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Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants

Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants

-- 2022-01-02 21:38:28

Germany has pulled the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations as it moves towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables. The government decide...

Kuwait encourages its citizens to leave UK on omicron fears

Kuwait encourages its citizens to leave UK on omicron fears

-- 2022-01-02 20:31:39

The Kuwaiti embassy in the United Kingdom has encouraged its citizens to leave the country due to a "significant and unprecedented" increase in omicron cases there, the Gulf country's state news agenc...

Denmark announces goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030

Denmark announces goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030

-- 2022-01-02 15:18:07

Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030. In her New Year's address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wants to "make flying green"....

New Covid restrictions would be last resort, says UK health minister

New Covid restrictions would be last resort, says UK health minister

-- 2022-01-01 20:47:07

New restrictions in England to slow the spread of Covid-19 will only be introduced as a last resort, health minister Sajid Javid said, stressing that although hospitalisations were rising, the number...

Britain approves Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill

Britain approves Pfizer's antiviral Covid-19 pill

-- 2021-12-31 18:35:34

Britain has approved Pfizer's Covid-19 pill for patients over the age of 18 years who have mild to moderate infection and are at high risk of their illness worsening. The approval comes as the countr...

Germany to pull the plug on 3 of its last 6 nuclear plants

Germany to pull the plug on 3 of its last 6 nuclear plants

-- 2021-12-31 14:13:06

Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday, another step towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables. The govern...

Russia's Covid-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest

Russia's Covid-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest

-- 2021-12-30 22:55:31

Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic, behind the United States, data from Russia's state statistics service and Reuters calculations sho...

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

-- 2021-12-28 17:35:55

An investigative journalist for the BBC's Russian-language service in Moscow said on Monday that he had felt compelled to leave Russia for what he called "exile" in Britain due to what he said was unp...

Queen Elizabeth speaks of missing her husband's 'familiar laugh' at Christmas

Queen Elizabeth speaks of missing her husband's 'familiar laugh' at Christmas

-- 2021-12-26 23:20:14

Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of the loss of her husband Prince Philip on Saturday, remembering the "mischievous twinkle" in his eyes in an unusually personal Christmas message to the nation. The 9...

Switzerland allows gender transition from January 1

Switzerland allows gender transition from January 1

-- 2021-12-26 18:26:16

People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from January 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe's gender self-identification movement...

Former Greek president Karolos Papoulias dies at 92

Former Greek president Karolos Papoulias dies at 92

-- 2021-12-26 17:43:53

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias, who served two terms between 2005 and 2015, died on Sunday at the age of 92, the presidency said. Papoulias, who was also foreign minister in 1985-89 and 199...

Boat overturns off Greek island, 16 migrants die

Boat overturns off Greek island, 16 migrants die

-- 2021-12-25 17:04:08

At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country's coastgu...

One in 10 Londoners are likely infected with COVID

One in 10 Londoners are likely infected with COVID

-- 2021-12-24 21:44:14

Around one in 10 people in London were likely infected with COVID-19 on Sunday, according to new official estimates that underlined the relentless advance of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Daily...

Case data marks small omicron battle victories in UK

Case data marks small omicron battle victories in UK

-- 2021-12-23 18:39:39

Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against the omicron coronavirus variant as UK data suggested it may cause proportionally fewer hospital cases than the Delta strain, though public health...

Ukraine military conducts drills with US missiles near separatist region

Ukraine military conducts drills with US missiles near separatist region

-- 2021-12-22 22:42:57

Ukrainian military forces have conducted combat drills with US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in a conflict area with separatists in eastern Ukraine as tensions run high with Russia, Ukrainian Dom te...

France cancels order for Merck's COVID-19 antiviral drug

France cancels order for Merck's COVID-19 antiviral drug

-- 2021-12-22 22:22:05

France has cancelled its order for Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral drug following disappointing trial data and hopes instead to receive Pfizer's competing drug before the end of January, the healt...

