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Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologises

Merkel drops Easter shutdown plan for Germany, apologises

-- 2021-03-24 22:03:13

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea a mistake and apologized to Germans. Me...

Merkel calls meeting to discuss Covid-19 lockdown

Merkel calls meeting to discuss Covid-19 lockdown

REUTERS 2021-03-24 15:37:17

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called an unexpected meeting with leaders of the federal states for Wednesday morning to discuss the coronavirus pandemic after they agreed early on Tuesday to exte...

Pine forest near Rome to get protection from satellites, drones

Pine forest near Rome to get protection from satellites, drones

Reuters 2021-03-24 12:15:14

Italian aerospace and defence group Leonardo and a consortium of IT companies are to use satellites, sensors and drones to protect a 1,000 hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Rome. The pine fo...

Prince Harry named chief impact officer at mental health company

Prince Harry named chief impact officer at mental health company

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:52:13

Britain’s Prince Harry will become the first chief impact officer of BetterUp Inc, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides employee coaching and mental health assistance, the company said o...

Vatican insists on diverting military expenses to improve health, fight poverty

Vatican insists on diverting military expenses to improve health, fight poverty

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:31:45

The coronavirus pandemic should make governments realise that defence spending cannot guarantee security for their populations and should encourage them instead to divert funds to improve health care...

Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’

Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’

AP 2021-03-23 21:00:40

A popular Polish writer is facing a potential sentence of up to three years in prison for calling the nation’s president a “moron” on social media. Jakub Zulczyk had criticised the...

UK jobless rate plunges as workers drop out of labour force

UK jobless rate plunges as workers drop out of labour force

Reuters   2021-03-23 18:27:05

Britain’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell in the three months to January, a change that partly reflected people giving up their job hunt as lockdown measures tightened at the start of the year, o...

Germany imposes Easter lockdown to curb new surge

Germany imposes Easter lockdown to curb new surge

BBC 2021-03-23 18:16:49

Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections. After talks with regional leaders, C...

European Union to use all tools to secure AstraZeneca vaccine

European Union to use all tools to secure AstraZeneca vaccine

-- 2021-03-23 18:09:15

The European Commission’s chief vaccine negotiator Sandra Gallina said on Tuesday the European Union will use all available means to secure the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca. She did...

Russia won’t reveal name of vaccine Putin will take, says Kremlin

Russia won’t reveal name of vaccine Putin will take, says Kremlin

-- 2021-03-23 17:59:46

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had deliberately decided it would not reveal the name of the Russian-made vaccine which President Vladimir Putin is due to take later on Tuesday, reports Reuters. "We...

England imposes new 5,000 pound fine on travel abroad

England imposes new 5,000 pound fine on travel abroad

-- 2021-03-23 14:06:04

Fines of 5,000 pounds ($6,900) will be introduced from next week for people from England who try to travel abroad without good reason under new COVID-19 laws which last until the end of June. In the...

Truck carrying migrants in Croatia meets with accident, four die

Truck carrying migrants in Croatia meets with accident, four die

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:18:13

Four migrants died and 10 were severely injured in a traffic accident of a truck on a highway in eastern Croatia, state news agency Hina said on Monday citing police sources. The driver of the truck,...

EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup

EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup

Reuters 2021-03-22 14:40:31

The European Union will on Monday impose sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the February 1 coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a meeting of EU...

Mediterranean countries of Europe call for more solidarity in new EU migration pact

Mediterranean countries of Europe call for more solidarity in new EU migration pact

-- 2021-03-21 11:13:13

Mediterranean countries on the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis called for more solidarity from EU governments on Saturday and said a proposed overhaul of migration rules did not go far en...

Scientists warn most Britons may not make summer holidays abroad

Scientists warn most Britons may not make summer holidays abroad

-- 2021-03-21 11:02:28

Holidays abroad are “extremely unlikely” for most Britons this summer due to the risk of importing new variants of COVID-19, a scientist who advises the government said on Saturday, leavin...

