World / Europe

Airline, airport groups slam EU push for pre-flight Covid testing from China 06 Jan 2023 - 12:01 am

LONDON: A coalition of airline and airport groups on Thursday criticized new recommendations asking for passengers flying from China to the European Union...

US, Germany to send Ukraine armored vehicles, says White House 05 Jan 2023 - 11:10 pm

Washington: President Joe Biden and his German counterpart Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to send powerfully armed infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine...

Greece to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China 05 Jan 2023 - 10:46 pm

ATHENS: Air travellers to Greece from China must show they have tested negative for COVID-19 48 hours before arrival, a new requirement that...

French winter sport events cancelled over 'lack of snow' 05 Jan 2023 - 10:01 pm

Lyon: Several winter sport events in France have been cancelled, postponed or moved because abnormally warm temperatures have stripped mountain slopes of their...

US, Turkey target financial network linked to Islamic State 05 Jan 2023 - 09:39 pm

Washington: The US Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkey against a network it said played a key...

UK barber jailed for sending Covid cash to IS in Syria 05 Jan 2023 - 08:58 pm

London: A barber who sent thousands of pounds of UK pandemic business support funds to the Islamic State group in Syria was jailed...

Highlights from Prince Harry's biography 'Spare' 05 Jan 2023 - 08:37 pm

MADRID: A Spanish-language version of Prince Harry's biography 'Spare' was being sold in bookstores in Spain on Thursday ahead of its official launch...

Ukraine rejects Putin call for Christmas truce 05 Jan 2023 - 07:44 pm

KYIV: Ukraine spurned an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas, saying there would be no truce...

No end in sight for strikes in crisis-hit Britain 05 Jan 2023 - 07:28 pm

London: The worst wave of strike action to grip Britain in decades could persist deep into 2023 with no side willing to back...

Putin orders 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas 05 Jan 2023 - 06:44 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russian troops must hold...

Erdogan asks Putin to declare 'unilateral' Ukraine ceasefire 05 Jan 2023 - 06:19 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday pressed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to declare a "unilateral" ceasefire in Ukraine. Erdogan spoke to...

Supporters demand sainthood for Benedict as Pope Francis leads funeral 05 Jan 2023 - 05:58 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis led the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, tenderly touching the coffin of his predecessor as he stood...

Norway and Germany cooperate to secure future green energy supply 05 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm

Oslo: Norway and Germany on Thursday signed joint declarations to increase the production of renewable energy and develop green industry, as the NATO...

Prince Harry's book sold ahead of official launch date in Spain 05 Jan 2023 - 05:20 pm

Several bookstores in Spain were selling the much-awaited memoir by Britain's Prince Harry on Thursday, five days ahead of the book's official launch...

Putin tells Erdogan: Ukraine must accept loss of territories for there to be dialogue 05 Jan 2023 - 02:57 pm

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Russia was open to dialogue over Ukraine but that Kyiv would have...

Festive bakes and salted caramel lattes boost Greggs' Christmas 05 Jan 2023 - 02:45 pm

LONDON: Greggs said its Festive Bakes, mince pies and salted caramel lattes, along with breakfast and lunch offers, appealed to cash-strapped Christmas shoppers,...

German expats in China receive first foreign COVID vaccines 05 Jan 2023 - 01:36 pm

BEIJING: Germans living in China began receiving the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the first such rollout of a foreign coronavirus vaccine in...