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Explosive Harry, Meghan interview reverberates across globe

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 08:34 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Prince Harry and Meghan’s explosive TV interview divided people around the world on Monday, rocking an institution that is struggling to modernize with claims of racism and callousness toward a...

Race, title and anguish: Meghan and Harry explain royal rift

Monday, 8 March 2021, 08:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the colour of their son’s skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led...

Hospitalised Prince Philip has successful heart procedure

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 13:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of “rest and recuperation,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The...

Virus cases up 9% in Europe in significant shift

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:16 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

COVID-19 cases rose 9% last week over a 53-country region of Europe, snapping a six-week run of declines, the World Health Organization said Thursday as its European chief insisted that countries need...

Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine 'overdrive' to catch up

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 07:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into. Like other countries in...

Strong earthquake shakes central Greece, felt in Balkans

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 15:47 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighbouring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. One...

Dutch bar owners, sex workers protest against virus lockdown

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 07:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In a scene reminiscent of carefree cafe life before coronavirus lockdown, Peter Bender reached across one of the outdoor tables at De Ooievaar bar and placed a cup of coffee and slice of apple pie in...

Virus variant races through Italy, especially among children

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 07:22 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is prevalent among Italy's infected schoolchildren and is helping to fuel a “robust” uptick in the curve of COVID-19 contagion in the...

WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' to say COVID-19 will end soon

Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 07:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent...

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