France could soon have 100,000 COVID-19 cases a day

France could soon have 100,000 COVID-19 cases a day

-- 2021-12-22 17:24:08

France could soon have around 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, health minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday, up from around 70,000 currently as the country battles a fifth wave of the epidemic. T...

Europe braces for omicron 'storm', considers fresh curbs

Europe braces for omicron 'storm', considers fresh curbs

-- 2021-12-22 10:10:53

Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement on Tuesday while US President Joe Biden called on military medics to support hospitals and fight the Omicron variant sweeping the world days be...

Putin warns US, NATO of military response over Ukraine

Putin warns US, NATO of military response over Ukraine

-- 2021-12-22 09:23:14

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its "agg...

European Union COVID-19 certificate to remain valid for travel nine months

European Union COVID-19 certificate to remain valid for travel nine months

-- 2021-12-21 21:46:49

The European Commission on Tuesday adopted rules that will make the European Union COVID-19 certificate valid for travel nine months after the completion of the primary vaccination schedule. The prop...

Russia, US begin talks on security guarantees

Russia, US begin talks on security guarantees

-- 2021-12-21 15:12:09

Contacts have begun between Russia and the United States on the issue of security guarantees demanded by the former and there is a possibility that the sides will reach an understanding, the RIA news...

UK PM Johnson says Covid surge 'extremely difficult' as omicron grips Europe

UK PM Johnson says Covid surge 'extremely difficult' as omicron grips Europe

-- 2021-12-21 10:00:45

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would tighten coronavirus curbs to slow the spread of the omicron variant if needed, after the Netherlands began a fourth lockdown and as other E...

Russia pushes for urgent US response on security guarantees

Russia pushes for urgent US response on security guarantees

-- 2021-12-21 09:39:08

Russia said on Monday it urgently needed a response from the United States on its sweeping security demands and again warned of a possible Russian military response unless it saw political action to a...

Most Britons think Johnson will not be PM by end of 2022

Most Britons think Johnson will not be PM by end of 2022

-- 2021-12-20 21:56:38

Most adults in Britain think it likely that Boris Johnson will not be prime minister by the end of 2022, reports Reuters citing results of an opinion poll published by Ipsos Mori on Monday. Growing p...

France approves Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds

France approves Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds

-- 2021-12-20 21:17:50

France's health regulator approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all children aged 5-11 on Monday. "The Haute Autorite de Sante (HAS) suggests that all parents who want it can have their c...

Omicron restrictions loom over Christmas, New Year celebrations in Europe

Omicron restrictions loom over Christmas, New Year celebrations in Europe

-- 2021-12-19 21:48:34

The Netherlands went into lockdown on Sunday and the possibility of more COVID-19 restrictions over the Christmas and New Year period loomed over several European countries as the omicron coronavirus...

UK Brexit supremo Frost resigns in major blow to PM Johnson

UK Brexit supremo Frost resigns in major blow to PM Johnson

এফই অনলাইন ডেস্ক 2021-12-19 10:28:37

British Brexit minister David Frost resigned on Saturday over disillusionment with the direction of Boris Johnson's government, dealing a major blow to the embattled prime minister as the omicron vari...

Netherlands to go into strict lockdown

Netherlands to go into strict lockdown

-- 2021-12-19 10:09:11

The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly- contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, the country's Prime Minister Mark Rutte said...

Omicron cases in UK jump sharply to almost 25,000, deaths rise to 7

Omicron cases in UK jump sharply to almost 25,000, deaths rise to 7

-- 2021-12-18 22:40:19

Cases in the United Kingdom of the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus jumped sharply to almost 25,000 while the total number of reported deaths among people with it so far rose to seven...

Netherlands to announce 'strict' Christmas lockdown

Netherlands to announce 'strict' Christmas lockdown

-- 2021-12-18 20:00:23

The Dutch government is expected to announce on Saturday a "strict" Christmas lockdown that would see everything but essential stores close amid fears over the spread of the omicron coronavirus varian...