World / Europe

Denmark to ditch AstraZeneca shot, delaying vaccine rollout 14 Apr 2021 - 02:21 pm

COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Wednesday will become the first country to entirely cease administering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine following its possible link to very rare...

Queen Elizabeth returns to royal duties four days after her husband's death -PA Media 14 Apr 2021 - 12:39 pm

Britain's Queen Elizabeth returned to royal duties on Tuesday, four days after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, in an event to...

Dutch face prospect of longer lockdown amidst rising infections 13 Apr 2021 - 06:48 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government is expected to extend most pandemic lockdown restrictions including a nighttime curfew in an announcement later on Tuesday, due...

Norway to ease some COVID-19 restrictions, PM says 13 Apr 2021 - 05:47 pm

OSLO: Norway will start to unwind some restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and allow more people to gather in private homes and...

France suspends all flights to and from Brazil due to COVID variant 13 Apr 2021 - 05:24 pm

PARISL France will suspend all flights to and from Brazil in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected...

J&J says delaying rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in Europe 13 Apr 2021 - 04:59 pm

Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would delay the rollout of its COVID-19 vaccine in Europe and was reviewing cases of extremely...

Word up! Scrabble marks UK lockdown easing with light show 13 Apr 2021 - 03:39 pm

LONDON: Some of Britain's favourite words were projected onto buildings around London to mark the easing of lockdown restrictions and National Scrabble Day...

UK's Johnson warns lockdown, not vaccines, behind drop in COVID deaths 13 Apr 2021 - 03:32 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Tuesday that the rapid drop in COVID-19 deaths was largely down to a three-month lockdown,...

Austin: US adds 500 troops in Germany, despite Trump pledge 13 Apr 2021 - 03:12 pm

Berlin: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops and has...

Austrian health minister says he is stepping down, exhausted 13 Apr 2021 - 01:58 pm

VIENNA - Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping...

Britain offers all over-50s first COVID-19 shots, beats target 13 Apr 2021 - 12:38 pm

LONDON - Britain has offered all over-50s a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and launched the Moderna shot in England, the government said...

WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals 13 Apr 2021 - 11:34 am

Geneva: The United Nations' health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured from the wild in food...

Greece to receive first 33,600 doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine this week 12 Apr 2021 - 08:28 pm

ATHENS: Greece will get a first tranche of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday and will start inoculating people...

Prince William says 'grandpa' Philip would want us to get on with the job 12 Apr 2021 - 06:13 pm

WINDSOR, England: Prince William, second in line to the British throne, hailed his "grandpa" Prince Philip for his dutiful service to the crown,...

Coronavirus pandemic 'a long way from over', WHO's Tedros says 12 Apr 2021 - 05:43 pm

GENEVA: Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control...

Czech schools, shops reopen after long COVID-19 shutdown 12 Apr 2021 - 05:26 pm

PRAGUE: Czech schools, libraries, zoos and some stores reopened on Monday after months of coronavirus closures in one of the world's worst-hit countries....

One person shot dead in front of Paris hospital: Police source 12 Apr 2021 - 03:31 pm

Paris: Two people were shot in front of a hospital in Paris on Monday, a police source told Reuters. The source said that...

Spain to vaccinate 70-79 year olds with J&J's COVID-19 shot 12 Apr 2021 - 03:27 pm

MADRID: Spain will initially prioritise people aged between 70 and 79 for vaccination with coronavirus shots produced by Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit,...