World / Europe

Russian region runs out of hospital beds as COVID-19 deaths hit record 19 Oct 2021 - 02:53 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian region near Moscow has run out of hospital beds for coronavirus patients, its governor said on Tuesday, as the country's...

J&J raises 2021 profit view, keeps vaccine sales outlook unchanged 19 Oct 2021 - 02:38 pm

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday raised its annual adjusted profit forecast, but stuck to its COVID-19 vaccine sales target of $2.5 billion as...

Quake off Greece's Karpathos shakes eastern Mediterranean 19 Oct 2021 - 10:39 am

Cairo/Athens: An earthquake struck off the Greek island of Karpathos early on Tuesday, shaking towns and cities across the eastern Mediterranean, witnesses and...

Deaths in Norway attack came from stab wounds, not bow and arrow, police say 19 Oct 2021 - 10:33 am

OSLO: Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and...

UK competition watchdog puts music streaming in its sights 19 Oct 2021 - 10:04 am

London: Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday it planned to launch an investigation into music streaming to see whether the role played by...

UK's aviation regulator caps Heathrow plan to charge higher fees 19 Oct 2021 - 10:02 am

LONDON: Britain's aviation regulator said that Heathrow, the country's busiest airport, would not be permitted to increase passenger charges as much as it...

Latvia announces four weeks of lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike 18 Oct 2021 - 11:35 pm

RIGA - Latvia announced a COVID-19 lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15 to try to slow a spike in infections in one...

Germany's pandemic state of emergency to end Nov. 25 - Bild 18 Oct 2021 - 10:16 pm

BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn said special regulations relating to the coronavirus pandemic could end on November 25, though many indoor...

Czech president too ill to work, politicians discuss relieving him of duties 18 Oct 2021 - 09:21 pm

PRAGUE - Czech President Milos Zeman is too ill to work and parliament needs to start discussing when and how to trigger constitutional...

Health pass protest continues at Italian port despite police water cannon, tear gas 18 Oct 2021 - 08:44 pm

TRIESTE, Italy- Italian police used water cannon and tear gas on Monday in an attempt to clear a sit-in at the port of...

Britain reports highest number of COVID-19 cases since mid-July 18 Oct 2021 - 08:39 pm

LONDON - Britain reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in three months on Monday as the number of infections reached levels...

EU plans to boost reach of Pfizer COVID-19 shot 18 Oct 2021 - 07:24 pm

Europe's drug regulator said on Monday it was evaluating use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five, while also...

France confirms its ambassador to Belarus left the country on Oct 17 18 Oct 2021 - 03:06 pm

Paris: France confirmed its ambassador to Belarus left the country on Oct 17, adding that the official in question - Nicolas de Lacoste...

EU has exported over 1 billion COVID-19 vaccines 18 Oct 2021 - 12:44 pm

BRUSSELS: Over one billion COVID-19 vaccines produced in the European Union have been exported to more than 150 countries since December 2020, the...

Valneva reports positive results for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 18 Oct 2021 - 10:10 am

PARIS: Valneva reported positive Phase III results on Monday for its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate VLA2001, a boost for the French biotech...

Costa Rica, Milan among winners of Prince William's Earthshot environmental prize 17 Oct 2021 - 11:46 pm

LONDON - Milan and Costa Rica were among the winners of the Earthshot Prize on Sunday, an environmental award created by Britain's Prince...

Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award 17 Oct 2021 - 09:58 pm

LONDON - Celebrities joined Prince William in London on Sunday for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program...