ECB’s Lagarde sticks to upbeat outlook despite fresh lockdowns
The euro zone economy is still set to rebound this year provided lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic are lifted by the end of March and vaccines distributed, European ...
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Heavily guarded prosecutor takes on Italy’s mob powerhouse
Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has spent the past three decades battling Italy’s most powerful mob group, the ‘Ndrangheta, renouncing any semblance of a normal life as he seeks to break ...
Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with US
Iran’s military launched a short-range naval missile drill on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, at a time of high tension between arch foes Tehran and Washington.
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Estonian opposition asked to step in after PM quits over scandal (Update)
Estonia’s president on Wednesday asked the leader of the opposition centre-right Reform Party, Kaja Kallas, to form the next government after Prime Minister Juri Ratas resigned over an inquiry ...
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly to Russia on Sunday despite risks
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been recovering after being poisoned, shrugging off potential legal risks ...
Do jabs equal jobs? Fed thinks vaccine can get US economy moving
One U.S. Federal Reserve official says there is now a “clearer focus” about the economy’s path forward and a horizon for a fuller recovery. Another says the pandemic’...
YouTube next to penalise Trump for inciting violence
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the U.S. ...
Aussie scientists raise doubts over vaccine efficacy of AstraZeneca
Australian scientists have raised questions over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in establishing herd immunity, calling for a pause on its widespread rollout as the country recorded one ...
Pogba sends United clear at the top with win at Burnley
Manchester United moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after a Paul Pogba goal gave them a 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday.
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U.S. counter-intelligence chief worried about China, Russia threats to vaccine supply chain
By Jonathan Landay
The U.S. counter-intelligence chief said on Tuesday he was worried about threats from China and Russia to disrupt the coronavirus vaccine supply chain in the United ...
Mexico publishes medicinal cannabis regulation, creating new market
Mexico’s health ministry on Tuesday published rules to regulate the use of medicinal cannabis, a major step in a broader reform to create the world’s largest legal cannabis ...
Report reveals grim infant death toll, cruelty at Church-run homes in Ireland
By Padraic Halpin and Clodagh Kilcoyne
Thousands of infants died in Irish homes for unmarried mothers and their offspring mostly run by the Catholic Church from the 1920s to the 1990...
Look, up in the sky – it’s a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic vehicle
By Paul Lienert and Ben Klayman
General Motors Co on Tuesday presented a futuristic flying Cadillac – a self-driving vehicle which takes off and lands vertically and carries the passenger above ...
Luxembourg, EU snub Pompeo in final Europe trip, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott and Humeyra Pamuk
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top ...
Ugandans baffled by dead perch washed up on Lake Victoria shore
By Francis Musaka
Piles of dead Nile perch have been washing up on the shore of Lake Victoria in Uganda for no obvious reason, threatening the livelihoods of the surrounding ...
Snow-struck Madrid struggles with cleanup as severe frost grips Spain
By Elena Rodriguez and Belén Carreño
Authorities struggled to clear ice and fallen trees from the streets of Madrid on Tuesday and temperatures in parts of Spain hit ...
Trump says impeachment moves causing anger, but ‘I want no violence’
U.S. President Donald Trump, under pressure to resign after his supporters carried out a deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol last week, said there was tremendous anger about ...
Chinese city of Langfang goes into lockdown amid new Covid-19 threat
The Chinese city of Langfang near Beijing went into lockdown on Tuesday as new coronavirus infections raised worries about a second wave in a country that has mostly contained COVID-19.
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Fate of Euro 2020 tournament hangs on vaccine efforts
The fate of the rescheduled Euro 2020 football tournament will not be decided until March but organisers UEFA are hoping that vaccination efforts will allow them to stick to their original ...
Erdogan hopes new Turkey-Greece talks will herald new era
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he hoped the resumption of talks between Turkey and Greece over maritime disputes would herald a new era, and he urged Athens not to ...
Merkel sees coronavirus lockdown until early April
Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers in her conservative party that she expects a lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus to last until the start of ...
Indonesia retrieves ‘black box’ from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane
Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The ...
More woes for Trump as his biggest lender drops him
Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with U.S. President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol, ...
Premier League records 36 new Covid cases as calls for season’s halt grow
The Premier League said on Monday it recorded 36 new COVID-19 cases last week even as the English top-flight season continues without pause despite a surge in infections across the country ...