As world marks Holocaust, some survivors in Israel struggle
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 07:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Several dozen octogenarians, bundled against the cold, chattered in Russian and Hebrew as they picked through heaps of carrots, onions and grapefruit in a Jerusalem courtyard. Nearly all of them...
Record weekly Covid cases last week but deaths stable - WHO
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 12:09
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The World Health Organization said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began. The number of...
UK government holds breath as it awaits 'partygate' report
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 10:45
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or...
EU seeks to streamline cross-border travel during pandemic
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 06:36
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union is seeking to streamline the sometimes chaotic travel between its member states during the pandemic by relying more clearly on a person's vaccine or infection status...
No winner yet in second day of Italian vote for president
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 06:31
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Italian lawmakers failed to agree again Tuesday in a vote selecting Italy's next president, as a consensus on who to support continued to elude party leaders. On Tuesday, 1,008 Grand Electors,...
UK to lift travel test requirements for the vaccinated
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 10:27
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The British government announced Monday that it is scrapping coronavirus travel testing requirements for the vaccinated, news hailed by the travel industry as a big step back to normality. Prime...
1st round of vote for Italian president fails amid stalemate
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 07:11
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A first round of voting in Italy's Parliament for the country's next president yielded an avalanche of blank ballots Monday, as lawmakers and special regional electors failed to deliver a winner amid...
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 06:06
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the...