World / Europe

Norway to tighten COVID-19 restrictions, PM says 13 Dec 2021 - 03:53 pm

OSLO: Norway will further tighten restrictions this week in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told...

Thousands of La Palma residents locked down as eruption mars air quality 13 Dec 2021 - 03:06 pm

LA PALMA: Thousands of residents of Spain's La Palma island were ordered to stay at home on Monday due to "extremely adverse" air...

Omicron poses "very high" global risk but data on severity limited - WHO 13 Dec 2021 - 01:25 pm

GENEVA: The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a "very high" global risk, with some evidence that it evades...

Two-dose vaccines induce lower antibodies against Omicron, study finds 13 Dec 2021 - 01:00 pm

Two-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimens do not induce enough neutralising antibodies against the Omicron coronavirus variant, British scientists found, indicating that increased infections in...

Sixth Covid wave, fuelled by Omicron, to hit France in January: Paris hospitals executive 13 Dec 2021 - 12:07 pm

Paris: France will be hit by a sixth COVID-19 wave next month due to the emergence of the new, more contagious, Omicron variant...

Rescuers pull bodies from rubble after explosion in Sicily kills 7 13 Dec 2021 - 11:28 am

RAVANUSA: Rescuers were pulling out bodies on Monday from the rubble of houses destroyed by a suspected gas explosion on Saturday in the...

Britain says Omicron accounts for 40% of London infections 13 Dec 2021 - 11:11 am

LONDON: Britain said on Monday that the Omicron variant of coronavirus was spreading at a "phenomenal rate" and accounted for about 40% of...

Two cargo ships have collided in the Baltic Sea: Swedish public broadcaster 13 Dec 2021 - 09:22 am

STOCKHOLM: Two cargo ships collided on Monday in the Baltic Sea between the Danish island of Bornholm and the southern Swedish city of...

UK's Johnson warns of Omicron 'tidal wave', says two doses not enough 12 Dec 2021 - 11:32 pm

LONDON- Britain faces a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it,...

Rescuers search for survivors after explosion in Sicily 12 Dec 2021 - 11:21 pm

RAVANUSA, Italy- Rescuers plan to work through the night in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa to try to find survivors of a suspected...

France 400 investigations into fake COVID-19 health passes 12 Dec 2021 - 09:19 pm

PARIS- France has opened 400 investigations into networks providing fake COVID-19 health passes, the interior minister said Sunday, as virus-related hospitalizations rise sharply...

UK raises COVID alert level as Omicron advances 12 Dec 2021 - 08:41 pm

LONDON- Britain raised its COVID alert level on Sunday in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, as...

UK to focus on boosters as Omicron stalks health service 12 Dec 2021 - 07:54 pm

U.K. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said one-third of new Covid infections in London are now the omicron variant, and cases in the U.K....

Putin and Biden agreed to hold more talks despite disagreements, says Kremlin 12 Dec 2021 - 03:01 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to hold more talks amid tensions over a Russian troop...

Austria ends lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people 12 Dec 2021 - 02:55 pm

VIENNA: Austria ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country on Sunday, three weeks after reimposing strict rules to combat...

Russia's registered COVID-19 cases surpass 10 mln 12 Dec 2021 - 02:48 pm

MOSCOW: The number of registered COVID-19 cases in Russia now exceeds 10 million, data from the government's coronavirus task showed on Sunday, but...

Scholz and Poland's PM to discuss migration, energy, EU 12 Dec 2021 - 02:43 pm

WARSAW, Poland:Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is coming to Warsaw Sunday afternoon for talks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki about migration, energy,...