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Police fine Norway prime minister over virus rules violation

Police fine Norway prime minister over virus rules violation

-- 2021-04-09 15:22:33

Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when she organised a family gathering to celebrate her birthday. The fine is...

France recommends second mRNA COVID-19 dose for under-55s after first AstraZeneca shot

France recommends second mRNA COVID-19 dose for under-55s after first AstraZeneca shot

-- 2021-04-09 15:14:23

France's top health body said recipients of a first dose of AstraZeneca's traditional COVID-19 vaccine who are under 55 should get a second shot with a new-style messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccine, confirmi...

Italy, Britain suggest age limits for AstraZeneca vaccine

Italy, Britain suggest age limits for AstraZeneca vaccine

Reuters 2021-04-08 11:53:13

Italy recommended on Wednesday that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot only be used on those over 60 and Britain that people under 30 should get an alternative, due to possible links between the vaccin...

Giorgio Armani could consider an Italian partner

Giorgio Armani could consider an Italian partner

-- 2021-04-08 11:30:25

Giorgio Armani may consider a joint venture with another Italian company, the founder of the Milanese fashion house told US magazine Vogue, opening the door for the first time to a potential business...

France to open Mitterrand's Rwanda archives to commemorate genocide

France to open Mitterrand's Rwanda archives to commemorate genocide

Reuters 2021-04-08 10:14:30

France will open the Rwanda archives of former French president Francois Mitterrand, as part of an effort to better understand the nation’s role in the African country during its 1990s genocide,...

UK begins rollout of Moderna's Covid vaccine

UK begins rollout of Moderna's Covid vaccine

Reuters 2021-04-07 14:44:02

Britain begins rolling out Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday in Wales and expects to be using it in the rest of the United Kingdom in the coming days in a boost to the country’s heal...

British Airways CEO optimistic travel can resume on May 17

British Airways CEO optimistic travel can resume on May 17

-- 2021-04-06 15:40:31

The chief executive of British Airways said he is optimistic that international travel can resume from May 17 despite Britain warning on Monday that it was too soon to say whether holidays could resta...

Russian police step up security at Navalny prison ahead of protest

Russian police step up security at Navalny prison ahead of protest

-- 2021-04-06 14:59:23

Russian police stepped up security at the prison holding Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday as his supporters prepared to stage a protest outside the facility to demand that authorities give him...

Russia's Putin signs law that could keep him in Kremlin until 2036

Russia's Putin signs law that could keep him in Kremlin until 2036

Reuters 2021-04-06 10:07:15

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that could keep him in office in the Kremlin until 2036, the government said on Monday. The legislation allows him to run for two more six-year terms...

Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15

Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15

-- 2021-04-05 18:32:56

Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15 though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of banned content. Moscow has traditionall...

Boris Johnson launches mass Covid-19 testing programme

Boris Johnson launches mass Covid-19 testing programme

-- 2021-04-05 13:33:26

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday everyone in England will be able to take a Covid-19 test twice a week in a new drive to track the pandemic as society reopens and the vaccine rollou...

Pope Francis slams weapons spending in time of pandemic

Pope Francis slams weapons spending in time of pandemic

-- 2021-04-05 09:57:13

Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called armed conflict and military spending durin...

Pope describes military spending during pandemic as scandalous

Pope describes military spending during pandemic as scandalous

-- 2021-04-04 18:50:33

Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pa...

Bulgarians vote in parliamentary election amid COVID fears, anger over graft

Bulgarians vote in parliamentary election amid COVID fears, anger over graft

-- 2021-04-04 09:24:45

Bulgarians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday that will decide whether long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov wins a fresh four-year mandate despite persistent concerns about graft in the...

Thousands of demonstrators join ‘kill the bill’ rallies across Britain

Thousands of demonstrators join ‘kill the bill’ rallies across Britain

-- 2021-04-04 08:54:30

Thousands of demonstrators joined rallies across Britain on Saturday against a proposed law that would give police extra powers to curb protests, with some scuffles breaking out following a march in L...

France witnesses biggest jump in COVID-19 intensive care patients in five months

France witnesses biggest jump in COVID-19 intensive care patients in five months

-- 2021-04-03 08:46:44

France reported on Friday that 5,254 people were in intensive care units with COVID-19, an increase of 145 people in one day and the highest daily increase in five months. The risk of emergency wards...

UK regulator found total of 30 cases of blood clot events linked to AstraZeneca shot

UK regulator found total of 30 cases of blood clot events linked to AstraZeneca shot

Reuters 2021-04-02 10:00:11

British regulators on Thursday said they have identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events after the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, 25 more than the agency previously reported. The Medicin...

Pandemic slowdown led to record fall in EU carbon market emissions

Pandemic slowdown led to record fall in EU carbon market emissions

-- 2021-04-01 20:47:11

Emissions regulated by Europe's carbon market fell by 14.4 per cent in 2020, their biggest percentage decline yet, as pandemic restrictions stifled economic activity and grounded flights, official dat...

Macron orders Covid-19 lockdown across all of France

Macron orders Covid-19 lockdown across all of France

REUTERS 2021-04-01 12:17:18

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of Covid-19 infections that t...

Writers from four continents up for Booker Prize

Writers from four continents up for Booker Prize

AP 2021-03-30 20:24:54

Chinese writer Can Xue and Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, both long-favoured contenders for the Nobel Prize for literature, are among nominees for the International Booker Prize for fiction. Can Xu...

Czech billionaire Kellner killed in chopper crash

Czech billionaire Kellner killed in chopper crash

-- 2021-03-30 09:34:39

Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska. Kellner, 56, was among the five, including the p...

France's cheese consumption increases during lockdown

France's cheese consumption increases during lockdown

-- 2021-03-27 10:50:18

French households feasted on cheese last year as they turned to home cooking and sought gastronomic comfort during coronavirus lockdowns that shuttered the restaurant trade. The amount of cheese purc...

Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

-- 2021-03-25 17:49:43

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the EU's decision to procure coronavirus vaccines jointly as the bloc struggles with delays in rollout. EU leaders are to hold virtual talks shortly to di...

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...