There’s light-speed travel in Star Wars and Star Trek. Is it possible?
By Will Dunham
Spaceships zipping at the speed of light or faster are a staple of science fiction. Think of the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars movies and the ...
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German-Turks to give Merkel’s party a nudge at the ballot box
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are likely to get a boost from an unexpected quarter at the general election in September: the German-Turkish community.
A young generation of German-Turks has ...
Norway police question PM over birthday party Covid breach
Norwegian police said on Tuesday they have begun questioning Prime Minister Erna Solberg over a birthday party she held last month, which could lead to a fine of 10,000 crowns ($1,165) for ...
EU should deepen trade with Turkey but ready sanctions, internal report says
The European Union should start negotiations on deeper trade ties with Turkey, an EU candidate, but should be ready to impose economic sanctions if Ankara moves against the bloc’s ...
Turkish opposition slams Erdogan after cenbank governor ousted
Opposition parties say Turkey is paying a steep price for President Tayyip Erdogan’s wayward economic policies after his shock firing of the central bank governor sent Turkish financial markets ...
US warns Germany: Nord Stream 2 goes against the interests of the US and the EU
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built from Russia to Germany ran counter to the European Union’s own interests and ...
AstraZeneca’s vaccine trial data questioned by US authorities
AstraZeneca may have used “outdated information” in the results of a large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial, a U.S. health agency said on Tuesday, casting fresh doubt on the shot, its ...
English seeking sunshine abroad face hefty new fines
Travellers from England will face 5,000 pound ($6,900) fines in new legislation designed to deter non-essential trips and barricade the nation against imported COVID-19 infections.
The news was a disappointment to millions ...
Thousands evacuated in Australia’s worst floods in nearly half a century
Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst ...
Israelis vote, Netanyahu hopes for another term after COVID vaccine rollout success
Israelis began voting on Tuesday in a fourth election in two years, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoping a rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout will win him another term. With coronavirus ...
Microsoft in talks to acquire Discord for more than $10 billion
Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy messaging platform Discord Inc for more than $10 billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Discord is a VoIP, instant messaging ...
‘Revolutionary’ nasal spray gives hope in fight against Covid-19
Israel and New Zealand have given interim approval for the sale of biotech firm SaNOtize Research and Development’s Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) which could help prevent transmission of ...
UK inflation forecast to jump to 2.5%
UK inflation is forecast to jump to 2.5 per cent this year, as energy prices and consumer spending surge.
Consumer price inflation, the measure targeted by the BoE, was just 0.7 per ...
ECB to keep borrowing costs low in difficult period
Europe is facing a difficult second quarter as coronavirus infections rise and governments reimpose lockdown measures, but the European Central Bank will do its part to keep borrowing costs ultra ...
Cyprus gas could get green EU label, and funds
The European Union plans to label some gas power plants as sustainable investments, a draft document seen by Reuters showed, after an initial proposal to deny them a green label ...
Colorado supermarket shooter kills 10, including police officer
A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied suspect was arrested ...
Saudi Arabia proposes ceasefire in Yemen, Houthis sceptical
By Aziz El Yaakoubi
Saudi Arabia presented a new peace initiative on Monday to end the war in Yemen, including a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea ...
‘A loud month, for sure’: US awaits huge, 17-year cicada hatch
For millions of Americans, this May will be an extra noisy month. A once-every-17 year hatch of periodic cicadas is set to occur across parts of the eastern United States – ...
EU and US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military over coup
The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters ...
EU sanctions remain on the table, Germany warns Turkey
By Sabine Siebold
European Union sanctions against Turkey remain on the table, Germany warned on Monday, after Ankara decided to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a pact designed to counter ...
AstraZeneca’s US trial data a confidence booster for Covid-19 shot
By Josephine Mason, Ben Blanchard and Ludwig Burger
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine performed better than expected in a major late-stage trial, paving the way for its potential emergency authorization in ...
EU blames AZ as vaccine battle with UK deepens
Britain on Monday demanded the European Union allow the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines it has ordered as tensions over a possible export ban on EU-manufactured shots mounted and Brussels pointed ...
France v Wales classic hailed as one of the great Six Nations games
France’s thrilling last-gasp 32-30 victory over Wales on Saturday was hailed as one of the greatest ever Six Nations games by a number of former internationals.
The Welsh were ...
EU imposes sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses (Update)
The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first sanctions against Beijing since an arms ...