EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Biden climate summit
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 08:06
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union reached a tentative climate deal that should make the 27-nation bloc climate-neutral by 2050, with member states and parliament agreeing on the targets on the eve of a virtual...
Queen enters 'twilight' of reign after farewell to Philip
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 11:20
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday on Wednesday and, in coming months, the celebrations marking her 70 years...
Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, dies at 93
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 06:43
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was...
Covid-19: EU to purchase 100 million more vaccine doses
Monday, 19 April 2021, 12:28
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the European Union this year. The two companies said...
Germany remembers nearly 80,000 dead in COVID pandemic
Monday, 19 April 2021, 06:44
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Germany paid tribute on Sunday to the nearly 80,000 people it has lost to the coronavirus, even as the country argues about how to get a grip on another rise in infections. President Frank-Walter...
Italy's Salvini to stand trial for 2019 migrant standoff
Sunday, 18 April 2021, 07:08
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
A judge on Saturday ordered former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to stand trial on kidnapping charges for having refused to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in an Italian port in...
The queen says goodbye to Philip, continues her reign alone
Sunday, 18 April 2021, 06:58
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal but solitary figure: still the monarch, but now alone. The queen sat apart from family members at the...