Vaccine failures cast shadow over EU summit
European Union leaders meet on Thursday to discuss a coordinated path out of the COVID-19 pandemic as infections surge again in many of their countries, seeking agreement on how to ...
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High fives, smiles but no cheers as Olympic torch relay gets going under pandemic shadow
With waves, smiles and high fives, but no cheers, the Olympic torch relay set off on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the postponed 2020 summer Games in Tokyo, the first ...
Gates says world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines
The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster TVN24.
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Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund started by Fidelity
Fidelity applied on Wednesday to launch an exchange traded fund to track the performance of bitcoin, the latest move on Wall Street to embrace the digital currency.
Fidelity’s Wise ...
European consumers, flush with cash, can’t spend it
Only a few weeks ago, many European countries were hoping their more affluent citizens would by now have started spending nest eggs built up during the pandemic to trigger a ...
N.Korea missile launch tests Biden administration
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fuelling tension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pressure on ...
Greece marks 200 years of independence with hopes of rebirth
Reviving memories of its battle for independence from Ottoman Turkish rule 200 years ago, Greece is preparing to defy the coronavirus with bicentennial celebrations on Thursday that it hopes will mark ...
Own goal denies France win over Ukraine, Turkey stun Netherlands
Holders France got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a disappointing start with a 1-1 draw at home to Ukraine on Wednesday while Turkey pulled off an impressive 4-2 ...
Passport to pubs? Boris suggests landlords could ask drinkers for vaccine certification
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested on Wednesday that some pubs might require customers to produce vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely.
Almost 29 million people have ...
US hopes WHO report on virus origins is ‘based on science’
The United States expects the World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic to require further study, perhaps including a return visit to China, a ...
Navalny’s allies raise alarm over his health after lawyers denied prison access
Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday they were concerned by a deterioration in his health and his lawyers said they had not been allowed to visit ...
Athletics can play huge role in fixing global health crisis says Coe
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says that his sport can have a huge influence on helping the post-pandemic world address the global health crisis and is making plans to ensure ...
How Mancini revived Italy after despair of 2018 World Cup failure
The thought of a new World Cup qualifying campaign starting might bring traumatic memories flooding back in Italy.
The four-time world champions’ last attempt to reach the competition ended in ...
US won’t force allies into ‘us or them’ choice on China
The United States will not force any NATO ally to choose sides between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he warned that ...
Turkey says EU needs to stop ‘playing for time’
Turkey’s foreign minister said the European Union needs to stop “playing for time” and should take concrete steps to improve positive momentum in ties, a day before an EU ...
Rugby study finds saliva test can diagnose concussion
Spit tests may in future be an answer for doctors seeking swift and non-invasive ways to diagnose concussion among male rugby players after a study found that tell-tale biomarkers of ...
EU sharpens Covid vaccine export rules
The European Union refined its rules on the export of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, giving it a clearer right to block shipments to countries such as Britain with higher inoculation ...
Sweden saw lower 2020 death spike than much of Europe
Sweden, which has shunned the strict lockdowns that have choked much of the global economy, emerged from 2020 with a smaller increase in its overall mortality rate than most European countries, ...
Turkey says EU needs to take concrete steps for better ties
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on the European Union to stop “playing for time” and making conditional remarks about Turkey, urging the bloc to take steps to improve the ...
After backlash, Merkel ditches stricter Easter lockdown
Chancellor Angela Merkel ditched a plan agreed on Tuesday for an extended Easter to try to break a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, apologising to lockdown-weary Germans after the ...
Former FIFA chiefs Blatter and Valcke handed new bans
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been handed a further six years and eight months ban from the game and fined a million Swiss francs by the body’s Ethics ...
Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites
By Rikako Murayama
Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could have ramifications for regenerative medicine.
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Brits should get their summer holiday, says confident Ryanair’s O’Leary
Ryanair is reasonably confident that Britons will be taking holidays in Europe in June, July and August, defying gloom in the sector as COVID-19 cases rise in some holiday destinations.
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Tsitsipas eyes opening in Miami with Big Three out
Stefanos Tsitsipas is keeping expectations low heading into the Miami Open but said the absence of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the tournament gives players like him ...