There had been hopes that the German leagues would be given approval to play again as early as May 9 this week as the country continues its battle against the coronavirus crisis.

Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned champions of France despite the season being ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lorient have been promoted as champions of Ligue 2.

There were 3.8 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the 30 million unemployment claims that came in the wake of the coronavirus, saying 'it is what it is.'

Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day wrote in an open letter obtained by Fox News that early results on his company's drug remdesivir's benefits for coronavirus patients offer 'hope' that's badly needed.

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south-west Sydney, at about 4.05pm on Thursday.

Joe Biden will break his silence on a sexual assault accusation Friday morning on 'Morning Joe,' NBC News announced on Thursday.

Gilead Sciences said Thursday in an earnings report that it is ramping up production of its antiviral remdesivir, and could make 'several million' 10-day treatment courses of the drug for 2021.

Riot police and the bomb squad stormed a home on Wangee Road in Lakemba, in south west Sydney, on  Thursday afternoon.

London's Tower Bridge has reopened after it was sealed off today at around 12.20pm by armed police as they examined a package, which has since been found to be non-suspicious.

Joe Biden denied on Friday the sexual assault allegation made against him by a former member of his Senate staff, Tara Reade. 'They aren't true. This never happened,' Biden said in a statement

The friend wrote in a character reference to the court that he believed Crilley was an 'honourable person and a good human being'. The judge chose other words.

Dean Laidley, 53, was arrested in St Kilda on Saturday night and charged with a string of offences including stalking.

Footage of Bradley Robert Edwards, a former Telstra technician hearing the allegations against him for the first time in December 2016 was played at Supreme Court of Western Australia trial on Tuesday.

The rapper's death was confirmed by his team on Thursday after he was hospitalised and placed in a medically-induced coma following 'complications' surrounding the virus.

President Donald Trump and the entire White House staff will be tested daily for the coronavirus after a Navy valet who worked in the West Wing tested positive for the disease. 

'This president is the jobs president,' White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday, as U.S. unemployment his a record since the Depression.

'It's totally expected, there's no surprise," President Donald Trump said during a call-in interview on 'Fox & Friends' Friday when asked about April unemployment figures.

Alan Tucker told Inside Edition Friday that he was responsible for releasing the vision, which showed his pals Gregory and Travis McMichael shooting Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick on February 23.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Like every Sandhurst cadet, Prince Harry had the age-old maxim drummed in to him throughout his military training: time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.

ROBERT HARDMAN: The crowd went bonkers, giving her a proper A-list, rock star welcome. Among a tearful few - Greta's most ardent devotees - this was nothing short of a Second Coming.

ROBERT HARDMAN: As we confront the gravest national and global crisis since World War II, it is our shopkeepers who are rapidly emerging as one of the principal bulwarks against downright anarchy.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterday, churches up and down the land stood empty on what should have been one of the busier days of the year - Mothering Sunday.

ROBERT HARDMAN: In the coronavirus crisis, we need ventilators. Nick Grey - founder of Worcester-based appliance manufacturer Gtech - has invented a prototype.

ROBERT HARDMAN: The Prince of Wales has become the world's most high-profile Covid-19 patient to date. But despite the inevitable concerns, he is said to be in good spirits and 'up and about'.

ROBERT HARDMAN: There is, quite simply, no one else in Britain who could have delivered such a message with such unimpeachable authority.

Vera Lynn, pictured, was named personality of the century in a nationwide poll, and Robert Hardman announced the Daily Mail's campaign to get the whole of Britain to sing 'We will meet again' in unison.

ROBERT HARDMAN: No peal of bells from an empty Westminster Abbey. No thunderous gun salutes from Hyde Park, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle or anywhere else.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Of all the last-minute cancellations caused by the ghastly coronavirus, one of the saddest is the great national gathering which we should all have been enjoying.

ROBERT HARDMAN: I have no doubt Sir Winston Churchill (pictured outside Downing Street in April 1945) would be equally moved by the magnificent response to the call to arms by Mail Force.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Everything you've read this week has been about Manchester United. Where has it all gone wrong? What can David Moyes do? What difference will Juan Mata make to the side? Whatever the answers to those questions, one thing is for certain - they're far, far behind in the race to reclaim their crown of Manchester, let alone England.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: It's not every Wembley final that one of the teams is as big as 7/1 to lift the trophy. But then the League Cup isn't every Wembley final.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Whisper it quietly, but we’re actually quite excited about some of the players that could be wearing the Three Lions this summer.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Five days, 120 minutes. That's how long it takes to ruin a season, apparently. Chelsea's 3-1 defeat at PSG to put them on the back foot in the Champions League came hot on the heels of the shock reverse at Crystal Palace.

CHARLIE SKILLEN - THE NUMBERS GAME: The dawning of Louis van Gaal's new era, while exciting and relieving for the Old Trafford faithful, may not be the best news for some of the players.

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Coronavirus is being blamed for the collapse of Flybe, despite the fact that the airline has been in trouble for years. The 2,000 staff who are out of work are rightly furious.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If the BBC does summon the courage to revive Life On Mars, it should bring the show bang up to date and catapult Hunt forward in time to the present day.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This is what it must have been like in 1940. Europe has fallen, the United States has gone into isolation and Britain stands alone.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Today's edition of You Couldn't Make It Up comes courtesy of Islamic State, which has advised jihadists to steer clear of Europe in case they catch coronavirus.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: After Boris Johnson declared that Britain is on a war footing, it may also be time to bring back the Home Guard. Let's cross live to Walmington-on-Sea, which is already in lockdown

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Trouble is, I still can't work out what's occurring. And what really bothers me is that I'm not particularly confident that anyone else has a clue, either.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN is giving readers an exclusive bootleg transcript of a conversation between Boris Johnson and Her Majesty The Queen, who seems to be quite concerned about how her dogs are fairing...

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Britain's top police officer, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick, yesterday promised that enforcement of the rules would be through persuasion, not punishment.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN The app is reported to use similar technology to that which allows men to send unsolicited pictures of their private parts to women sitting on the same bus.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN - Who could forget that famous photograph of Tom Watson at Glastonbury in 2017, looking like Super Mario's morbidly obese brother? Now, somehow, the music links return.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Only Fools And Horses has topped a poll of classic TV programmes being binge-watched by viewers seeking solace during the coronavirus crisis.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: They called it the biggest gathering of musical talent since Live Aid, although to be honest I hadn't heard of half the acts involved.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: From the Off, I've been happy to admit that when it comes to the coronavirus crisis I don't have a clue. Is the lockdown justified? Should it be lifted immediately?

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Back in 2004, in the run-up to the U.S. Presidential election, I was invited to take part in a special edition of the BBC's Question Time, live from Miami.