Pete Buttigieg to quarantine after security agent gets COVID-19
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 06:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive Monday for the coronavirus. The agent had been “in close...
Pope seeks 'Copernican revolution' for post-COVID economy
Monday, 8 February 2021, 11:52
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just — and where basic...
Israeli PM's corruption trial resumes weeks before election
Monday, 8 February 2021, 09:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend...
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
Sunday, 7 February 2021, 16:52
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate. The buyer? The United Kingdom — not the...
Italy's Draghi wins support of two rival parties for new government
Sunday, 7 February 2021, 07:08
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Italian Premier-designate Mario Draghi on Saturday secured preliminary support from two key parties for forming a new government that will decide how to spend more than 200 billion euros ($240...
Chinese whistleblower doctor honoured on death anniversary
Sunday, 7 February 2021, 06:49
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The message was tucked into a bouquet of chrysanthemums left by a mourner at the back of Wuhan Central Hospital to honor a Chinese whistleblower doctor who died from the coronavirus a year ago. It was...
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 07:09
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has...
EXPLAINER: How Trump's second impeachment trial will work
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 07:01
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his...
UK to start hotel quarantine February 15 amid criticism of delay
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 06:50
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Everyone arriving in the U.K. from countries identified as coronavirus hotspots will have to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine starting Feb. 15 in a bid to stop new virus variants reaching the...