World / Europe

Musicians at Serbian trumpet festival play on despite pandemic 14 Aug 2021 - 12:30 pm

Guca, Serbia: The sound of trumpets filled the air as thousands of people crowded into a small Serbian town late on Friday for...

Russia releases worst pandemic death numbers to date 14 Aug 2021 - 12:13 pm

MOSCOW: Russia's daily COVID-19 deaths hit a new record of 819 on Saturday, a day after Moscow's health department reported the highest number...

Reluctant French get Covid vaccination as health pass closes doors 13 Aug 2021 - 08:13 pm

PARIS: Reluctant French people lined up to get vaccinated as authorities were set to get tougher on the mandatory health pass for entering...

WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate 13 Aug 2021 - 06:36 pm

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Friday it was setting up a new group to trace the origins of the coronavirus, seeking...

Spanish town takes neighbourly chats 'al fresco' to UNESCO 13 Aug 2021 - 05:15 pm

ALGAR, Spain: The town of Algar in southern Spain is seeking UNESCO world heritage status to protect and enliven its treasured custom of...

Norway ends some COVID restrictions, keeps others 13 Aug 2021 - 04:23 pm

OSLO: Norway's government will end some restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Friday, but stopped short of announcing a full...

One month after floods, Belgians try to rebuild 13 Aug 2021 - 03:49 pm

BRUSSELS: A month after devastating floods in Belgium, residents said efforts to rebuild battered towns were picking up pace, but some still saw...

One dead, 15 people injured in bus blast in Russia -RIA 13 Aug 2021 - 02:07 pm

MOSCOW - One person died and 15 people were injured after a blast in a bus in the city of Voronezh in central...

Wildfire breaks out east of Rome, locals evacuated 13 Aug 2021 - 01:52 pm

ROME - Locals were evacuated from small communities around 40 km (25 miles) east of Rome on Friday when a wildfire broke out...

The 11-year-old British boy walking to save the earth 13 Aug 2021 - 01:34 pm

WOBURN SANDS, England - Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking...

Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England 13 Aug 2021 - 01:09 pm

Six people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth in southwest England on Thursday evening, in...

Greece appoints new minister to handle wildfire aftermath 13 Aug 2021 - 12:21 pm

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday appointed a new minister in charge of recovery from natural disasters in a bid...

Would-be Merkel successor Laschet to meet Tesla's Musk on Friday 13 Aug 2021 - 12:04 am

BERLIN - Armin Laschet, Germany's conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, will meet with Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday...

Multiple fatalities in shooting incident in Plymouth, England -Sky News 12 Aug 2021 - 11:45 pm

A serious incident in Plymouth, southwest England, on Thursday evening has resulted in multiple fatalities and the death of a shooter, Sky News...

Greek pine honey threatened as wildfires destroy hives and forests 12 Aug 2021 - 08:51 pm

VOUTES, Greece: Standing in the blackened remains of a burnt-down forest, beekeeper Antonis Vakas laments the loss of his trade - collecting Greece's...

Italian wildfires rage on after 49 degree heat record 12 Aug 2021 - 04:42 pm

ROME: Fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of...

Scientists fear UK Covid cases may surge after summer lull 12 Aug 2021 - 02:29 pm

London: As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s attention turned to the end of pandemic-related restrictions and holidays in...