Europe
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world
Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it ...Russia warns incoming Moldovan president on troops withdrawals in breakaway region
The Kremlin on Monday rebuffed calls by Moldova’s incoming president, Maia Sandu, for Russian troops to withdraw from the breakaway region of ...UK could approve first coronavirus vaccine ‘within days’
The UK is set to approve a coronavirus vaccine “within days”, becoming the first Western country to do so. The first injections of the vaccine developed ...Britain prepares for COVID-19 vaccine as Oxford forecasts result this year
Late-stage trial results of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca could be presented this year ...Germany readies exhibition halls, mobile teams for COVID-19 vaccination
Germany is scouting trade fair halls and airport terminals to use as potential mass vaccination centres, as it draws up plans to ...Austrian police arrest 14 in manhunt after gunman’s deadly rampage
Austrian police raided 18 properties and arrested 14 people in a massive dragnet on Tuesday, after a gunman identified as a convicted ...Vienna terror attack: Several dead after shootings in Austrian capital
Two people including one attacker were killed in central Vienna on Monday evening in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a ...UK extends 80% wage subsidies as England goes back into lockdown
Britain’s government will extend by a month its costly coronavirus wage subsidies to ensure workers who are temporarily laid off receive 80% ...Rescue efforts under way after deadly earthquake in Turkey, Greece
Rescuers raced against the clock Saturday to save people buried under rubble as hundreds spent a terrified night in tents after a ...Deadly earthquake rocks western Turkey, Greece
A strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Greece and Turkey, where four people were killed ...














