UK’s Johnson wants EU, US travellers back as restrictions set to ease
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants U.S. citizens to come to England “freely” and is discussing a travel corridor with the United States, LBC radio said on Wednesday, before an ...
Ireland lowers Covid-19 vaccine age to 12 to boost strong takeup
Ireland became the latest European Union member state to commit to offering Covid-19 vaccines to children aged 12-15 as it opened its strongly subscribed programme to 16 and 17-year olds on ...
End in sight of pandemic in Britain epidemiologist says
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain could be just months away as vaccines have so dramatically reduced the risk of severe disease and death, Imperial College epidemiologist Neil ...
Blast in German industrial park kills two, several missing (update 4)
An explosion in a German industrial park on Tuesday killed at least two people and injured 31, setting off a fierce blaze that sent a pall of smoke over the western ...
Cuban Embassy in Paris says it was attacked with petrol bombs
The Cuban Embassy in Paris said on Tuesday that its building had been attacked with petrol bombs, causing serious damage but no injuries to diplomatic staff.
The embassy published photos ...
Heathrow, airlines tell UK to open up travel
London’s Heathrow Airport and Britain’s main airlines urged the UK to open up travel to vaccinated passengers or face more job losses, as hopes rose that travellers from ...
Greece recommends Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 12-15
Greece said on Monday children aged 12-15 could be vaccinated against COVID-19 with Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots, extending the inoculations of adolescents that was begun this month as infections ...
Greek tourism faces tense ‘summer of patience’
For two balmy weeks in July, hotel manager George Tselios dared to hope his pandemic nightmare was behind him. He was getting 100 bookings a day for his Rhodes seaside resort – “...
Armani sales rocket amid speculation about succession
Sales at Giorgio Armani jumped 34 per cent in the first half of 2021 as business in China and the United States helped the Italian fashion group bounce back, despite worries about ...
Germany mulls restrictions for unvaccinated
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff said on Sunday he fears the number of new coronavirus cases in Germany could soar to 100,000 a day in about two months unless ...
UNESCO grants world heritage status to Madrid’s Paseo del Prado and Retiro Park
UNESCO added Madrid’s historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of world heritage sites on Sunday.
The tree-lined Paseo del Prado, in the centre of ...
Vatican reveals property holdings in transparency drive
The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most detailed financial disclosures ever.
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Thousands to join Budapest Pride march in protest over new anti-LGBT law
Thousands of Hungarians planned to join the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday in a show of support for LGBT people and to protest against a law banning the use ...
EU regulator endorses use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in teens
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year olds, paving the way for it to become the second shot ...
Hungry, thirsty soccer fans help UK retailers return to growth
British retail sales resumed their post-lockdown recovery in June after a surprise fall in May, as soccer fans watching the Euro 2020 tournament loaded up on food and drink to enjoy ...
Belgium raises flood death toll to 37, further six missing
Belgian authorities raised the death toll on Thursday from last week’s burst rivers and flash floods to 37, with a further six people missing.
Belgium‘s crisis centre, which is ...
Italian fashion boss offers vaccine holdouts 6 months paid leave
Italian luxury boss Brunello Cucinelli is offering six months of paid leave to a handful of employees who have refused to vaccinate in order to protect workers who have taken ...
Britain unveils plan to return NatWest to majority private control
Britain’s government on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for returning NatWest (NWG.L) to majority private ownership within a year, more than a decade since bailing out the lender at ...
Anger over Covid rules gives new impetus to France’s Yellow Vests
Working from his one-room apartment near Paris airport, Jerome Rodrigues has been trying to re-invigorate a Yellow Vest protest movement that two years ago challenged President Emmanuel Macron’s rule ...
US and Germany strike deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Joe Biden on Thursday reached an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will carry gas from Russia to Europe, bypassing Ukraine, on ...
‘Pingdemic’ grips Britain as fears of food shortages grow
Britain’s supermarkets, wholesalers and hauliers were struggling on Thursday to ensure stable food and fuel supplies after an official health app told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolate ...
EU rejects UK demand for new post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland
Britain demanded on Wednesday that the European Union agree to rewrite a deal overseeing problematic post-Brexit trade involving Northern Ireland just a year after it was agreed with the bloc, ...
Orban referendum plan raises stakes in Hungary’s LGBT row with EU
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday stepped up a culture war with the European Union by announcing a referendum on legislation that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender ...
Liverpool stripped of its world heritage status
Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites after the United Nations’ cultural agency found new buildings, including a football stadium, undermined the attractiveness of its ...