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Norway to gradually loosen capital's  lockdown from Feb 03

Norway to gradually loosen capital's  lockdown from Feb 03

-- 2021-01-30 17:21:06

The Norwegian government will gradually ease the capital region’s coronavirus lockdown, allowing some shops and recreational activities to reopen from Feb 03 onwards. Health Minister Bent Hoeie...

EU authorises AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

EU authorises AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults

-- 2021-01-29 21:50:16

European Union regulators authorised AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European M...

Shell asked by Dutch court to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spill

Shell asked by Dutch court to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spill

Reuters 2021-01-29 19:15:01

In a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court on Friday said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordere...

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:17:09

Britain on Friday hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China's crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognise special British passports offered to reside...

UK bans direct UAE flights fearing spread of vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant

UK bans direct UAE flights fearing spread of vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant

-- 2021-01-29 16:30:18

Britain is banning direct passenger flights to and from the United Arab Emirates from Friday, shutting down the world's busiest international airline route from Dubai to London. Britain said it was a...

AstraZeneca vaccine not very effective for people over 65, German officials say

AstraZeneca vaccine not very effective for people over 65, German officials say

-- 2021-01-26 20:28:04

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65, German coalition sources told tabloid Bild and Handelsblatt, a step which calls into question its suitability in mass vaccinati...

Italian premier resigns, setting off scramble for new allies

Italian premier resigns, setting off scramble for new allies

AP 2021-01-26 18:45:09

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week t...

UK virus death toll nears 100,000

UK virus death toll nears 100,000

Reuters 2021-01-25 19:27:59

As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a c...

Pfizer, AstraZeneca face legal action in Italy for delay in vaccine supplies

Pfizer, AstraZeneca face legal action in Italy for delay in vaccine supplies

-- 2021-01-24 22:29:50

Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages. "We are working so our vaccine plan...

Dutch police arrest alleged Asian drug syndicate kingpin

Dutch police arrest alleged Asian drug syndicate kingpin

Reuters 2021-01-24 19:54:58

Dutch police have arrested the alleged leader of a large Asian drug syndicate who is listed as one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives and has been compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “...

Davos ski resort eerily quiet

Davos ski resort eerily quiet

Reuters 2021-01-24 10:30:56

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The st...

Russian police arrest over 3,000 at protests backing jailed Putin critic Navalny

Russian police arrest over 3,000 at protests backing jailed Putin critic Navalny

REUTERS 2021-01-24 10:03:18

Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of...

Russia detains more than 350 from protests backing Navalny

Russia detains more than 350 from protests backing Navalny

-- 2021-01-23 18:57:03

Police detained more than 350 people across Russia on Saturday and broke up rallies around the country as protesters defied bitter cold and a ban by authorities to demand the release of jailed Kremlin...

In a message of support to protests, Russia’s Navalny says no plans to commit suicide

In a message of support to protests, Russia’s Navalny says no plans to commit suicide

REUTERS 2021-01-23 13:01:04

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he wanted it known that he had no plans to commit suicide in prison, as he issued a message of support to his followers on the eve of protests the a...

Swiss court finds Israeli businessman guilty of corruption

Swiss court finds Israeli businessman guilty of corruption

-- 2021-01-23 11:58:48

In a landmark verdict in one of the mining world’s most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery on Friday and s...

Faithful dog waits six days outside Turkish hospital for sick owner

Faithful dog waits six days outside Turkish hospital for sick owner

REUTERS 2021-01-23 10:37:34

A faithful dog waited for her owner outside a hospital in Turkey for almost a week until he was released after undergoing treatment for a brain condition. The small, mix-breed dog named Boncuk was re...

TikTok deletes posts promoting pro-Navalny protest: Russia

TikTok deletes posts promoting pro-Navalny protest: Russia

-- 2021-01-23 10:31:29

Russia said on Friday that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. It has also opened a crim...

Russia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear treaty, but wants details

Russia welcomes Biden’s proposal to extend nuclear treaty, but wants details

-- 2021-01-22 17:27:50

Russia has welcomed US President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks. Russian...

Pfizer cuts vaccine deliveries to some EU countries

Pfizer cuts vaccine deliveries to some EU countries

Reuters 2021-01-22 12:16:24

Pfizer has slashed in half the volume of Covid-19 vaccines it will deliver to some EU countries this week, government officials said on Thursday, as frustration over the US drugmaker’s unexpecte...

London to remove statues linked to slavery trade

London to remove statues linked to slavery trade

Reuters 2021-01-22 11:04:49

The City of London on Thursday approved the removal from its ceremonial Guildhall home of statues of two figures that symbolise the financial sector’s historic role in slavery. The move, voted...

Brussels "COVID boys" to police pandemic rules

Brussels "COVID boys" to police pandemic rules

REUTERS 2021-01-22 10:10:14

Two Belgian men left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic have reinvented themselves as the “COVID boys”, disinfecting public surfaces and patrolling Brussels to encourage social distanc...

At least two dead, several injured after blast brings down building in central Madrid

At least two dead, several injured after blast brings down building in central Madrid

Reuters 2021-01-20 21:47:36

At least two people died and several were injured when a building in a central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church collapsed on Wednesday after an explosion, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told...

UK hospitals like war zones as corona death toll nears 100,000

UK hospitals like war zones as corona death toll nears 100,000

-- 2021-01-20 18:15:52

Some British hospitals look like war zones with doctors struggling to cope with an influx of patients infected with COVID-19, the government’s top scientific adviser said, as the death toll rose...

EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

AP 2021-01-20 17:55:05

The European Union’s top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warned that the world has changed after f...

UK's Meghan seeks lawsuit win without trial

UK's Meghan seeks lawsuit win without trial

-- 2021-01-20 11:18:13

A tabloid’s publication of a deeply personal letter written by Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, to her father was a “plain breach” of privacy, her lawyers told a court on T...

'Love thy neighbour and get a Covid jab'

'Love thy neighbour and get a Covid jab'

-- 2021-01-20 10:59:04

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, received a Covid-19 vaccine and urged people across the world to accept the jab, saying that getting vaccinated was part of the Christian commandment to lov...

Russia says its second COVID-19 vaccine is 100pc effective

Russia says its second COVID-19 vaccine is 100pc effective

Reuters 2021-01-19 18:34:40

Russia's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday said Russia's second vaccine against COVID-19 is 100 per cent effective based on the results of clinical trials, the TASS news agency repor...

What happened when Navalny was arrested in Russia?

What happened when Navalny was arrested in Russia?

REUTERS 2021-01-19 12:15:26

Pobeda flight DP936 was a few minutes into its descent towards Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, where thousands of supporters of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were waiting to meet him on his r...

UK vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says

UK vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says

-- 2021-01-18 19:22:23

The United Kingdom is vaccinating 140 people per minute against COVID-19 on average, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday. "It is going well, we're vaccinating on average 140 peop...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained on arrival in Moscow

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained on arrival in Moscow

Reuters 2021-01-18 10:21:27

Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, triggering a poli...