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UK races to test, vaccinate as virus variant threatens plans

Sunday, 16 May 2021, 06:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British health workers, aided by the army, distributed coronavirus tests door-to-door Saturday in two towns in northern England, seeking to contain a fast-spreading variant that threatens plans to...

Masks off, Poles cheer reopening of bars and restaurants

Saturday, 15 May 2021, 17:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Poles pulled off their masks, hugged their friends and made toasts to their regained freedom as restaurants, bars and pubs reopened for the first time in seven months and the government dropped a...

UK eager for a big reopening thanks to vaccine success

Saturday, 15 May 2021, 07:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

When London’s Science Museum reopens next week, it will have some new artifacts: empty vaccine vials, testing kits and other items collected during the pandemic, to be featured in a new COVID-19...

17 migrants drown, 2 rescued in boat sinking off Tunisia

Friday, 14 May 2021, 07:25 Last update: about 5 years ago

Authorities say 17 migrants drowned and two were rescued Thursday after a boat trying to carry them to Europe sank off the Tunisian coast. A naval mission saved two women from Nigeria off the...

Boris Johnson 'anxious' over rise of Indian virus variant in UK

Friday, 14 May 2021, 07:23 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson voiced anxiety Thursday about a rise in the U.K. of the coronavirus variant first identified in India, after a closely-monitored study of infections in England...

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 07:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and understand it better. On...

Clock is ticking for EU vaccine certificates as summer looms

Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 10:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

As strict lockdowns are loosened across Europe and many EU citizens dream about holidays in the sun, the 27-nation bloc has yet to agree on how to quickly implement a virus certificate scheme to boost...

Migrant arrivals by sea at Lampedusa swell past 2,100

Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 07:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Several hundred more migrants reached a tiny Italian island before dawn on Monday, swelling to past 2,100 the number of arrivals in around 24 hours and fueling calls from across the political spectrum...

EU: Pandemic measures to total about $5.85 trillion

Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 07:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's top economy official said Monday that the recovery measures the EU and its 27 member states have in the works to emerge from the pandemic total around $5.85 trillion. EU...

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