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Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in Britain

Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in Britain

-- 2021-11-27 20:32:01

Two cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Britain, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday, according to Reuters. "Late last night I was contacted by the UK H...

61 travellers from S Africa in Netherlands positive for COVID-19

61 travellers from S Africa in Netherlands positive for COVID-19

-- 2021-11-27 18:29:44

Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive for COVID-19, and they were conducting further testing early Saturday t...

German COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark in fourth wave

German COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark in fourth wave

-- 2021-11-25 20:26:40

Germany crossed the sombre threshold of 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday with a surge in infections posing a challenge for the new government, reports Reuters.  Another 351 people hav...

Covid infections break records in parts of Europe, prompting booster shot expansion

Covid infections break records in parts of Europe, prompting booster shot expansion

-- 2021-11-25 11:37:46

Coronavirus infections broke records in parts of Europe on Wednesday, with the continent once again the epicentre of a pandemic that has prompted new curbs on movement and seen health experts push to...

Covid-19: Putin takes nasal spray as booster

Covid-19: Putin takes nasal spray as booster

-- 2021-11-24 20:25:48

Russia announced progress in its Sputnik suite of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with a new version aimed at children and a nasal spray that President Vladimir Putin said he had taken as a booster....

Pinched by energy crisis, Spanish coal plant slated for closure fires up

Pinched by energy crisis, Spanish coal plant slated for closure fires up

-- 2021-11-24 20:17:52

Soaring demand for electricity in Spain, where a cold snap is exacerbating an energy crunch, has pushed power company Endesa to restart a coal plant that has been idle since July and is slated for clo...

Europe rethinks administering booster shots as COVID cases hit records

Europe rethinks administering booster shots as COVID cases hit records

-- 2021-11-24 19:58:16

Coronavirus infections broke records on Wednesday in parts of Europe, once again the epicentre of a pandemic which has prompted new curbs on movement and made health experts think again about booster...

Olaf Scholz moves closer to succeeding Merkel as German chancellor

Olaf Scholz moves closer to succeeding Merkel as German chancellor

-- 2021-11-24 18:14:36

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz moved closer to becoming German chancellor on Wednesday after agreeing on a coalition deal that aims to modernise Europe's largest economy, accelerate its green transition...

WHO warns of 700,000 more Covid deaths in Europe by March

WHO warns of 700,000 more Covid deaths in Europe by March

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-24 15:24:27

The World Health Organization’s Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping 2.0 million in tot...

Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria leaves 46 dead

Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria leaves 46 dead

-- 2021-11-23 11:41:39

At least 45 people were killed when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said. There were children among the victims, and seven people...

UN expert raises concerns over media freedom in Hungary ahead of election

UN expert raises concerns over media freedom in Hungary ahead of election

-- 2021-11-22 20:16:26

The United Nations' top expert on freedom of opinion and expression expressed concerns about a "distorted media environment" in Hungary, saying on Monday that reporting around elections due next year...

Austria enters fourth lockdown as COVID cases soar anew in Europe

Austria enters fourth lockdown as COVID cases soar anew in Europe

-- 2021-11-22 19:37:37

Austria entered its fourth national lockdown on Monday after tens of thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested in Vienna against renewed curbs on movement as Europe again becom...

Poland says Belarus keeps bringing migrants to its border

Poland says Belarus keeps bringing migrants to its border

-- 2021-11-21 20:36:46

Poland accused Belarus on Sunday of continuing to ferry migrants to its border, despite clearing camps close to the frontier earlier this week, as Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki toured Baltic state...

Fresh protests erupt in Europe against new Covid restrictions

Fresh protests erupt in Europe against new Covid restrictions

-- 2021-11-21 12:19:28

Fresh unrest has erupted in the Netherlands against new lockdown rules amid rising Covid-19 cases in Europe. People hurled fireworks at police and set fire to bicycles in The Hague, one night...

Two in hospital after police fire on Dutch COVID-19 protesters

Two in hospital after police fire on Dutch COVID-19 protesters

-- 2021-11-20 21:37:41

Two people were being treated in hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a violent protest against COVID-19 measures, autho...

