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No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

Saturday, 10 April 2021, 07:32 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst infection increase. The...

Veteran Greek crime journalist shot dead near home in Athens

Friday, 9 April 2021, 21:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A veteran Greek crime reporter was gunned down Friday near his home in southern Athens, police said. Giorgos Karaivaz was found dead early in the afternoon with several gunshot wounds beside his...

Prince Philip passes away aged 99

Friday, 9 April 2021, 13:10 Last update: about 5 years ago

Prince Philip, the husband of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away, the Royal Family announced on Friday. "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death...

UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown

Friday, 9 April 2021, 07:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest results from an ongoing study of the pandemic in...

Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths

Friday, 9 April 2021, 07:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some...

Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report

Friday, 9 April 2021, 07:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

U.S. intelligence officials are painting a dark picture of the world's future, writing in a report released Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened economic inequality, strained government...

Watch: No chair available for EU chief in meeting with Turkey PM

Thursday, 8 April 2021, 09:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Gender equality issues took center stage Wednesday in Brussels a day after Ursula von der Leyen, one the EU's most powerful executives, was treated like a second-rank official during a visit to...

UK advises limiting AstraZeneca in under-30s amid clot worry

Thursday, 8 April 2021, 06:15 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British authorities recommended Wednesday that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not be given to adults under 30 where possible because of strengthening evidence that the shot may be linked to rare...

Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link

Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 07:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there's a causal link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots, but that it's unclear what the connection is and that the...

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