World / Europe

Boeing 737 MAX to fly again in Europe, angering some crash relatives 25 Jan 2021 - 07:16 pm

PARIS - Europe is set to lift a 22-month flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX this week after reviewing submissions by industry...

Risk of 'vaccine-busting' coronavirus variants prompt tougher UK quarantine: Johnson 25 Jan 2021 - 04:12 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he was looking at toughening border quarantine rules because of the risk of "vaccine-busting"...

Shell bulks up EV charging network with Ubitricity acquisition 25 Jan 2021 - 03:48 pm

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has agreed to buy Ubitricity, which operates the largest public electric vehicle charging network in the U.K., expanding its...

UK retailing shifts further online as Boohoo buys Debenhams 25 Jan 2021 - 01:53 pm

London: Around 25,000 UK retailing jobs remain under threat even as it emerged Monday that online fashion firm Boohoo has bought Debenhams, one...

Head of French health regulatory body: Covid situation is worrying 25 Jan 2021 - 01:02 pm

Pairs: The Covid-19 situation in France is worrying, the head of the country's Haute Autorite de Sante (HAS) health regulator told France Inter...

Greece detects 32 cases of UK coronavirus variant 25 Jan 2021 - 12:20 am

ATHENS - Greece has detected 32 cases of the British variant of COVID-19, health authorities said on Sunday, with the country's Network of...

Spanish woman who 'died' of COVID returned 10 days later-newspaper 25 Jan 2021 - 12:00 am

MADRID - An 85-year-old woman believed by her family to have died from the coronavirus surprised her relatives by returning to her care...

Police detain 100 in Amsterdam after protest over lockdown, curfew 24 Jan 2021 - 11:15 pm

AMSTERDAM - Dutch police used water cannon, dogs and mounted police to disperse a protest in central Amsterdam on Sunday against coronavirus lockdown...

About 500 Airbus staff under quarantine after Hamburg COVID-19 outbreak 24 Jan 2021 - 07:47 pm

BERLIN - Airbus said on Sunday about 500 of its staff had gone into quarantine after 21 workers at its aircraft factory in...

Italy to take legal action over COVID vaccine delays to get promised doses 24 Jan 2021 - 07:33 pm

MILAN - Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies...

Portugal votes in socially distanced presidential election at height of pandemic 24 Jan 2021 - 07:29 pm

LISBON - Masked, socially distanced and each using their own pen to avoid spreading germs, the Portuguese headed to the polls on Sunday...

Serbia reports first case of new coronavirus variant 24 Jan 2021 - 07:12 pm

BELGRADE - The first case of a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Serbia in a woman who arrived from...

Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal 24 Jan 2021 - 03:24 pm

Washington: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade...

Vaccines may work less well on variants, UK’s Hancock warns 24 Jan 2021 - 12:58 pm

The UK’s health minister warned that coronavirus vaccines may be less effective against new variants of the disease, such as those found in...

Britain still a long way from easing virus lockdown, minister says 24 Jan 2021 - 12:19 pm

LONDON: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday the country was still a long way from being able to relax a national...

KLM to keep long haul flights as Covid testing demands are softened 24 Jan 2021 - 11:19 am

Dutch airline KLM will keep operating long haul flights, including for vaccine distribution, after agreeing with the government on softer demands for returning...

UK's Johnson says he looks forward to working with Biden on shared goals 24 Jan 2021 - 09:56 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he looked forward to working with U.S. President Joe Biden on their shared goals,...

2100 arrested at protests demanding Navalny's release 23 Jan 2021 - 07:53 pm

MOSCOW: Protests erupted in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most...