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Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants, including Bangladeshis, docks in Sicily port

Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants, including Bangladeshis, docks in Sicily port

REUTERS 2021-08-07 22:16:49

A ship carrying 257 migrants, including Bangladeshis, docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a week after rescuing the people from international waters off Tunisia. Migrants onboard...

Johnson won't isolate after staff member's positive Covid test

Johnson won't isolate after staff member's positive Covid test

-- 2021-08-07 15:13:35

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff on a recent trip to Scotland tested positive for the coronavirus, his Downing Street office said....

‘Vaccinated people can transmit COVID-19 as easily as unvaccinated’

‘Vaccinated people can transmit COVID-19 as easily as unvaccinated’

REUTERS 2021-08-06 21:24:29

There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England...

Russia has administered Covid vaccines to 37 million people, report says

Russia has administered Covid vaccines to 37 million people, report says

-- 2021-08-05 15:21:20

Russia has administered COVID-19 vaccines to 37 million people, Interfax news agency quoted deputy health minister Oleg Gridnev as saying on Thursday. Gridnev did not say whether the figure referred...

110 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

110 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

-- 2021-08-05 11:54:27

The Libyan Navy has said a coast guard patrol rescued 110 illegal migrants off the country's western coast. The rescued migrants, who are of different nationalities, include a woman who gave birth on...

Death toll from floods in China's Henan province rises to 302

Death toll from floods in China's Henan province rises to 302

REUTERS 2021-08-02 20:41:52

The death toll from last month's floods in the central Chinese province of Henan rose to 302 as of Monday, officials said, triple the figure of 99 that was reported last week, with most of the fatalit...

French citizen faces lawsuit for depicting Macron as Hitler

French citizen faces lawsuit for depicting Macron as Hitler

-- 2021-08-02 20:12:07

Michel-Ange Flori, the owner of a French street advertising business, decided to use some of his billboards for what he called an exercise in political satire, posting a picture showing French Preside...

Bangladeshis among 394 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

Bangladeshis among 394 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

-- 2021-08-02 11:46:26

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants, including Bangladeshis, from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours,...

Pizza for shots: UK businesses target youth with vaccine incentives

Pizza for shots: UK businesses target youth with vaccine incentives

-- 2021-08-02 10:28:56

Restaurants, ride-hailing apps and food delivery services are backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, offering discounts and even free slices of pizza to persuade young people to roll up t...

Thousands protest against French Covid-19 health pass rules

Thousands protest against French Covid-19 health pass rules

-- 2021-08-01 10:56:56

Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it ba...

Four dead as wildfires sweep Turkey; villages and hotels evacuated

Four dead as wildfires sweep Turkey; villages and hotels evacuated

-- 2021-07-31 11:25:13

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels....

Migrant volunteers clear up flood-hit Germany

Migrant volunteers clear up flood-hit Germany

REUTERS 2021-07-31 10:30:12

Syrian volunteers have rushed to towns hit by Germany's most devastating floods in 60 years to clean them up and renovate homes, drawing on their experience with catastrophes in their homeland to help...

Johnson worried about his dog's 'romantic urges'

Johnson worried about his dog's 'romantic urges'

REUTERS 2021-07-27 20:08:31

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that his dog Dilyn had "romantic urges" and was "endlessly at people's legs" in Downing Street. Johnson and Carrie Symonds revealed in 2019 that t...

Once Germany’s strength, water now threatens the country

Once Germany’s strength, water now threatens the country

REUTERS 2021-07-23 14:05:36

Bad Muenstereifel's transformation from picturesque but sleepy German tourist town into an outlet shopping centre put it on the map for millions of visitors. Then floods laid waste to its medieval st...

Britain's Prince George marks eighth birthday with a grin

Britain's Prince George marks eighth birthday with a grin

-- 2021-07-22 18:12:20

Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate released a new photograph of their son Prince George with a beaming smile to mark his eighth birthday on Thursday. The photograph taken by his mother,...

