A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, some of whom tested positive for COVID-19, is heading to Sicily By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press February 7, 2021, 3:39 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ROME — A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small […]
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Conflict has left countless homes in Tigray as debris Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has been hit by conflict. On Wednesday, Mark Lowcock, chief of humanitarian affairs at the United Nations, warned of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in […]
Suella Braverman: ‘The Prime Minister has made it really clear that we’re going to do everything that we can, whether that’s legislatively, or indeed if it comes to it, invoking Article 16… to ensure that there’s no barrier in the Irish Sea’ – Neil Hall/Shutterstock Boris Johnson is not going […]
PARIS (Reuters) – France on Saturday reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections and in the number of patients being treated in hospital, slightly easing pressure on the health system as the country rolled out shots with a third approved vaccine. FILE PHOTO: An elderly patient receives a dose of […]
‘There’s a considerable Irish American constituency here’ Joe Biden doesn’t want to get “mixed up” in Brexit over the Northern Ireland border row, an ally of the president has told the Sunday Telegraph, The source said the new White House administration is monitoring the situation carefully but is loathe to […]
There is growing fury at Emmanuel Macron’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and the vaccine rollout. Leading opposition figure Marine Le Pen, who heads the National Rally, criticised Mr Macron for losing out to the UK on a French-made Covid jab. She suggested that this latest move was France paying […]
FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday he was angry that more COVID-19 vaccines were not ordered last year as EU chief executive […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has given broader approval for the domestic-made Sinovac coronavirus vaccine. The decision on the Sinovac vaccine was announced Saturday. It expands who can receive the vaccine beyond the high-risk and priority groups already allowed under an emergency clearance. The Sinovac vaccine has already been sold to […]