France to Allow Coronavirus-Infected Healthcare Workers to Return to Work
France is allowing health workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients.
France is allowing health workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients.
A previously sealed 2009 $500,000 lawsuit settlement between Jeffrey Epstein and a woman that is suing Prince Andrew was made public.
(AP) — Schoolchildren returned to classes Monday in parts of Europe, while the British government pledged to rush ventilation units and enough COVID-19 test kits to schools to ensure they, too, can reopen later this week despite soaring infection rates in the UK.
BERLIN (AP) – The German government said Monday that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc´s plans for a climate-friendly future.
A huge fire that destroyed a large part of South Africa’s parliament has been brought under control, firefighters said on Monday.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square.
Germany is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country will shut all nuclear plants.
SIBIU, Romania (AP) – As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.
Greece’s health minister said Wednesday that music will be banned at all commercial venues for New Year’s celebrations.
PARIS (AP) – France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs, as the omicron variant fuels a record surge in infections.
Germany’s highest court said that officials must craft rules to protect disabled people if hospitals triage patients during the pandemic.
BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged two Afghan brothers with murder over the July killing of their sister, whom they allegedly wanted to punish for her Western way of life.
Belarus authorities proposed on Monday amendments to the country’s constitution that may allow Alexander Lukashenko to rule unitl 2035.
EDIRNE, Turkey (AP) – Bulgarian shoppers are crossing Turkey’s western border in packed cars and buses, taking advantage of a declining Turkish lira to fuel their own shopping sprees.
Thousands of performers, cinema operators, event organizers and others joined together Sunday to protest COVID restrictions in Brussels.
SYDNEY (AP) – Australia’s most populous state reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and a sharp jump in hospitalizations while thousands of people were isolating at home after contracting the virus or coming into contact with someone who has.
At least 16 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, bringing the three-day death toll to at least 30.
A court imposed a 4-year prison sentence on man convicted of attempted murder for firing gunshots at the Saudi embassy in The Hague.
Coast guard divers searched the hull of a submerged sailboat for passengers possibly trapped inside Friday.
A sailboat carrying migrants hit rocks off the coast of southern Greece and sank on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least seven people.
The British govt said it won´t introduce any new restrictions until after Christmas, and called studies on omicron encouraging.
Germany’s health minister said he expects a surge in coronavirus cases around New Year’s and people will likely need a fourth vaccine.
After months of wrangling, the European Union and the UK announced Wednesday that they have struck a fishing deal on their shared stocks,
The European Union on Wednesday launched legal action against Poland over recent decisions by one of the country´s top courts.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A suspected pirate wounded during an exchange of gunfire last month with the Danish navy off West Africa has been transferred to a hospital in Ghana, authorities said.
VIENNA (AP) – Germany is tightening travel restrictions for people coming from Britain in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant there.
LONDON (AP) – Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, triggering calls for protests from Paris to Barcelona.
ROME (AP) – Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conservatives and traditionalists.
Denmark’s PM said theaters, cinemas, concert halls, amusement parks, museums and art galleries across the country will be closed down.
Members of Germany’s center-right CDU have chosen prominent conservative Friedrich Merz as its new leader.
British lawmakers delivered a report on Tuesday calling for more funding to increase the size and upgrade the capabilities of the Royal Navy.
British lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve new restrictions, but Boris Johnson faced a major revolt in his own Conservative party.
Several windows at a mosque in the eastern German city of Leipzig were broken after dozens of people set off fireworks.
Seven migrants were killed and three others injured when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a house while fleeing a police stop.
(AFP) — After nine years deployed in Mali, France is organising a drawdown, with troops preparing to leave the last of three bases in the far north of the insurgency-hit and poverty-wracked country.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cyprus will start vaccinating kids between the ages of 5 to 11, the government said Monday in fresh bid to head off another COVID-19 surge following the first confirmed cases of the omicron variant on the eastern Mediterranean island nation.
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union foreign ministers met Monday to discuss how to thwart the threat of a possible new Russian invasion of Ukraine and what measures to take should Moscow decide to send its troops across the border.
MOSCOW (AP) – A homemade bomb detonated in a school attached to an Orthodox convent has wounded 12 people, including a 15-year-old, Russian authorities were reported as saying said Monday.
PARIS (AP) – France has opened 400 investigations into networks providing fake COVID-19 health passes, the interior minister said Sunday, as virus-related hospitalizations rise sharply across the country.
VIENNA (AP) – Children from 5 to 11 years old will be eligible to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine doses this week in Berlin, health officials said Sunday, joining other German states in opening up appointments to younger children.