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Russia launches satellite to monitor Arctic climate

Russia launches satellite to monitor Arctic climate

-- 2021-03-01 10:17:10

Russia has launched its space satellite Arktika-M on a mission to monitor the climate and environment in the Arctic amid a push by the Kremlin to expand the country’s activities in the region....

All cattle on pariah ship 'should be killed': Spanish government

All cattle on pariah ship 'should be killed': Spanish government

Reuters 2021-02-28 10:48:46

More than 850 cows that have spent months on a ship in the Mediterranean are no longer fit for transport and should be killed, Spain’s Agriculure Ministry said on Saturday, confirming an earlier...

UK seeks G7 consensus on digital competition

UK seeks G7 consensus on digital competition

-- 2021-02-27 08:59:45

Britain is seeking to build a consensus among G7 nations on how to stop large technology companies exploiting their dominance, warning that there can be no repeat of Facebook’s one-week media bl...

Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine sensor problem

Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine sensor problem

Reuters 2021-02-26 22:36:10

A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777 cargo plane made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Friday due to a problem with an engine control sensor, the airline said. The plane was a...

'IS bride' Shamima not allowed to return to UK

'IS bride' Shamima not allowed to return to UK

BBC 2021-02-26 17:34:21

Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom for Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group as a teenager, will not be allowed to return and fight her citizenship case, the Supreme Court of the country...

Russia jails man for eight years for passing secrets to China: TASS

Russia jails man for eight years for passing secrets to China: TASS

-- 2021-02-25 16:01:29

A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to China, the TASS news agency reported, according to...

EU mulls vaccination passports to resurrect tourism

EU mulls vaccination passports to resurrect tourism

Reuters 2021-02-25 10:16:10

European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-Covid shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on tourism desperat...

China has tried to intimidate Hong Kong activists in Germany, Berlin says

China has tried to intimidate Hong Kong activists in Germany, Berlin says

Reuters 2021-02-23 19:47:36

China has tried to intimidate Hong Kong residents living in Germany since pro-democracy protests broke out in the city two years ago, the German interior ministry said in a letter to a lawmaker publis...

Offices in Britain to remain deserted for months

Offices in Britain to remain deserted for months

-- 2021-02-23 10:57:45

It is premature to write off big cities such as London which will bounce back strongly as the pandemic wanes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday after unveiling a plan that will keep...

Italian ambassador killed in Congo while in UN convoy

Italian ambassador killed in Congo while in UN convoy

AP 2021-02-22 18:29:14

The Italian ambassador to Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed Monday while traveling in Congo in a UN convoy, the Foreign Ministry said. In a brief statement, the ministry said...

Israel's beaches blackened after offshore oil spill

Israel's beaches blackened after offshore oil spill

-- 2021-02-22 09:55:16

Israel is trying to find the ship responsible for an oil spill that drenched much of its Mediterranean shoreline with tar, an environmental blow that will take months or years to clean up, officials s...

Turkey sees window of opportunity for Iran, US on sanctions, Erdogan tells Rouhani

Turkey sees window of opportunity for Iran, US on sanctions, Erdogan tells Rouhani

-- 2021-02-22 09:37:08

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday he saw a window of opportunity for Iran and the United States on sanctions after recent statements, adding he wan...

45 migrants rescued after ship capsizes near Italy

45 migrants rescued after ship capsizes near Italy

-- 2021-02-21 10:08:55

The Italian Coast Guard said on Saturday it had rescued 45 migrants after their ship capsized 15 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. “At the moment, a total of 45 migrants, all men,...

Russia reports first case of human infection with AH5N8 bird flu

Russia reports first case of human infection with AH5N8 bird flu

-- 2021-02-20 20:05:25

Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named AH5N8 being passed to humans from birds and has reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO), Anna Popova, head of...

Russian court rejects Kremlin critic Navalny's appeal against jail term

Russian court rejects Kremlin critic Navalny's appeal against jail term

Reuters 2021-02-20 19:39:59

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny lost his appeal on Saturday against what he said was a politically-motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years, but had his prison term slightly shortened. Nav...

