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Libya's foreign minister slams European migration policy

Saturday, 4 December 2021, 06:59 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Libya’s foreign minister on Friday criticized a system of deterring migrants from reaching European shores that she argued fails to address the root of the problem and has so far only served the...

Libyan court says Gadhafi's son can run for president

Friday, 3 December 2021, 15:42 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

A Libyan court ruled Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country's top electoral body to...

Germany bans unvaccinated people from shops and bars

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 15:34 Last update: about 6 years ago

Germany has announced sweeping new restrictions for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that unvaccinated people will be barred from...

Mysteries of omicron variant could take weeks to untangle

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 09:17 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant before anyone knows just how...

Omicron unravels travel industry's plans for a comeback

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 08:42 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to...

EU chief calls for debate on making Covid-19 jabs mandatory

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 06:26 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The chief of the European Union's executive arm said Wednesday that EU nations should consider making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory because too many people still refuse to get shots...

Explosion of WWII bomb in Munich injures 4, disrupts trains

Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 17:35 Last update: about 6 years ago

A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said. A column of smoke was...

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