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Greece, Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates

Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 07:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations introduced a vaccination certificate system for travelers on Tuesday, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the program across the 27-nation...

UN says bodies of 3 migrant children wash ashore in Libya

Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 07:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The bodies of three children who apparently were among Europe-bound migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya washed ashore in the North African country, the U.N. children agency said...

Judge: Blame in Italy cable car deaths rests with technician

Monday, 31 May 2021, 07:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The three suspects in Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people were allowed to leave prison Sunday after a judge indicated that for now blame fell on just one: a service technician who...

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony

Sunday, 30 May 2021, 16:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, in a small private ceremony that came at the end of a tumultuous week during which a former top aide said he was...

Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

Sunday, 30 May 2021, 06:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. Nguyen Thanh Long said...

Gavin MacLeod, 'Love Boat' captain, dies at 90

Sunday, 30 May 2021, 06:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and stardom playing cheerful Capt. Stubing on...

Belarusians increasingly cornered after EU cuts air links

Saturday, 29 May 2021, 14:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

As fear of repression rises among Belarusians following the arrest of a dissident journalist whose plane was forcibly diverted to Minsk, those who want to leave the country are feeling increasingly...

Libyan official says EU help needed to tackle migrant route

Saturday, 29 May 2021, 10:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Securing Libya's southern borders is a priority for the country's transitional government as it aims to stem the flow of illegal migrants setting off from its shores, Libya’s interim foreign...

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