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EU-UK trade talks resume remotely with focus on fishing and economic fair play

REUTERS 2020-11-24 15:18:46

British and European Union negotiators on Monday resumed talks on their post-Brexit relationship via video-conferencing, with the focus still squarely on dividing up fishing quotas and ensuring fair c...

WHO envoy predicts third wave of Coronavirus in Europe

-- 2020-11-22 14:23:37

A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to preve...

France postpones ‘Black Friday’ by a week

AP 2020-11-21 19:32:30

France's government on Friday got supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms like Amazon to agree to postpone "Black Friday" promotions, responding to concerns that shops shuttered by the nation's co...

Eastern Europe crosses over 5.0m COVID-19 cases

Reuters 2020-11-21 18:43:24

The tally of coronavirus cases in the Eastern European sub-region passed 5.0 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally showed, as governments across Europe take measures to try to rein in surging cases. T...

German doctor arrested for ‘killing’ coronavirus patients

Reuters 2020-11-20 23:22:37

German police said they had opened a murder inquiry against a senior doctor in the western city of Essen over the killing of two seriously ill coronavirus patients with a lethal injection. The doctor...

EU, UK have up to 10 days to make Brexit breakthrough: Ireland

-- 2020-11-16 16:27:00

Britain and the European Union have a week to 10 days to find a way to unlock trade talks, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday, after both sides called on the other to move their posit...

British PM Johnson self-isolating after Covid-19 contact

-- 2020-11-16 12:23:22

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after meeting an MP who later tested positive for Covid-19. Johnson, who was admitted to intensive care in a London hospital earlier this year w...

Fire kills 10 Covid-19 patients at Romanian hospital

-- 2020-11-15 12:00:59

At least ten Covid-19 patients, undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Piatra Neamt County Hospital in northeastern Romania, were killed in a fire that broke out at the hospital...

Italy extends coronavirus ‘red zones’ as infections surge

-- 2020-11-14 11:34:48

Italy has added more regions to its coronavirus high-risk "red zones" as cases across the country hit a new daily record. Campania and Tuscany will join other regions placed under the strictest lockd...

Europe Covid death toll exceeds 300,000 as winter looms

Reuters 2020-11-11 15:09:35

More than 300,000 people have died of Covid-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday, and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads int...

‘Covid-19 vaccine will be a game changer for German economy’

-- 2020-11-10 20:05:33

The availability of a vaccine against the coronavirus would be a game changer for Germany’s economy, boosting growth significantly, the head of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) sai...

British PM says EU trade deal is 'there to be done'

Reuters 2020-11-08 20:37:11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday a trade deal with the European Union was “there to be done”, suggesting his view that the agreement’s broad outline was already &l...

UK army chief says global uncertainty could risk another World War

Reuters 2020-11-08 15:37:32

Current global uncertainty and anxiety amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic could risk another world war, the head of Britain’s armed forces has warned. In an interview a...

Athens' first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for prayers

-- 2020-11-07 19:44:03

After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on Frid...

Erdogan fires Turkey’s central bank governor as currency value slides

-- 2020-11-07 17:57:39

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan fired central bank governor Murat Uysal on Saturday and replaced him with ex-finance minister Naci Agbal, after a 30 per cent plunge in the lira currency’s value...

With 60,486 new Covid cases, France reports highest single-day spike

-- 2020-11-07 13:23:52

France has recorded 60,486 coronavirus cases in one day, its highest one-day total since the pandemic began. The new figures bring the number of confirmed cases in the country to 1.7 million, accordi...

Why Franco-Turkish cartoon row could have lasting impact

REUTERS 2020-11-06 12:19:18

Slights and barbs have marred relations between France’s Emmanuel Macron and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new...

More shops to be shut in Paris at night to curb worsening Covid crisis

-- 2020-11-05 15:58:51

Paris will be placed under more restrictions to curb the worsening Covid-19 pandemic, including a requirement for more shops to close in the evening, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told BFM TV on Thursday....

Europe tightens restrictions as coronavirus hospitalisations rise

-- 2020-11-04 13:31:53

Coronavirus cases hit new daily highs this week in Russia, and Germany and the UK announced plans Tuesday to expand virus testing as European countries battled rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections a...

Terrorism threat level in Britain raised to 'severe'

-- 2020-11-04 00:55:46

Britain's terrorism threat level has been raised to 'severe' as a precaution following attacks in France and Austria, interior minister Priti Patel said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.  The change,...

Death toll climbs to 100 from earthquake in Turkey

-- 2020-11-03 16:20:24

The death toll from Friday's earthquake in the Aegean Sea has reached 100, with the deaths of 98 people in Turkey's western city of Izmir, disaster authorities said. Two teenagers also died on the Gr...

Vienna ‘terror attack’ leaves two dead, 14 injured

-- 2020-11-03 10:30:02

Gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna on Monday starting outside the main synagogue, killing two people and injuring at least 14 in what Austria called a “repulsive terror attack&rdquo...

British journalist Robert Fisk dies

-- 2020-11-02 16:58:23

The veteran British journalist Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74 after suffering a suspected stroke. The journalist was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after becoming...

Rescue efforts continue in Turkey as quake toll hits 81

Reuters 2020-11-02 13:27:09

Rescue efforts continued in eight buildings in western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, authorities said, as the death toll from Friday’s powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea region rose to 81....

Prince William was infected with Coronavirus back in April: Media

-- 2020-11-02 12:10:07

Britain’s Prince William contracted Covid-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources. William, grandson...

Orthodox priest shot in France

REUTERS 2020-11-01 13:21:41

A Greek Orthodox priest was shot and badly wounded on Saturday at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, a police source and witnesses said. There was no clear indication...

England goes into four-week lockdown

-- 2020-11-01 11:31:52

England faces a month of nationwide lockdown restrictions from Thursday after Boris Johnson detailed new plans in a bid to combat coronavirus. Pubs, restaurants, gyms and non-essential shops will clo...

Mother, children saved from Turkey earthquake rubble

-- 2020-10-31 20:43:12

A mother and three of her children were pulled to safety on Saturday after being trapped for almost 18 hours under a building in the western Turkish city of Izmir that was flattened in a powerful eart...

Spanish police detain man for praising attack near Paris

-- 2020-10-31 19:45:44

A Moroccan man was arrested in Barcelona for praising the beheading of a French schoolteacher outside Paris this month and inciting more attacks, police said on Saturday. The man, who was not named a...

Death toll rises to 27 in earthquake that struck Turkey, Greece

-- 2020-10-31 14:34:44

Rescue workers in western Turkish city of Izmir searched through rubble for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday, as the death toll rose to 27. Officials sai...