Austria reimposes full lockdown

Austria reimposes full lockdown

-- 2021-11-19 18:54:58

Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full coronavirus lockdown this autumn to tackle a new wave of infections, and will require its whole population to be vaccinated a...

Seven migrants killed in Greece road crash

Seven migrants killed in Greece road crash

-- 2021-11-19 16:12:21

Seven migrants were killed and eight others injured early on Friday when their vehicle crashed into a toll station on a highway in northern Greece, police said. A preliminary investigation indicated...

UK PM Johnson says no need to move to COVID "Plan B"

UK PM Johnson says no need to move to COVID "Plan B"

-- 2021-11-15 18:30:13

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he saw no need at the moment to move to a "Plan B" of mask mandates, vaccine passes and work from home orders, even though he was cautious of rising coro...

Fire in COVID hospital kills three patients in Bulgaria

Fire in COVID hospital kills three patients in Bulgaria

-- 2021-11-14 17:36:14

A fire broke out on a ward for COVID-19 patients in Bulgaria early Sunday, killing three people, officials said. The fire in the southern Bulgarian town of Sliven broke out at about 2:40 am, the chie...

Britain's army chief sees greater risk of war between West and Russia

Britain's army chief sees greater risk of war between West and Russia

-- 2021-11-13 18:31:27

There is a greater risk of an accidental war breaking out between the West and Russia than at any time since the Cold War, with many of the traditional diplomatic tools no longer available, Britain's...

Netherlands imposes partial lockdown as Covid-19 cases soar

Netherlands imposes partial lockdown as Covid-19 cases soar

-- 2021-11-13 11:23:44

The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from Saturday after the government ordered restaurants and shops to close early and barred spectators from major sporting events in an effort to conta...

Europe becomes epicentre of Covid-19 pandemic again

Europe becomes epicentre of Covid-19 pandemic again

-- 2021-11-12 20:27:53

Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns in the run-up to Christmas and stirring debate over whether vaccines alone...

Norway plans third vaccine dose for all adults

Norway plans third vaccine dose for all adults

-- 2021-11-12 19:48:10

Norway will offer a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to everyone aged 18 and older and will give municipalities the option of using digital "corona passes" as a way to beat back a surge in COVID-19 infecti...

Britain allows Julian Assange to get married in prison

Britain allows Julian Assange to get married in prison

-- 2021-11-12 18:14:10

British prison authorities have allowed Julian Assange to marry his partner Stella Moris in Belmarsh prison. The Wikileaks founder and Ms Moris have two sons together, those were reportedly conceived...

Fears grow for child refugees gathered at Belarus-Poland border

Fears grow for child refugees gathered at Belarus-Poland border

-- 2021-11-11 17:25:11

Children – among the thousands stranded on the border – suffer from hunger and hypothermia, at least one has died, reports Al Jazeera. When Ibrahim*, a 37-year-old Syrian, sought shelter...

Draft deal looks beyond UN conference for real climate advances

Draft deal looks beyond UN conference for real climate advances

-- 2021-11-10 23:15:47

The British hosts of the UN climate conference have called on countries to raise their ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions by next year, acknowledging that current pledges fall short of what is...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot

-- 2021-11-10 09:49:25

Malala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls' education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being shot aged 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, has got married, she said on...

‘World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest pledges’

‘World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest pledges’

-- 2021-11-09 22:15:32

New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker (CAT...

Hundreds of migrants stuck at Poland-Belarus border, more clashes feared

Hundreds of migrants stuck at Poland-Belarus border, more clashes feared

-- 2021-11-09 18:26:56

Hundreds of migrants shivered in freezing temperatures and huddled round campfires on the Belarusian border with Poland on Tuesday in front of razor wire fences and lines of Polish border guards block...

COP26 talks wade into climate finance as poor nations count cost

COP26 talks wade into climate finance as poor nations count cost

-- 2021-11-08 20:37:33

Former US president Barack Obama on Monday lent his backing to appeals for more help from those on the frontline of global warming, as developing and rich nations engage to try to end years of deadloc...