Probe begins into Boris Johnson’s flat renovation using party fund

Probe begins into Boris Johnson’s flat renovation using party fund

-- 2021-03-20 20:26:54

The Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom has started a probe into allegations of using funding of Conservative Party for renovation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official flat. The...

Partial lockdown in France, Poland as infections surge

Partial lockdown in France, Poland as infections surge

BBC 2021-03-20 19:37:25

France and Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France, including the capital Pa...

EU threatens AstraZeneca with export ban

EU threatens AstraZeneca with export ban

AP 2021-03-20 18:59:26

The European Union’s (EU) executive arm is increasing its pressure on pharmaceutical companies to speed up their vaccine delivery to the continent as virus numbers are rising again in many membe...

European Union plans digital green certificate for COVID-free, vaccinated people

European Union plans digital green certificate for COVID-free, vaccinated people

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-03-20 18:33:35

The European Union plans to launch a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate safe free movement of the COVID-19 negative and vaccinated people inside its member countries. The European Commission mad...

Italy's elderly again pay a price as vaccinations lag

Italy's elderly again pay a price as vaccinations lag

AP 2021-03-20 17:08:37

One year ago, Bergamo’s state-of-the-art Pope John XXIII Hospital verged on collapse as doctors struggled to treat 600 patients, with 100 of them in intensive care. Army trucks ferried the dead...

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of European treaty on violence against women

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of European treaty on violence against women

-- 2021-03-20 16:15:11

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pulled his country out of an international accord designed to protect women, the country’s official gazette said on Saturday, despite calls from campaigners who...

Thunberg joins climate protest in Stockholm

Thunberg joins climate protest in Stockholm

-- 2021-03-20 11:42:19

Climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in a protest under the banner of “No More Empty Promises” in central Stockholm on Friday, with protesters attending in shifts to avoid breaching c...

Belarus president names two ex-ministers as possible successors

Belarus president names two ex-ministers as possible successors

-- 2021-03-20 11:08:25

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday named a former interior minister and a former health minister as possible successors but added that only elections could determine who came after hi...

Paris set for lockdown as France fears third wave of coronavirus

Paris set for lockdown as France fears third wave of coronavirus

BBC 2021-03-19 21:36:55

The French capital is set to go into a month-long Covid lockdown as the country fears a third wave. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France will be placed under the measures from midnight on Fri...

Putin wants live online talks with Biden

Putin wants live online talks with Biden

-- 2021-03-19 17:12:15

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and US President Joe Biden should hold live online talks in coming days after Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and diplom...

EU nations to resume use of AstraZeneca after regulators back shot

EU nations to resume use of AstraZeneca after regulators back shot

Reuters 2021-03-19 08:59:31

Germany, France and other European nations announced plans to resume using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday after EU and British regulators moved to shore up confidence in the shot, sa...

Putin wishes Biden good health after US president calls him killer

Putin wishes Biden good health after US president calls him killer

Reuters 2021-03-18 20:14:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that people tend view others as they actually see themselves after US President Joe Biden said he thought Putin was a killer, and quipped that he wish...

Moderna to deliver first UK COVID-19 vaccines in April

Moderna to deliver first UK COVID-19 vaccines in April

Reuters   2021-03-18 17:03:06

Moderna expects to deliver its first COVID-19 vaccines to Britain in April and is on track to meet its supply obligations, a spokesman for the company said after ministers warned the vaccine rollout w...

Britain says lumps in global vaccine supply chain an issue

Britain says lumps in global vaccine supply chain an issue

Reuters 2021-03-18 14:16:46

Britain said on Thursday that there were lumps and bumps in the global vaccine supply chain that was causing some issues and scolded the European Union for threatening to slap a ban on vaccine exports...

Uber under pressure on UK minimum wage in test of gig economy

Uber under pressure on UK minimum wage in test of gig economy

Reuters   2021-03-17 16:53:22

Uber drivers in Britain should receive the minimum wage for the whole time they are logged on to the app, two former drivers said on Wednesday after winning a court battle which could reshape the gig...