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EU regulators move Pfizer vaccine assessment forward to 21 December

Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 15:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Facing strong pressure from Germany and other European Union nations, the bloc's medicines agency on Tuesday moved up a meeting to assess the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to December 21, likely...

John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89

Monday, 14 December 2020, 06:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

 John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was...

Italy reclaims unwanted record of most Covid-19 deaths in Europe

Sunday, 13 December 2020, 07:05 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Italy is reclaiming a record that nobody wants — the most coronavirus deaths in Europe — after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and government authorities delayed...

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

Friday, 11 December 2020, 19:16 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term. With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and projected...

EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

Friday, 11 December 2020, 09:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing...

EU plans to hit Turkey with more sanctions over Med drilling

Friday, 11 December 2020, 06:44 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders early Friday gave the green light for the expansion of sanctions against Turkey over its exploration of gas reserves in Mediterranean waters claimed by EU members Greece and...

EU strikes deal on landmark budget, virus recovery fund

Friday, 11 December 2020, 06:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders, including Prime Minister Robert Abela, on Thursday clinched a deal on a massive long-term budget and a fund to help the bloc’s ravaged economies recover from the impact...

UK's Johnson: 'Strong possibility' Brexit talks will fail

Thursday, 10 December 2020, 19:39 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there is a "strong possibility" that talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU will end without agreement. The U.K. and the EU have given...

UK-EU to resume Brexit trade talks but say large gaps remain

Thursday, 10 December 2020, 06:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In the end, not even dinner of scallops and steamed turbot could bring the leaders of the European Union and Britain any closer together than months of talks by negotiators seeking to cobble together...

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