Europe
Russia says it is close to world’s first approval of Covid-19 vaccine
Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health ...Donald Trump dismisses report of Russian ‘bounties’ on US soldiers
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed reports that Russia has been paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and ...Ukraine cancels visa requirements for Chinese tourists
Tourists from China will not need a visa to visit Ukraine from Aug. 1 until Jan. 31 next year under a decree ...European coronavirus measures hitting Spain’s tourism sector
Britain and several other European countries have imposed measures to limit travel to Spain, fearing the spread of the coronavirus. Following are ...Spain insists outbreaks are under control
The Spanish foreign ministry has responded to the latest UK measures by saying that Spain is safe for visitors and that new ...Thousands demonstrate against Putin in Russian far eastern city for third weekend
Thousands of people marched in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for the third weekend in a row, protesting ...Thousands gather around Hagia Sophia for first Friday prayers
Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since President Tayyip Erdogan declared the monument, ...US and UK say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space
Britain is concerned about a Russian satellite test which involved the launch of a projectile with the “characteristics of a weapon”, a ...EU agrees landmark 750-bn-euro virus ‘Marshall Plan’
EU leaders emerged from a marathon four-day and four-night summit Tuesday to celebrate what they boasted was a historic rescue plan for ...Oxford coronavirus vaccine induces strong immune response
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response ...














