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French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules

Monday, 26 July 2021, 06:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. Both measures have...

Germans divided over restrictions for the unvaccinated

Sunday, 25 July 2021, 19:51 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

German politicians were deeply divided Sunday over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if COVID-19 infection numbers reach...

UK's summer getaway takes off but nothing like pre-COVID

Sunday, 25 July 2021, 06:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

With all British schools now closed for the summer, airports and airlines were looking a tad more normal on Saturday, although the number of families heading off for warmer climes remains way down...

Search continues off Greek island for missing migrants

Saturday, 24 July 2021, 07:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A search and rescue operation continued into the night Friday off the coast of the Greek island of Crete for several people believed missing a day after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants sank in...

England quarantine rules being relaxed to avoid shortages

Saturday, 24 July 2021, 06:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that led to staff shortages and empty shelves and fears of...

European agency clears Moderna vaccine for children 12-17

Saturday, 24 July 2021, 06:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18. The...

Norway mourns 77 dead a decade after extremist attack

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:07 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

ommemorations have begun Thursday to mark 10 years since Norway’s worst ever peacetime slaughter. On July 22, 2011, right wing extremist Anders Breivik set off a bomb in the capital, Oslo,...

UN migration official: 20 migrants drown off Libya's coast

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 08:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Libya's coast guard intercepted Wednesday four boats in the Mediterranean Sea carrying migrants trying to reach Europe, a U.N. official said. According to the migrants, 20 people from one of the...

What is a COVID-19 vaccine 'breakthrough' case?

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 07:23 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

What is a COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” case? It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. A small number of such cases are expected and health...

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