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Secret UK defence documents found in soggy heap at bus stop, says BBC

Secret UK defence documents found in soggy heap at bus stop, says BBC

-- 2021-06-27 20:49:17

Classified documents from Britain's defence ministry containing details about a British warship and Russia's potential reaction to its passage through the Black Sea have been found at a bus stop in so...

UK health minister resigns after violating coronavirus rules

UK health minister resigns after violating coronavirus rules

-- 2021-06-27 11:34:35

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country’s response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologising for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom h...

Russia warns it will bomb British vessels next time

Russia warns it will bomb British vessels next time

-- 2021-06-25 11:31:03

Russia has warned Britain that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea. Russia su...

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

Gas infrastructure across Europe leaking planet-warming methane

Reuters 2021-06-24 18:45:35

The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows. Using a 100,000 e...

Face masks will no longer be mandatory in Italy from June 28

Face masks will no longer be mandatory in Italy from June 28

-- 2021-06-22 18:27:28

Italy will lift a requirement that people wear face masks outdoors from June 28, the country said late on Monday, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations declined. Mandatory masks were imposed in Octo...

Iran, six world powers adjourn talks on reviving 2015 nuclear deal

Iran, six world powers adjourn talks on reviving 2015 nuclear deal

-- 2021-06-20 22:15:33

Negotiators for Iran and six world powers on Sunday adjourned talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal and return to respective capitals for consultations as remaining differences still need to be ov...

EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June

EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June

Reuters 2021-06-18 19:42:47

AstraZeneca said on Friday the European Union had lost a legal case against the pharmaceutical firm over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, with a court in Brussels rejecting an EU request for more deli...

Italy launches Covid-19 digital ‘green pass’

Italy launches Covid-19 digital ‘green pass’

-- 2021-06-18 11:43:53

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has signed a decree to create "green pass," a digital proof that the holder is not infected by the coronavirus. The system, which became operational just hours aft...

Putin, Biden begin summit with slim hopes, deep disagreements

Putin, Biden begin summit with slim hopes, deep disagreements

-- 2021-06-16 19:25:16

Shaking hands in front of a grand Geneva villa, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday began their first summit since Biden took office, with deep disagreements likel...

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic

REUTERS 2021-06-15 19:48:32

Every week, Mamadou Diagouraga comes to the Muslim section of a cemetery near Paris to stand vigil at the grave of his father, one of the many French Muslims to have died from COVID-19. Diagouraga lo...

UK to donate 100m vaccines to poorer countries

UK to donate 100m vaccines to poorer countries

-- 2021-06-13 14:12:46

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will donate at least 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses within the next year, including 5.0 million beginning in the coming we...

G7 counters China with grand infrastructure plan

G7 counters China with grand infrastructure plan

REUTERS 2021-06-13 09:03:54

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy's Prime Mi...

US-Russia relations at lowest point in years, Putin says

US-Russia relations at lowest point in years, Putin says

Reuters 2021-06-12 13:46:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden next week, said US-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years. Putin and Bide...

G7 expected to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries

G7 expected to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries

REUTERS 2021-06-11 09:09:41

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help inoculate the wor...

UNICEF regrets reduction of UK funding

UNICEF regrets reduction of UK funding

-- 2021-06-10 15:23:02

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has voiced grave concern about the decision of the British government to reduce funding to the agency. "We depend on these resources to sustain our humanitarian and de...

Man held over Macron slapping was medieval martial arts enthusiast

Man held over Macron slapping was medieval martial arts enthusiast

-- 2021-06-09 18:49:11

The man alleged to have slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face ran a club for enthusiasts of medieval swordsmanship and had no previous criminal record, sources close to the investigatio...

French President Macron slapped in face during walkabout

French President Macron slapped in face during walkabout

REUTERS 2021-06-08 20:30:30

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, a video of the incident showed. Macron's security entoura...

Pope revises Church law, expands rules on sexual abuse

Pope revises Church law, expands rules on sexual abuse

REUTERS 2021-06-01 18:23:13

Pope Francis on Tuesday issued the most sweeping revision to Catholic Church law in four decades, toughening regulations for clerics who abuse minors and vulnerable adults, commit fraud or ordain wome...

Opponents resist Covid vaccine patent waiver despite US backing

Opponents resist Covid vaccine patent waiver despite US backing

Reuters 2021-06-01 11:38:05

A deal on an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was no closer to acceptance on Monday despite Washington's backing, due to expected scepticism abo...

UK PM Johnson marries fiancee in wedding secret ceremony, reports say

UK PM Johnson marries fiancee in wedding secret ceremony, reports say

-- 2021-05-30 10:10:54

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, it has been reported. The wedding was held in front of close friends and family...

Russia approves new route for Air France flights to Moscow

Russia approves new route for Air France flights to Moscow

REUTERS 2021-05-29 18:51:03

Russia has approved a new route for Air France flights between Paris and Moscow avoiding Belarusian airspace, initially just for this weekend, a spokesman for the French airline said on Saturday. The...

Erdogan inaugurates controversial Taksim Square mosque in Istanbul

Erdogan inaugurates controversial Taksim Square mosque in Istanbul

-- 2021-05-29 11:37:51

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inaugurated a mosque in Taksim Square, Istanbul - the plans for which sparked a wave of protests in 2013. Thousands attended the ceremony, with some pra...

French President Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

French President Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

-- 2021-05-27 19:23:23

French President Emmanuel Macron said he recognised his country's role in the Rwandan genocide and hoped for forgiveness at a memorial in Kigali on Thursday, seeking to reset relations after years of...

Girlfriend of Belarusian blogger ‘confesses’ in video, opposition cries foul

Girlfriend of Belarusian blogger ‘confesses’ in video, opposition cries foul

REUTERS 2021-05-26 16:53:36

The girlfriend of a Belarusian blogger detained with him on Sunday after a plane they were travelling on was forced to land in Belarus appeared in a video on Tuesday evening in which she made a confes...

Belarus faces sanctions over 'state piracy', arrest of journalist

Belarus faces sanctions over 'state piracy', arrest of journalist

Reuters 2021-05-25 09:59:47

Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist,...

Biden, Putin likely to hold summit in Geneva

Biden, Putin likely to hold summit in Geneva

-- 2021-05-25 09:59:11

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely hold a summit in Geneva in June, US media reported on Monday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, several media outlets sa...

Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opposition journalist

Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opposition journalist

Reuters 2021-05-24 10:21:08

Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an opposition-minded journalist who was...

Europe embraces gradual return to normal life

Europe embraces gradual return to normal life

-- 2021-05-24 10:12:50

Europe is embracing a cautious but steady return to normal life as lockdowns are gradually being eased in many countries ahead of a much-awaited tourist season. Normality was seen returning as cinema...

Italian cable car crash kills at least 13, injures three

Italian cable car crash kills at least 13, injures three

REUTERS 2021-05-23 21:37:50

At least 13 people died and three were seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy's Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps plunged 20 metres to the ground, local officials an...

Prince William slams BBC over deceitful Diana interview

Prince William slams BBC over deceitful Diana interview

-- 2021-05-21 21:47:19

Britain's Prince William accused the BBC of failing his mother Princess Diana and poisoning her relationship with Prince Charles after an inquiry found a journalist for the broadcaster deceitfully obt...