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Commemorations are being held in Norway today to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks that saw 77 people killed at the hands of far-right extremist Anders Breivik. — Courtesy file photo
Norway marks a decade since bomb and gun massacre killed 77 people
OSLO — Commemorations are being held in Norway today to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks that saw 77 people killed at the hands of far-right extremist Anders Breivik. On July 22, 2011, right-wing extremist Breivik set off a bomb in the capital, Oslo, killing eight people, before heading to tiny Utoya island where he stalked and shot dead 69 mostly teen members of the Labour Party’s youth wing. Earlier on Thursday at a remembrance ceremony, Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg said “the terror attack on the 22nd of July was an attack on our democracy” and that “it was a politically motivated terrorist act towards the Labor Party, AUF and their ideas”. She added that “a whole nation was struck. But we rose again.” Speaking to the Associated Press, Lisbeth...
July 22, 2021

Norway marks a decade since bomb and gun massacre killed 77 people

Germany and the United States have announced a deal to allow the completion of a controversial Russian gas pipeline to Europe without the imposition of further US sanctions. — Courtesy file photo
Ukraine, Poland slam 'insufficient' deal struck by Germany and US on Nord Stream 2
BRUSSELS — Germany and the United States have announced a deal to allow the completion of a controversial Russian gas pipeline to Europe without the imposition of further US sanctions. The agreement on Nord Stream 2, announced on Wednesday, says Germany and the U.S. commit to countering any future Russian attempt to use the pipeline as a political tool. The two states also agreed to support Ukraine and Poland, which construe the project as a security threat, by funding alternative energy and development projects. In a joint statement, the two governments said they were "united in their determination to hold Russia to account for aggression and malign activities by imposing costs via sanctions and other tools" - referring largely to Russian support for separatists in...
July 22, 2021

Ukraine, Poland slam 'insufficient' deal struck by Germany and US on Nord Stream 2

Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO's World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee. — Courtesy photo
Liverpool’s historic waterfront removed from World Heritage List
GENEVA — Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, it announced on Wednesday. “The World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th session in Fuzhou and online, decided to delete the property ‘Liverpool — Maritime Mercantile City’ (UK) from the World Heritage List, due to the irreversible loss of attributes conveying the outstanding universal value of the property,” UNESCO said in a statement.The move follows concerns raised in 2012 about the proposed development of disused dockland near the city center, which a UNESCO committee decided were “detrimental to the site’s authenticity and integrity”. New additions to the city’s waterfront include the proposed Everton...
July 22, 2021

Liverpool’s historic waterfront removed from World Heritage List

Two prison guards have been taken hostage at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of Eskilstuna by two men convicted of serious crimes. — Courtesy photo
Inmates hold prison guards hostage at Swedish prison
BRUSSELS — Two prison guards have been taken hostage at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of Eskilstuna by two men convicted of serious crimes. Earlier on Wednesday the convicts broke into a guard room in Hallby Prison armed with razor blades and barricaded themselves in with the hostages. According to media reports, the pair are aged 24 and 30 and have demanded a helicopter for their use. Swedish broadcaster SVT said the inmates had also agreed to release one of their hostages in exchange for 20 kebab pizzas, one for everyone on their ward. Pictures were later published by local media showing pizzas being loaded into a car in Hallby, said to be bound for the prison.The Swedish Prison and Probation Service said it was a "very dangerous situation" The Swedish news...
July 21, 2021

Inmates hold prison guards hostage at Swedish prison

Britain is to pay France 54 million pounds (62.7 million euros/$73.8) to fund a clampdown on illegal migration via the English Channel, the UK's Home Office announced on Tuesday. — Courtesy file photo
UK and France agree deal to curb English Channel crossings
BRUSSELS — Britain is to pay France 54 million pounds (62.7 million euros/$73.8) to fund a clampdown on illegal migration via the English Channel, the UK's Home Office announced on Tuesday. The deal between the two countries will see French authorities double the number of officers deployed along the coast with their patrol area widened. It also includes the deployment of more wide-area surveillance technology and vehicles to boost surveillance along the French coast as well as funds to provide voluntary returns to countries of origin and to invest in reception centers for migrants across France. The deal was announced on Tuesday evening after British Home Secretary Priti Patel and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin met via video conference. It comes after a record 430...
July 21, 2021