Russia approves its third coronavirus vaccine, CoviVac

Russia approves its third coronavirus vaccine, CoviVac

REUTERS 2021-02-20 17:46:39

Russia on Saturday approved a third Covid-19 vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labelled CoviVac and produced...

China's rise to define transatlantic ties: NATO chief

China's rise to define transatlantic ties: NATO chief

REUTERS 2021-02-20 13:10:07

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Friday for Europe, Canada and the United States to uphold the international rules-based order that Russia and China are challenging, and described Bei...

Harry, Meghan make final split with British royal family

Harry, Meghan make final split with British royal family

-- 2021-02-19 20:33:54

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have made a final split with the British royal family, telling Queen Elizabeth that they will not be returning as working members of monarchy, Buckingham Palace said o...

Moscow eyes fully electric bus fleet by 2030

Moscow eyes fully electric bus fleet by 2030

Reuters 2021-02-19 20:19:06

Moscow plans to nearly quadruple the number of electric buses it operates in coming years and replace all petrol or diesel-powered public transport vehicles with greener alternatives by 2030, a senior...

EU moves to allow continued data flows to Britain after Brexit

EU moves to allow continued data flows to Britain after Brexit

-- 2021-02-19 19:20:45

The European Commission said on Friday Britain’s data protection laws were in line with the European Union’s despite Brexit and it would start a process to allow a continued flow of police...

Rich nations stockpiling billion more COVID-19 shots than needed

Rich nations stockpiling billion more COVID-19 shots than needed

Reuters 2021-02-19 18:38:53

Rich countries are on course to have over a billion more doses of COVID-19 vaccines than they need, leaving poorer nations scrambling for leftover supplies as the world seeks to curb the coronavirus p...

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30pc below plans

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30pc below plans

Reuters 2021-02-17 18:24:57

The delay is another blow to the EU, which has also been hit by delays in deliveries from Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca and US company Moderna, and had also faced earlier delays on the Pfizer va...

France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

AP 2021-02-16 22:24:28

A bill that would strengthen oversite of mosques, schools and sports clubs to rid France of radical Islamists and ensure respect for French values - and is one of President Emmanuel Macron's landmark...

Russians show Valentine's Day support for detained Navalny with candle-lit vigils

Russians show Valentine's Day support for detained Navalny with candle-lit vigils

-- 2021-02-15 10:20:45

Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny held candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that they could be arrested. Navalny’s allies have decl...

French hospitals to move into crisis mode from Thursday

French hospitals to move into crisis mode from Thursday

-- 2021-02-15 10:01:49

France’s Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to enter “crisis organisation” to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus cases as a result of highly co...

Russia's Lavrov holds climate talks with US envoy Kerry

Russia's Lavrov holds climate talks with US envoy Kerry

-- 2021-02-14 10:16:38

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed climate change with US climate envoy John Kerry on Saturday, with the pair agreeing to cooperate further within the Arctic Council, the Russian foreign...

Italy's Draghi takes office, faces daunting challenges

Italy's Draghi takes office, faces daunting challenges

REUTERS 2021-02-13 23:27:38

Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday to lead a unity government that has to steer Italy out of the coronavirus crisis and an economic...

Siberian blast freezes Britain

Siberian blast freezes Britain

Reuters 2021-02-12 15:11:18

Britain recorded the lowest temperature in 26 years on Thursday after a bitingly cold blast of Siberian weather swirled in from Russia, pushing temperatures down to minus 23 Celsius in the Scottish Hi...

Meghan wins privacy battle against 'dehumanising' tabloid paper

Meghan wins privacy battle against 'dehumanising' tabloid paper

-- 2021-02-12 12:00:28

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said on Thursday a British tabloid had been held to account for its “dehumanising practices” after she won a privacy claim against the paper for printing ext...

BBC News barred from airing in China

BBC News barred from airing in China

Reuters 2021-02-12 10:00:42

British television channel BBC World News was barred on Friday from airing in China, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s licence to broadcast in the U...