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Europe Today: Closing schools is latest front in virus fight

Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 18:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Dark splotches that indicate zones of high coronavirus contagion are staining maps of Europe blood red as governments scramble to prevent another round of total lockdowns, even by taking unpopular...

Cyprus risks EU legal threat over selling 'Golden Passports'

Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 08:54 Last update: about 7 years ago

Cyprus may end up in court facing the European Commission for selling EU citizenship to wealthy individuals with possible criminal backgrounds, the euobserver.com reports. The statement from the...

UN: Climate change means more weather disasters every year

Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 13:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international...

Cyprus to suspend citizenship by investment scheme

Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 12:58 Last update: about 7 years ago

Cyprus has announced that it will be suspending its citizenship for investment programme, following reports of abuses of a system that gives the rich a passport and visa-free travel throughout the...

UK cities chafe at new restrictions in 3-level lockdown plan

Monday, 12 October 2020, 14:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The British government is set to announce new restrictions Monday on business and socializing in major northern England cities with high infection rates. But pubs, restaurants and other businesses are...

UK at 'tipping point:' England braces for more Covid restrictions

Sunday, 11 October 2020, 18:05 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government's leading medical advisers warned Sunday...

Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

Sunday, 11 October 2020, 07:37 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood Saturday with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried. Carlo Acutis...

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