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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country. — Courtesy photo
Johnson says UK must live with virus as he unveils plan to ease restrictions
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the government could fully lift COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing rules and mask requirements, by July 19 even as cases and hospitalizations rise in the country.The prime minister made clear that learning to live with the virus meant cases would continue to rise significantly, even if the success of the vaccination program meant hospitalizations and deaths will rise at a lower level than during previous peaks. He set out how cases could rise to 50,000 per day by July 19, with daily hospital admissions and deaths also rising although more slowly. Johnson said the government planned to let people decide for themselves how to deal with their social contacts and not reimpose restrictions.He said they would rely on...
July 05, 2021

Johnson says UK must live with virus as he unveils plan to ease restrictions

Austrians queuing up for a night club.
Europeans hit the clubs amid surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases
GENEVA — Clinics in Moscow have begun offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 as Russian officials struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant.The Health Ministry on Wednesday recommended clinics begin administering booster doses to people vaccinated six months ago or more, making Russia one of the first countries to begin re-vaccination.Meanwhile, millions of Moscow residents now need to show proof of vaccination or recovery before being allowed in bars and restaurants.But as many parts of Europe relax tough restrictions, the World Health Organization has warned against complacency.The WHO Director General told reporters: "We are in a very dangerous period of this pandemic. In those countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals...
July 05, 2021

Europeans hit the clubs amid surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases

Luxembourg Premier Xavier Bettel was placed in hospital for 24 hours under observation, and was undergoing further tests.
Luxembourg’s PM taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19
LUXEMBOURG — The prime minister of Luxembourg has been taken to hospital “as a precaution” a week after testing positive for coronavirus.According to a government statement Xavier Bettel was placed in hospital for 24 hours under observation, and was undergoing further tests.The 48-year-old began a 10-day isolation period on June 27, less than 48 hours after a European summit in Brussels where he met other EU leaders.He was suffering from mild symptoms such as fever and headache. No other participants were considered as contact cases, as the barrier procedures had been respected, the Luxembourg government said at the time.Xavier Bettel received a first injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 6.Luxembourg, a country of 630,000 located between Germany, Belgium and France, has been...
July 05, 2021

Luxembourg’s PM taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

The French far-right party, Rassemblement National (RN) re-elected Marine Le Pen as its leader on Sunday with no opposing candidates.
France's far-right National Rally party reelects Le Pen as its leader
PARIS — The French far-right party, Rassemblement National (RN) re-elected Marine Le Pen as its leader on Sunday with no opposing candidates.Following recent disappointments in regional elections, Le Pen is hoping to restore party momentum ahead of next year's presidential election.Her re-election, with more than 98 percent of the vote, is likely to help her do that. After the result was announced Le Pen outlined her plans for the future."One decade after being elected as head of RN one cannot but recognize that in a world in total upheaval, among the ruins of ancient order, in an ever-shifting political landscape where everything is uncertain and ceaselessly put to question — we've managed to affirm ourselves as a center of reliability, stability and, I believe, of...
July 05, 2021

France's far-right National Rally party reelects Le Pen as its leader

File photo of Russian forces conducting search operations in Moscow. Russian authorities announced Monday that they had thwarted a series of terror attacks planned by the Daesh group.
Russia thwarts number of terrorist attacks planned by Daesh
MOSCOW — Russian authorities announced Monday that they had thwarted a series of terror attacks planned by the Daesh group (so-called IS) in Moscow and other Russian regions.TASS News Agency quoted federal security sources as saying that Russian security forces thwarted a number of terrorist attacks planned by Daesh in the capital Moscow, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Astrakhan southern the country.Security forces arrested two persons who were planning to execute the terror acts, the TASS added.Meanwhile, five armed men were killed in Kabardino-Balkaria, notrthern Caucasus, while another man form Astrakhan region was killed while security forces attempted to arrest him in Moscow. — KUNA
July 05, 2021

