World / Europe

Britain’s Covid death toll passes 200,000 as new cases soar 13 Jul 2022 - 05:20 pm

Britain’s Covid death toll topped 200,000 and could rise further as a new wave of infections driven by highly-contagious omicron subvariants sweeps across...

Germany presents climate emergency program for transport sector after missing CO2 targets 13 Jul 2022 - 01:45 pm

BERLIN: Germany's economy and transport ministries on Wednesday presented an emergency program to cut emissions in transport after the sector missed its 2021...

European shares slip ahead of U.S. inflation; investors focus on euro 13 Jul 2022 - 10:38 am

European shares slipped on Wednesday, as investors awaited U.S. inflation data which is expected to hit 40-year highs, cementing the case for a...

Wildfires raging in southwestern France with 1,500 hectares burnt 13 Jul 2022 - 09:30 am

PARIS: Airborne firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Wednesday to bring under control wildfires in southwestern France, which have already burnt...

Emergency services: Death toll from collapsed Donbas apartment block rises to 43 12 Jul 2022 - 08:25 pm

KYIV: The death toll under a collapsed apartment block in the Donetsk region town of Chasiv Yar climbed to 43 on Tuesday evening,...

Portugal and Spain swelter in heatwave, wildfire risk grows 12 Jul 2022 - 06:19 pm

LISBON: Soaring temperatures in Portugal forced authorities to place more than half the country on red alert on Tuesday and deploy hundreds of...

WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency 12 Jul 2022 - 05:46 pm

LONDON: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The...

UK leadership candidate Sunak: we can't promise lower taxes and more spending 12 Jul 2022 - 03:27 pm

LONDON: Britain's former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his leadership campaign pitch on Tuesday, offering himself up as an "honest" prime minister...

Putin to visit Tehran next week to meet with Iranian and Turkish counterparts 12 Jul 2022 - 03:26 pm

Moscow:Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to make a foreign trip to meet his Iranian and Turkish counterparts, according to the Kremlin. Kremlin...

'We miss home': rebuilding lives one year after Europe's deadly floods 12 Jul 2022 - 03:18 pm

BAD NEUENAHR, Germany: Standing in what was once his home, Erich Braun-von der Heiden stretches out his arm and points up to an...

Russia registers first case of monkeypox 12 Jul 2022 - 03:06 pm

MOSCOW: Russia registered its first case of monkeypox, consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Tuesday. The watchdog said in a statement that the...

London's Heathrow airport caps departing passengers at 100,000 a day 12 Jul 2022 - 02:12 pm

LONDON: London's Heathrow said it would cap the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to try to limit traveller...

7 People killed, more than 60 injured in Ukrainian bombing of a Russian-Controlled city 12 Jul 2022 - 12:46 pm

Moscow:At least seven people have been killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town...

Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians 11 Jul 2022 - 08:03 pm

KHARKIV: As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure of...

Germany, Czech Republic pledge solidarity as Russian gas flows stop 11 Jul 2022 - 07:51 pm

BERLIN: Germany and the Czech Republic on Monday signed a joint declaration, pledging to overcome Russian fossil fuel dependency and to accelerate the...

UK's Javid sets out tax-cutting plan in pitch to be next prime minister 11 Jul 2022 - 07:03 pm

LONDON: Sajid Javid, a contender to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, said on Monday he would cut a slew of taxes...

No fries till autumn at some of McDonald's Russian successor restaurants 11 Jul 2022 - 06:22 pm

MOSCOW: Excitement was on the menu when former McDonald's restaurants reopened in Russia last month under new management and branding, but the successor...