UK and France agree deal to curb English Channel crossings

Six Polish swimmers have been forced to leave the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an administrative error resulted in the country having too many competitors.
Six Polish Olympic swimmers forced to return home after administrative error
BRUSSELS — Six Polish swimmers have been forced to leave the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an administrative error resulted in the country having too many competitors. Jan Holub, Aleksandra Polanska, Dominika Kossakowska, Alicja Tchorz, Bartosz Piszczorowicz and Mateusz Chowaniec were all part of Poland's 23-member swimming team.They had already arrived in Japan when the National Olympic Committee announced on Saturday that the Polish Swimming Federation (PZP) had nominated too many athletes to compete, and the squad needed to be cut down to 17 members, based on the world governing body FINA's qualifying rules. Some of the swimmers also failed to meet the necessary eligibility to participate in the Games. In order to be safely admitted to the Olympics, swimmers have to undercut the...
July 21, 2021

Six Polish Olympic swimmers forced to return home after administrative error

France is now in its fourth wave of COVID-19, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday. — Courtesy file photo
Unvaccinated people account for 96% of new coronavirus cases as fourth wave grips France
PARIS — France is now in its fourth wave of COVID-19, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday. Castex said the 18,181 new cases recorded in the 24 hours to Tuesday afternoon represented a 140% jump on the previous week and claimed that 96 percent of these new infections were observed in unvaccinated people. "We are in the fourth wave," Castex told TF1 news. "The infamous Delta variant is here, it is here, it is the majority (of cases) and what characterizes it from those that preceded it is that it is much more contagious. "We must react and at the same time, the key is known, it is not completely new but the contagiousness of this Delta variant obliges us even more, we must vaccinate," he said. His television address comes as the COVID-19 health pass...
July 21, 2021

Unvaccinated people account for 96% of new coronavirus cases as fourth wave grips France

The Catalan beach town of Sitges is trialing the use of drones to monitor the occupancy of its beaches, as Barcelona and the surrounding northeast corner of Spain braces for further COVID-19-related restrictions. — Courtesy photo
Big Brother at the beach: Drones in Spain's Catalonia help enforce social distancing
BARCELONA, Spain — The Catalan beach town of Sitges is trialing the use of drones to monitor the occupancy of its beaches, as Barcelona and the surrounding northeast corner of Spain braces for further COVID-19-related restrictions. The region is beginning to shut down once again to stem an unchecked wave of the Delta variant of coronavirus. Authorities in Catalonia are rolling out a series of measures to combat the new outbreak. Drone delivery of vaccine doses speeds up COVID-19 vaccinations in remote areas of Ghana Between July 11 and Aug. 22, two drones will constantly hover 50 meters from the beaches of the famed seaside resort at an altitude of 30 meters. A nightly curfew was reintroduced by Catalonia's authorities in the latest effort to ratchet up restrictions and...
July 21, 2021

Big Brother at the beach: Drones in Spain's Catalonia help enforce social distancing

Germany has approved a 400 million euros ($235.5) emergency relief package to rebuild Germany's flood-ravaged regions. — Courtesy file photo
Germany approves 400 million euro aid package for victims of deadly floods 
BERLIN — Germany has approved a 400 million euros ($235.5) emergency relief package to rebuild Germany's flood-ravaged regions.After the Cabinet meeting, which was convened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said that the federal government approved the proposed funding to help people deal with the immediate aftermath of the flooding and will be expanded if needed."We will do what is necessary to help everyone immediately," he said.The worst flooding in living memory killed at least 169 in Germany late last week. And including numbers from neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands, the death toll rises to over 200.The damage caused by the torrential rains shocked officials and left residents reeling as they seek to rebuild their lives.German news...
July 21, 2021

Germany approves 400 million euro aid package for victims of deadly floods 

France has recorded 18,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours — more than double the figure from just a week ago, according to the country's Health Minister Olivier Véran. — Courtesy file photo
France seeing an 'unprecedented' rise in COVID-19 cases, says health minister
PARIS — France has recorded 18,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours — more than double the figure from just a week ago, according to the country's Health Minister Olivier Véran. He told French lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon that "we were yesterday at 18,000 contaminations over 24 hours only" when fewer than 7,000 were observed a week ago. Health authority Santé Publique France is set to release the final number later on Tuesday. Véran attributed the rise to the Delta variant, which was first detected in India.The decrease, which took place as the country was easing restrictions, was largely attributed to the vaccination campaign and Véran urged people to get jabbed to derail the new surge of cases. "We have a weapon, vaccination," he said. "The time...
July 20, 2021

France seeing an 'unprecedented' rise in COVID-19 cases, says health minister

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