Russia thwarts number of terrorist attacks planned by Daesh

A videograb of a fire-swept mountain village in Cyprus on Sunday in what many called the “most destructive” blaze in the east Mediterranean island nation’s history.
Four killed as 'worst ever' fire tears through Cyprus
NICOSIA — Cyprus search crews discovered the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what a government minister called the “most destructive” blaze in the east Mediterranean island nation’s history.Nicos Nouris said that Civil Defense volunteers discovered the remains just outside the village of Odou on the southern edge of the Troodos mountain range.He said authorities are trying to confirm whether the bodies belong to four Egyptian men who had gone missing and search crews had been trying to locate.“We are experiencing the most destructive fire since the founding of the Cyprus republic in both material damage, but also unfortunately in terms of human lives,” Nouris said.Nouris said Greek and Israeli aircraft will join 11 other planes and...
July 04, 2021

Four killed as 'worst ever' fire tears through Cyprus

Former leader of the European Union and prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk has been elected head of the largest party in Poland's fragmented opposition, the Civic Platform.
Tusk returns to Polish politics to take on 'evil' conservative right
WARSAW — The former leader of the European Union and prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has been elected head of the largest party in Poland's fragmented opposition, the Civic Platform.Tusk said he is returning to politics to help fight the “evil” of the current right-wing government led by Law and Justice, which has dominated Polish politics since 2016.Tusk co-founded Civic Platform, a center-liberal party, in 2001. It ruled Poland for eight years — most of the time with Tusk as prime minister.“I know that many Poles were waiting for this black dream to be over,” Tusk said about the current government, which has put Poland on a collision course with the EU.“Today, evil rules in Poland, and we are ready to fight against this evil,” he said.The EU and its court have...
July 04, 2021

Tusk returns to Polish politics to take on 'evil' conservative right

The variant makes transmission growth “exponential,” according to Maria Van Kerkhove, its technical lead on COVID-19.
European nations scramble to vaccinate citizens as Delta variant cases surge
BRUSSELS — Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious Delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for their lives.The urgency coincides with Europe’s summer holiday months, with fair weather bringing more social gatherings and governments reluctant to clamp down on them. Social distancing is commonly neglected, especially among the young, and some countries are scrapping the requirement to wear masks outdoors.Incentives for people to get shots include free groceries, travel and entertainment vouchers, and prize drawings. The president of Cyprus even appealed to a sense of patriotism.The risk of infection from the Delta variant is “high to...
July 03, 2021

European nations scramble to vaccinate citizens as Delta variant cases surge

The female students of a military college are seen wearing military fatigues and black-heeled shoes during a practice drill. — courtesy Ukraine MOD
Ukrainian soldiers made to march in high heels during military parade
KIEV — Ukraine's Defense Ministry caused outrage on Friday after it published pictures of female soldiers rehearsing for an upcoming military parade wearing high heels.In the pictures, the female students of a military college are seen wearing military fatigues and black-heeled shoes, which even the cadets themselves admit are impractical."Today we are training in high heels for the first time. It is a little more difficult than in combat boots but we are doing our best," Ivanna Medvid told ArmiaInform, the news agency of the ministry.The images sparked anger online in Ukraine and protests in the country's parliament,One lawmaker, Inna Souvsoun, said the initiative was "a stupid idea" that embodied "stereotypes on the role of the woman as a pretty...
July 03, 2021

Ukrainian soldiers made to march in high heels during military parade

File photo of the city known as Londonderry to UK unionists, and Derry to Irish nationalists.
Murder charges dropped against British soldiers over 1972 killings
BELFAST — Prosecutors have dropped cases against two former British soldiers accused of murder during Northern Ireland's decades-long sectarian conflict. Both cases involved shootings in 1972 in the city known as Londonderry to UK unionists, and Derry to Irish nationalists.One army veteran, referred to as Soldier B, was accused of murdering 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty, who was shot twice in the head in July of that year. The case also related to the wounding of his cousin, Christopher.The teenager was killed during an army operation to clear a housing estate of militants. An inquest in 2011 found that he had posed no risk to soldiers and was shot without warning.The other veteran, identified only as Soldier F, faced charges relating to the "Bloody Sunday" killings in January...
July 03, 2021

Murder charges dropped against British soldiers over 1972 killings

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