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Positive virus tests among gorilla population

Saturday, 11 September 2021, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Several members of a troop of western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the coronavirus after handlers noticed many of the great apes were showing signs of mild coughing, runny...

UK, France grapple with surge in migrant Channel crossings

Thursday, 9 September 2021, 07:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Britain’s interior minister was meeting her French counterpart on Wednesday as the U.K. pressed France to do more to stop a surge of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small...

What is the mu variant of the coronavirus?

Thursday, 9 September 2021, 07:09 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

What is the mu variant? It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United...

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 20:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a...

Bulgaria, EU's least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge

Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 10:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Standing outside the rundown public hospital in Bulgaria's northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, the vaccination unit's chief nurse voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens: “They don’t...

Gadhafi's son freed after 7-plus years in detention

Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 16:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Libyan authorities on Sunday released one of Muammar Gadhafi’s sons after more than seven years of detention in the capital of Tripoli following his extradition from neighbouring Niger, the...

EU regulator evaluating if Covid vaccine booster is needed

Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 10:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's drug regulator said Monday that it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. The European...

Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of 'Breathless,' dies at 88

Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 06:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable...

Florida gunman kills 4, including mum holding baby

Monday, 6 September 2021, 06:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A man wearing full body armor fatally shot four people, including a mother and the 3-month-old baby she was cradling, and engaged in a massive gunfight with police and deputies before he was wounded...

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