Moderna receives full US approval for COVID-19 vaccine (Updated)
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave full approval to Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine for people age 18 and older, making it the second fully approved vaccine for ...
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Pope blesses those everyone loves to hate – tax collectors (Updated)
Pope Francis on Monday encouraged the people everyone loves to hate – tax collectors – telling them that while they will never win popularity contests, they were vital for the functioning of ...
Euphoric Spain celebrates Nadal’s record triumph
Spain united on Monday in celebration of Rafa Nadal’s epic comeback to beat Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final and secure a record 21st Grand Slam title.
The 35...
Inflation stations: Five questions for the ECB
Record euro area inflation rates mean price pressures will top the agenda for European Central Bank policymakers meeting on Thursday.
No immediate policy action is expected since the ECB in ...
Facebook owner Meta to lift veil off its metaverse business
Since October, Facebook has renamed the company, articulated a vision of the internet where people can digitally connect through virtual-reality avatars or teleport to see places like ancient Rome, and ...
Greek PM survives censure motion tabled over snowstorm
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday won a confidence vote called by the main opposition over his government’s handling of a snowstorm last week that stranded thousands of ...
Ryanair posts quarterly loss but says fares could rise this summer
Ryanair (RYA.I) reported a loss of 96 million euros ($107 million) for the final three months of 2021 but said it was hopeful that rivals’ cuts to capacity may help push prices ...
Turkey keeps lira in check with low-key interventions
Turkey’s central bank has scaled back its currency interventions in January but still spent as much as $1 billion last week to keep the lira steady after last month’s ...
Eriksen joins Brentford for rest of the season
Brentford have signed Denmark international Christian Eriksen as a free agent for the rest of this season, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Eriksen has not played since suffering ...
Lampard agrees deal to become Everton boss
Frank Lampard has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract as Everton manager, according to reports.
The former Chelsea boss is understood to have had a final interview in London on Friday, at ...
UAE blocks missile strike as Israeli president visits (Updated)
The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement as the UAE hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog on his first ...
Russian authorities draw up ‘road map’ to regulate cryptocurrencies
Russian authorities have drawn up a ‘road map’ that envisages restrictions on cryptocurrencies but not a complete ban on trading and mining as advocated by the central bank, a document ...
N.Korea says tested most powerful missile since 2017, took pictures from space
North Korea confirmed on Monday it had tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), state media reported, as U.S. and South Korean officials warned Sunday’s launch could lead ...
T-Mobile to terminate corporate employees who aren’t vaccinated by April
T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) will fire corporate employees who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by April 2, according to an internal company memo posted on the independent blog TMOnews....
Omicron slows UK growth to weakest since April
British businesses grew at the slowest pace since April 2021 during the past three months, after demand for face-to-face services slumped due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Confederation of ...
Nadal pulls off comeback for the ages to claim Grand Slam record
Rafa Nadal roared back from two sets down to edge Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final and claim a record 21st Grand Slam title only months after fearing ...
UK police arrest man, hours after Manchester Utd suspend Greenwood
British police said on Sunday they had arrested a man on suspicion of rape and assault, hours after Manchester United suspended footballer Mason Greenwood following online accusations that the 20-year-old ...
Thousands stage peaceful protest in Ottawa against Canada’s vaccine mandates
Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa on Saturday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in ...
Ireland calls for justice on 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”
Ireland on Sunday called for Britain to ensure justice for the families of 13 peaceful protesters shot dead by its soldiers on “Bloody Sunday” in 1972 as thousands marked the 50th anniversary ...
Israel supports UAE security needs, president says on first visit
Israel’s president said his country supports the United Arab Emirates security needs and seeks stronger regional ties during the first such visit to the Gulf state on Sunday, as ...
Harry and Meghan voice concern to Spotify over ‘Covid misinformation’
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have expressed their concern to Spotify about COVID-19 misinformation on its platform and are committed to continuing to work with the company, ...
Oil spill threatens corals in eastern Thailand
Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said on Sunday the leak that began last week was drifting towards more ...
Johnson and Sunak: We will go ahead with payroll tax rise
A planned increase in British social security contributions from workers and employers will go ahead in April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak said, despite calls to ...
NATO concerned over Europe’s energy security amid standoff with Russia (Update 2)
Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Britain warned it was “highly likely” that Russia, the continent’s biggest natural gas supplier, ...