Germany dampens hopes of finding survivors in flood-hit areas

Germany dampens hopes of finding survivors in flood-hit areas

-- 2021-07-21 21:28:19

A relief official dampened hopes on Wednesday of finding more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, as a poll showed many Germans felt policymakers had not done...

British journalist Simon Dring dies at 76

British journalist Simon Dring dies at 76

-- 2021-07-20 15:03:04

Simon Dring, a famous British foreign correspondent, television producer and presenter, who rose to fame for covering wars and revolutions around the world, has died at the age of 76, bdnews24.com rep...

Hundreds considered missing in Europe floods are safe

Hundreds considered missing in Europe floods are safe

-- 2021-07-20 10:48:09

European authorities have revised down the number of people missing as waters receded after devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland last week, even as the death toll...

Prince Harry promises to share 'mistakes and lessons learned' in memoir

Prince Harry promises to share 'mistakes and lessons learned' in memoir

-- 2021-07-20 09:43:43

The Duke of Sussex will share "mistakes and lessons learned" during his life in a memoir to be published next year. Announcing the deal with publishers Penguin Random House, Prince Harry said he...

Flash floods batter Bavaria as European death toll rises to 184

Flash floods batter Bavaria as European death toll rises to 184

REUTERS 2021-07-18 19:37:29

Flash floods hit southern Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person, turning roads into rivers and adding to the flooding devastation that has claimed the lives of more than 180 people across Eur...

British ministers decide against mass Covid vaccination for teens

British ministers decide against mass Covid vaccination for teens

REUTERS 2021-07-18 15:29:00

Britain has opted against mass Covid-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, with ministers instead preparing to offer doses to vulnerable 12 to 15-year-olds and those about to turn 18, the Te...

UK health minister tests Covid positive

UK health minister tests Covid positive

-- 2021-07-17 20:08:43

British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, but that his symptoms were mild and he had had two doses of vaccine against the disease, reports Reuters. Jav...

German, Belgian flood deaths rise to 157 as search continues

German, Belgian flood deaths rise to 157 as search continues

REUTERS 2021-07-17 19:16:42

Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors on Saturday after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and claimed at least 157 lives. Some 133 pe...

Over 110 dead, 1,000 missing in flood-stricken Germany and Belgium

Over 110 dead, 1,000 missing in flood-stricken Germany and Belgium

-- 2021-07-16 20:24:32

More than 1,000 people were missing in flood-stricken regions of western Germany and Belgium on Friday, where waters were still rising with the death toll already well over 100 and communications in s...

Eiffel Tower reopens after eight-month COVID closure

Eiffel Tower reopens after eight-month COVID closure

REUTERS 2021-07-16 19:20:06

The Eiffel Tower reopened on Friday after an eight-month shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, its longest closure since World War Two. As a countdown clock at the foot of the tower turned to ze...

Russian plane carrying 17 passengers goes missing in Siberia

Russian plane carrying 17 passengers goes missing in Siberia

REUTERS 2021-07-16 18:36:17

A Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane carrying up to 17 people disappeared from radars on Friday while flying over the Siberian region of Tomsk, local officials said, the second such incident this m...

At least 44 dead, dozens missing in Western Europe floods

At least 44 dead, dozens missing in Western Europe floods

REUTERS 2021-07-16 08:27:41

At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens were missing on Thursday as swollen rivers caused by record rainfall across western Europe swept through towns and villages, leaving cars upended, ho...

At least 44 dead in floods in western Europe, dozens missing

At least 44 dead in floods in western Europe, dozens missing

REUTERS   2021-07-15 20:25:59

At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens were missing on Thursday as record rainfall in western Europe caused rivers to burst their banks, swept away homes and flooded cellars. Eighteen peo...

Dutch crime reporter De Vries dies after being shot

Dutch crime reporter De Vries dies after being shot

REUTERS 2021-07-15 20:11:55

Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R De Vries has died just over a week after being shot in the street, his family and his employer RTL Netherlands news said on Thursday. De Vries, who was 64, had...

EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions

EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions

-- 2021-07-15 16:34:57

Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union's top court said on Thursday in a ruling on two cases brought by women in Germany who were susp...