EU holds up Hungary’s recovery money in rule-of-law standof
By Gabriela Baczynska
The European Union’s executive missed its own deadline to sign off on billions of euros in economic recovery aid to Hungary, delaying its decision in an ...
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France makes COVID-19 shot mandatory for health workers (Updated)
By Ingrid Melander and Geert De Clercq
COVID-19 jabs will be mandatory for France’s health workers and anyone wanting to get into a cinema or board a train will ...
Jamaica plans to seek reparations from Britain over slavery
Jamaica plans to ask Britain for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said, under a petition that could seek billions of ...
Greek PM says Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for some groups (Updated)
Greece has made vaccinations against COVID-19 mandatory for certain workers and announced restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as infections have kept rising during the vital summer tourism ...
Lack of Covid awareness at Euro final ‘devastating’ – WHO
A WHO epidemiologist said she had been devastated to watch unmasked crowds singing and shouting at the Euro 2020 soccer final in London on Sunday, expressing concerns that it would spur ...
‘Be cautious’: Johnson goes ahead with lifting England’s COVID curbs (Updated)
By Costas Pitas and Alistair Smout
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on Monday to show caution when nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in England next week, ...
Hungary government offers to buy Budapest airport
Hungary has offered to buy Budapest Airport from its foreign shareholders, part of an effort to take it back into state hands and protect what the government says are national ...
EU puts digital tax plan on hold
The European Commission will delay its plan to put forward a new levy on digital services later in July, a spokesman said on Monday, following intense pressure from the US ...
Egypt’s Suez Canal annual revenue hits record $5.84 bln
Egypt’s Suez Canal revenue rose to a record $5.84 billion in its 2020-21 financial year (July-June), up from $5.72 bln in the previous year, the Suez Canal Authority said on Sunday.
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Daily Mail founding family considering taking paper private
The founding family and top investor in the Daily Mail’s owner is considering taking the British newspaper publisher private in a $1.1 billion deal if certain conditions are met, the ...
Taiwan finally getting BioNTech COVID vaccines in $350 mln deal
Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW) and TSMC (2330.TW) said on Monday they had reached deals to buy 10 million doses of Germany’s BioNTech SE’s (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine, putting the ...
Billionaire Branson soars to space aboard Virgin Galactic flight
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle’s first fully ...
N.Ireland’s Orange Order hold July 12 parades with Brexit tensions high
Thousands of members of Northern Ireland’s Orange Order began to take part in parades across the region on Monday with the peak of the annual marching closely watched this ...
Cigarette maker Philip Morris to buy respiratory treatments maker
Tobacco group Philip Morris International agreed on Friday to buy Vectura (VEC.L) for 1.05 billions pounds ($1.44 billion), giving the US firm access to the British drugmaker’s respiratory ailment treatments ...
Amazon’s restores service after global outage (Update)
Amazon.com Inc said its online stores had returned to normal services after a global outage disrupted shopping on its country sites.
E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc’s online store ...
Musk on trial for selling personal investment to Tesla
Does Elon Musk control Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) or does Tesla control Elon Musk?
More than $2 billion hinges on that question as a trial kicks off on Monday. Shareholders allege ...
EU expected to delay special tax on tech
The European Commission is likely to delay putting forward its plans for a digital levy until the autumn to try to improve the chances of a global corporate tax reform ...
Italy beat England on penalties to win Euro 2020
Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out ...
Djokovic wins Wimbledon to secure record-equalling 20th major
Novak Djokovic beat Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3 to win his sixth title at Wimbledon on Sunday.
The win also earned the Serbian world number one a 20th ...
Israel offers third shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to adults at risk
By Maayan Lubell
Israel said on Sunday it will begin offering a third dose of Pfizer Inc’s vaccine to adults with weak immune systems but it was still weighing ...
UK minister confident of further COVID-19 rule easing from July 19
The UK government is confident that plans to lift a range of COVID-19 restrictions will go ahead on July 19 in England but mask-wearing in indoor enclosed places will be expected, ...
At least 12 killed as bus carrying migrants crashes in Turkey
A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said.
The crash occurred in Van ...
Virgin Galactic’s Branson boards rocket plane for high-altitude space launch (Updated)
By Steve Gorman
British billionaire Richard Branson climbed into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane on Sunday to ride more than 50 miles (80 km) above the New Mexico desert in the ...
Malta bans visitors not fully vaccinated against Covid-19
Malta will ban all visitors from entering the country as from Wednesday unless they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Friday.
“We will be the ...