cases reported to the UN agency on Tuesday -- the most in a single day since the outbreak erupted in Wuhan in December.

Washington is locked in an increasingly bitter spat with Beijing over the new coronavirus pandemic and has also taken aim at the WHO.

In Britain, street parades by veterans have been cancelled.

The government's decision came after the two German divisions conducted 1,724 coronavirus tests, out of which 10 were found positive

Germany's influential DFL football league has long urged restarting play.

Germany began tentatively lifting its lockdown two weeks ago, opening some shops and schools, after infection rates came down.

Although players have returned to training, it is still undecided when they would be back in action

The virus is believed to have originated late last year in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that sold wild animals for human consumption.

The less encouraging data will flow into the chancellor's deliberations with regional leaders on Thursday.

Employment in Europe plummeted for the second month running.

In just four months, the virus has killed nearly 170,000 people around the world.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional state premiers announced the decision to reopen last week, but it is a cautious first step.

Trump said he would be announcing guidelines for a reduction in the lockdown in some states, possibly taking effect before the end of this month.

Johnson has deputised his foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to stand in for him, but remained conscious according to Downing Street.

The death toll from the virus surged to more than 14,400, according to an AFP tally on Sunday