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EU launches legal action against vaccine-maker AstraZeneca

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's executive branch said Monday that it has launched legal action against coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract with the 27-nation...

Continental Europe could allow US tourists back this summer

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

American tourists could soon be visiting continental Europe again, more than a year after the European Union restricted travel to the 27-nation bloc to a bare minimum to contain the...

Packed parks, lurking virus? Worries mount as Italy reopens

Monday, 26 April 2021, 09:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Italy’s gradual reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns is satisfying no one: Too cautious for some, too hasty for others. Allowing outdoor dining comes too little,...

'Nomadland' wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars

Monday, 26 April 2021, 07:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the...

Spanish man charged with infecting 22 people with COVID-19

Monday, 26 April 2021, 06:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A Spanish man with COVID-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them “I’m going to give you all the coronavirus” has been charged with intentionally causing injury after...

Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean

Monday, 26 April 2021, 06:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments that central Mediterranean nations are choosing not to...

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

Sunday, 25 April 2021, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

With record-high numbers of COVID-19 patients in critical care, Greece announced the reopening of its tourism industry from mid-May. Spain's prime minister says the state of emergency that...

Italian singer Milva passes away, aged 81

Saturday, 24 April 2021, 10:43 Last update: about 5 years ago

Italian singer Milva, popular in the 1960s and 1970s, has passed away, aged 81, Italian media report. Her daughter Martina Corgniati told Italian news agency Ansa that the singer had been ill for...

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