Italy ship captain convicted after sending migrants to Libya
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 07:27
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship of abandonment-related charges for returning 101 migrants rescued at sea to Libya in 2018, in a ruling praised by human rights...
Protests greet debut of Italy's workplace COVID pass rule
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 07:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get...
UK: 43,000 may have received false negative COVID results
Friday, 15 October 2021, 19:06
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
British health officials said Friday that 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The U.K. Health...
UPDATED: UK lawmaker stabbed to death in eastern England
Friday, 15 October 2021, 15:31
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
British police say a man has been arrested after a stabbing in eastern England on Friday. Multiple media reports say the victim is a Conservative lawmaker attacked during a meeting with...
Custody hearing for Norway bow-and-arrow suspect
Friday, 15 October 2021, 11:13
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The suspect in a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and wounded three in a quiet Norwegian town this week is facing a custody hearing Friday. He won't appear in court because he has...
Romanian doctors issue 'cry of despair' amid Covid-19 virus surge
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 07:26
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Romanian doctors sent an open letter Wednesday titled “a cry of despair” as the country's overwhelmed and deteriorated health care system copes with a record-setting surge of coronavirus...
Report says UK's slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 13:11
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, missing a chance to contain the disease and leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths,...
Fishing, Northern Ireland: EU, UK back to Brexit wrangling
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 10:37
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
It was late on Christmas Eve last year when the European Union and Britain finally clinched a Brexit trade deal after years of wrangling, threats and missed deadlines to seal their divorce. There...
French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church
Monday, 11 October 2021, 11:29
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
At the age of eight, Laurent Martinez was sexually abused by a priest. Forty years later, he has chosen to make his story into a play, to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can...