Plane with eight on board crashes into vacant building near Milan
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 15:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A small private plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed on Sunday into a vacant, two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said that all aboard...
Italian vessel rescues 65 from migrant boat fleeing Libya
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 06:56
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
An Italian offshore supply vessel on Saturday rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat. The migrant boat was drifting after its engine...
UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 16:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages showed few signs of abating Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of England. In an...
Updated: Libyan forces round up 4,000 migrants in crackdown
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:19
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Libyan security forces on Friday detained at least 4,000 African migrants, including women and children, two officials and a refugee group said. The authorities described the raid as part of a crackdown...
Australia to lift 18-month Covid-19 travel ban next month
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:17
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back. Travel...
Covid-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of...
Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of Covid-19
Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:38
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials...
Italian ex-mayor who welcomed migrants sentenced to 13 years
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 15:16
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A court in southern Italy on Thursday convicted the former mayor of a tiny town dubbed “the town of welcome” of aiding illegal immigration and sentenced him to 13 years and two months in...