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Boris Johnson faces probe into apartment renovation costs

Boris Johnson faces probe into apartment renovation costs

CNN 2021-04-28 18:05:13

Britain's political spending watchdog will launch a formal investigation into the funding of renovations to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apartment in Downing Street. The UK's Electoral Commission s...

Independent models, countries provide different estimation on carbon emissions

Independent models, countries provide different estimation on carbon emissions

-- 2021-04-27 19:39:29

Scientists said on Monday they have detected a large gap, equal to about what the United States emits annually, between the amounts of climate-warming emissions that countries report and the amount th...

Global military spending rises by 2.6pc despite pandemic

Global military spending rises by 2.6pc despite pandemic

-- 2021-04-26 20:26:25

Global military expenditure rose by 2.6 per cent to $1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Inst...

European Union sues AstraZeneca over delayed vaccine delivery

European Union sues AstraZeneca over delayed vaccine delivery

-- 2021-04-26 19:37:54

The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has initiated a legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and for not ha...

Netherlands to ban flights from India over virus fear

Netherlands to ban flights from India over virus fear

XINHUA 2021-04-26 18:27:26

The Dutch ministry in charge of aviation said Sunday that flights from India would be banned until at least May 1 amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant, reported Sputnik. "A flight ban will t...

Indian coronavirus variant reaches Switzerland

Indian coronavirus variant reaches Switzerland

-- 2021-04-25 20:35:33

The first case of the Indian variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in Switzerland, federal government's centre for public health of Switzerland said, as other countries introduce travel bans to contain it...

EU blames China for endangering peace in South China Sea

EU blames China for endangering peace in South China Sea

Reuters 2021-04-25 16:39:13

The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sove...

Navalny ends hunger strike, but political prospects darken

Navalny ends hunger strike, but political prospects darken

-- 2021-04-24 17:49:43

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he would start gradually ending a hunger strike after getting medical care, even as the political prospects for him and his movement darkened. Soun...

Activists dump fake coal in fossil fuel protest

Activists dump fake coal in fossil fuel protest

Reuters 2021-04-24 11:24:09

Climate activists dumped fake coal outside Lloyd's of London's headquarters on Friday, targeting the global insurer in a protest against the industry's backing for major fossil fuel mining projects in...

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediately

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediately

-- 2021-04-23 12:01:38

Doctors of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have urged him to immediately end his hunger strike, warning that otherwise he could die. In a statement, the five say they have been sh...

EU preparing to sue AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: Report

EU preparing to sue AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: Report

Reuters 2021-04-22 12:53:17

he European Commission is preparing to launch legal proceedings against vaccine maker AstraZeneca, Politico reported late Wednesday, citing five unnamed European Union diplomats. At a meeting of...

Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband's funeral

Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband's funeral

-- 2021-04-21 20:46:04

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband...

'I don't want that' - France struggles to pitch AstraZeneca vaccine

'I don't want that' - France struggles to pitch AstraZeneca vaccine

-- 2021-04-19 22:17:38

Tasked with persuading shoppers at an outdoor market to consider taking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Paris city hall employee Leo Martin was finding it a tough sell. "Which vaccine is it?" one w...

US warns of consequences if Navalny dies in prison

US warns of consequences if Navalny dies in prison

-- 2021-04-19 20:08:45

US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States government has told Russia “there will be consequences” if Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny dies...

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats over explosion row

Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats over explosion row

-- 2021-04-19 12:00:02

Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled from the country. The Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats on Saturday. Czech local intelligence a...

Queen Elizabeth stands alone as her 'strength' Philip is laid to rest

Queen Elizabeth stands alone as her 'strength' Philip is laid to rest

-- 2021-04-17 22:10:55

Queen Elizabeth and her family paid their last respects to Prince Philip at a funeral on Saturday that celebrated his naval past, his international heritage and seven decades of service in which he he...

Prince Philip makes final journey followed by Charles, William and Harry

Prince Philip makes final journey followed by Charles, William and Harry

REUTERS 2021-04-17 20:35:48

Prince Philip began his final journey on Saturday, his coffin borne on a specially modified Land Rover hearse, followed on foot by a procession of senior royals including Prince Charles and Princes Wi...

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure

-- 2021-04-17 19:16:57

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is at increasing risk of kidney failure and his vision is deteriorating after more than two weeks on hunger strike, a medical trade union with ties to the oppositi...

Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in retaliatory move

Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in retaliatory move

-- 2021-04-17 16:39:10

Russia will ask 10 US diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washington's expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lav...

Putin to decide on counter sanctions against US

Putin to decide on counter sanctions against US

-- 2021-04-16 20:37:29

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would decide what counter sanctions to impose on Washington, a day after US President Joe Biden hit Moscow with an array of punitive me...

Russian police detain four journalists for protest violations

Russian police detain four journalists for protest violations

-- 2021-04-15 10:58:26

Russian police raided a student magazine’s editorial office on Wednesday and detained four of its journalists on criminal charges of encouraging minors to take part in anti-Kremlin protests, the...

European powers warn Iran over uranium enrichment move

European powers warn Iran over uranium enrichment move

-- 2021-04-15 10:29:03

The United States and the European countries party to the Iran nuclear deal pushed back on Wednesday against Tehran’s decision to enrich uranium at 60 per cent purity, with the top US diplomat c...

Google fined by Turkey for abusing dominant position

Google fined by Turkey for abusing dominant position

REUTERS 2021-04-15 09:50:54

Turkey’s Competition Board has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google more than 296 million lira ($36.65 million) for abusing its dominant position in search engine services, the regulator said on We...

In world first, Denmark discards AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot

In world first, Denmark discards AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot

REUTERS 2021-04-14 22:01:28

Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot. The decision will push back the s...

Romanian health minister removed for failure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

Romanian health minister removed for failure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic

-- 2021-04-14 15:14:43

Romanian health minister was removed from his post for his failure to tackle ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Florin Citu, the prime minister of the country, said on Wednesday he has fired Health Minist...

Prince Harry reaches Britain for Prince Philip's funeral

Prince Harry reaches Britain for Prince Philip's funeral

-- 2021-04-12 15:26:52

Prince Harry, whose explosive interview alongside his wife Meghan plunged the royal family into its biggest crisis in decades, has arrived back in Britain for Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday. Phi...

Four migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands

Four migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands

-- 2021-04-12 10:17:57

At least four people were found dead on a migrant boat off the Canary Island of El Hierro on Sunday, the Spanish Red Cross said. The vessel was spotted by a fishing boat around 120 miles (193 km) to...

French government condemns attack on Muslim centre

French government condemns attack on Muslim centre

FE REPORT 2021-04-12 09:32:18

The French government on Sunday condemned the defacing of an Islamic cultural centre in western France with Islamaphobic slogans, and said an attack on Muslims was an attack on the Republic. The tags...

Prince Philips’s funeral an 'ideal opportunity' to end royal rifts, says Major

Prince Philips’s funeral an 'ideal opportunity' to end royal rifts, says Major

BBC 2021-04-11 18:08:51

Shared grief over the death of the Duke of Edinburgh is an "ideal opportunity" to mend any rifts within the Royal Family, ex-PM Sir John Major has said. Sir John, who was guardian to Princes William...

Crime journalist shot dead near his home in Greece

Crime journalist shot dead near his home in Greece

-- 2021-04-11 17:27:37

Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a prominent Greek crime journalist near his home in Athens on Friday, police said. George Karaivaz, a veteran journalist for private broadcaster STAR TV, was...