World / Europe

N Ireland leaders call for calm after night of rioting 08 Apr 2021 - 09:58 am

London: Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in the fourth night of violence in...

Merkel backs tougher COVID lockdown in Germany 07 Apr 2021 - 11:36 pm

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection...

Germany wants to buy Sputnik COVID vaccine if approved by EU - source 07 Apr 2021 - 11:17 pm

BERLIN - Germany is about to start bilateral negotiations with Russia to obtain its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, a source told Reuters on...

Madrid residents line up for AstraZeneca shot despite blood clot link 07 Apr 2021 - 08:35 pm

MADRID - Madrid residents were broadly confident about AstraZeneca's coronavirus shot on Wednesday despite European and British regulators finding a potential link between...

Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins - with or without China 07 Apr 2021 - 08:23 pm

SHANGHAI - A joint China-World Health Organization (WHO) study into COVID-19 has provided no credible answers about how the pandemic began, and more...

Women under 60 at far greater risk of rare clotting after AstraZeneca shot - German official 07 Apr 2021 - 07:57 pm

BERLIN - Instances of rare clotting in women aged under 60 who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine were 20 times higher than would normally...

Britain advises alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for under-30s 07 Apr 2021 - 07:41 pm

LONDON - Britain should give an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to under 30s where possible due to a "vanishingly" rare side effect...

Finnish nurse squeezes extra vaccine doses with air-bubble technique 07 Apr 2021 - 03:58 pm

Helsinki: Finnish nurse Sari Roos is teaching her colleagues a vaccination technique that enables her to squeeze more doses out of COVID-19 vaccine...

Hungary starts reopening despite highest daily COVID deaths 07 Apr 2021 - 03:29 pm

Budapest: Hungary began a gradual reopening of shops and services on Wednesday as encouraging vaccination numbers offset its highest daily death toll yet...

Merkel backs tougher COVID lockdown in Germany 07 Apr 2021 - 01:37 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection rates...

UK begins rollout of Moderna COVID vaccine as daily rollout slows 07 Apr 2021 - 11:56 am

LONDON: Britain begins using Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in Wales just as its rollout of other shots has fallen to its lowest...

Ukraine signs deal with Pfizer for 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses -president 06 Apr 2021 - 09:33 pm

KYIV - Ukraine signed a contract with Pfizer for the supply of 10 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, significant help to the...

Czech government to reopen some schools, lift curfew next week 06 Apr 2021 - 08:45 pm

PRAGUE - The Czech government has approved its first loosening of coronavirus curbs this year, including the re-opening of lower grades of elementary...

WHO says AstraZeneca benefits outweigh risks; assessing latest data 06 Apr 2021 - 08:27 pm

GENEVA - The World Health Organization expects there will be no reason to change its assessment that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine...

Italy's lengthy COVID-19 curbs spark small business protests 06 Apr 2021 - 07:54 pm

ROME - Dozens of small business owners scuffled with police on Tuesday as they tried to force their way into Rome's parliament square...

Hikers scramble as new fissure opens up at Icelandic volcano 06 Apr 2021 - 04:32 pm

REYKJAVIK, Iceland: Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation...