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Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8

Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8

Reuters 2021-01-17 19:22:12

Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown, with the goal to start easing restrictions from Feb. 8, the government said on Sunday. The catering sector and tourism will not be able to reopen in Februar...

At least 23 die after receiving COVID-19 vaccine in Norway

At least 23 die after receiving COVID-19 vaccine in Norway

-- 2021-01-15 21:46:12

At least 23 people who received the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech have died in Norway, with 13 of the fatalities linked to the vaccine's side effects, authorities...

Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal

Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal

-- 2021-01-15 20:53:07

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, announced the resignation of his government on Friday, accepting responsibility for years of mismanagement of childcare subsidies, which wrongfully d...

Frenchwoman says she's alive, justice system claims she has died

Frenchwoman says she's alive, justice system claims she has died

REUTERS 2021-01-14 11:02:07

Sitting in her kitchen in France, Jeanne Pouchain remembers the day she discovered that she was dead. It was when she read an official letter from the court of appeal in the nearby city of Lyon stati...

Italy 'Ndrangheta group: Biggest mafia trial in decades opens

Italy 'Ndrangheta group: Biggest mafia trial in decades opens

BBC 2021-01-13 17:00:51

Hundreds of alleged members of Italy's most powerful mafia group are set to face justice in the country's biggest organised crime trial in decades. The 355 suspected mobsters and corrupt officials we...

'Please help us': Migrants, exposed to freezing Bosnia winter, await chance to reach EU

'Please help us': Migrants, exposed to freezing Bosnia winter, await chance to reach EU

Reuters 2021-01-12 19:34:59

Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can against the snow and freezing weather and hoping event...

EU diplomat sees US Capitol siege as a 'wake-up call' for democracies

EU diplomat sees US Capitol siege as a 'wake-up call' for democracies

Reuters 2021-01-11 09:03:30

The European Union’s top diplomat has said that last week’s siege of the US Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation...

German parliament boosts security after US Capitol riots

German parliament boosts security after US Capitol riots

Reuters 2021-01-10 17:16:14

Security has been stepped up at Germany’s Bundestag (lower house of parliament) after the storming of the Capitol in Washington by rioters last week, Bundestag President Wolfgang Schaeuble has t...

Pope Francis condemns people working against democracy

Pope Francis condemns people working against democracy

-- 2021-01-10 11:05:05

Pope Francis said on Saturday people working against democracy must be condemned whoever they are, and lessons should be learned from this week’s attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Presid...

EU says it has secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID-19 shots

EU says it has secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID-19 shots

Reuters 2021-01-08 22:33:14

The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the head of the European Commission said on Friday, in a move that would give the...

WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court

WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court

Reuters 2021-01-07 11:09:48

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge who said he might flee justice while the United States tries again to secure his extradition, a decade after he enraged...

Ex-Goldman banker Sharp named BBC chairman

Ex-Goldman banker Sharp named BBC chairman

-- 2021-01-07 10:24:21

Britain named former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, tasked with agreeing a long-term funding model for the broadcaster at a time of increasing competition and poli...

Hundreds of migrants suffer in cold without shelter in Bosnia

Hundreds of migrants suffer in cold without shelter in Bosnia

-- 2021-01-06 13:50:38

Nearly 3,000 migrants are stranded in northern Bosnia without shelter, the International Organization for Migration said, and some are suffering from respiratory problems and other complications as ni...

British PM Boris Johnson cancels India visit

British PM Boris Johnson cancels India visit

-- 2021-01-05 18:21:24

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday cancelled a planned trip to India later this month, citing the need to oversee the pandemic response at home. "The prime minister spoke to Prime Minist...

Assange 'free to return home' once legal challenges over, Australia PM says

Assange 'free to return home' once legal challenges over, Australia PM says

-- 2021-01-05 16:49:44

Julian Assange is ‘free to return home’ to Australia once legal challenges against him are dealt with, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after a UK court denied a r...

England enters new lockdown as Covid variant rampages

England enters new lockdown as Covid variant rampages

Reuters 2021-01-05 15:52:02

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine...

UK judge rejects extraditing Assange to US

UK judge rejects extraditing Assange to US

Reuters 2021-01-04 18:55:37

A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health p...

265 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

265 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

-- 2021-01-04 10:25:16

A Spanish-flagged humanitarian ship on Sunday was seeking a port of safety for 265 migrants its crew rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in the last few days. The Open Arms charity tweeted that its ve...

Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee virus lockdowns

Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee virus lockdowns

-- 2021-01-03 19:06:52

Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others, reports Reuters. Speak...

Germany likely to extend coronavirus lockdown

Germany likely to extend coronavirus lockdown

Reuters 2021-01-03 18:15:57

Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond January 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains on hospitals and health workers, politicians...

UK completes separation from European Union

UK completes separation from European Union

BBC 2021-01-01 18:39:55

A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, tr...

With little ado, Britain casts off into the Brexit unknown

With little ado, Britain casts off into the Brexit unknown

REUTERS 2021-01-01 15:29:06

A clockface of the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament, more commonly known as Big Ben, shows 2300 GMT, as Britain formally exits the EU, in London, Britain December 31, 2020 — Reuters...

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship

Reuters 2020-12-31 17:45:40

The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit. Stanley Johnso...

Italy aims to vaccinate 10-15 million people by April

Italy aims to vaccinate 10-15 million people by April

-- 2020-12-31 14:41:41

Italy plans to vaccinate 10 to 15 million of its roughly 60 million citizens against coronavirus (COVID-19) by April 2021, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said. During a year-end press conference o...

Turkey detains 35 Islamic State suspects

Turkey detains 35 Islamic State suspects

-- 2020-12-31 12:58:01

Turkish police detained people suspected of ties to the Islamic State militant group in an operation targeting a total of 35 foreign suspects in Istanbul on Thursday, state-owned Anadolu news agency r...

Migrants still stranded in open air in Bosnia

Migrants still stranded in open air in Bosnia

-- 2020-12-31 11:24:38

Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East were left stranded in the open air on Wednesday when an attempt to relocate them to another site in Bosnia after fire wrecked their temporary...

UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

-- 2020-12-30 13:19:17

The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunis...

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits central Croatia, leaving seven dead

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits central Croatia, leaving seven dead

-- 2020-12-30 09:09:57

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said. Rescuers pulle...

Earthquake strikes central Croatia, killing young girl and damaging buildings

Earthquake strikes central Croatia, killing young girl and damaging buildings

Al Jazeera 2020-12-29 20:45:17

A strong earthquake in central Croatia has killed at least one person – a girl, injured many and caused considerable damage to buildings in Petrinja, a town southeast of the capital Zagreb. The...

AstraZeneca vaccine unlikely to get European approval in January

AstraZeneca vaccine unlikely to get European approval in January

-- 2020-12-29 20:15:35

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in January, the watchdog’s De...