BioNTech chief: Europe will reach herd immunity by August
BERLIN — Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within the next four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed...
Turkey says it’s glad a woman leads EU’s executive branch
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government again rejected the accusation that it snubbed the head of the European Union's executive arm because she is...
Germany’s Merkel presses China for human rights dialogue
<p>BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed China's prime minister Wednesday for broader discussions on human rights issues, telling him that the relationship between...
Greek far-right lawmaker held, awaiting extradition ruling
<p>BRUSSELS — A Greek far-right member of the European Parliament refused Wednesday to be extradited from Belgium to Greece to serve a 13-year prison...
Prince Charles charity joins UK aid efforts to India
LONDON — Prince Charles said Wednesday that he is “deeply saddened” by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India.
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US, UK, Barbadian authors up for Women’s Prize for fiction
LONDON — Novels that explore forgotten and neglected communities in Britain, the U.S. and the Caribbean were named finalists on Wednesday for the 30,000...
German intel agency starts observing COVID conspiracy groups
<p>BERLIN — Germany's domestic intelligence agency has put under observation some adherents of a disparate group that has attacked the country's lockdown measures, and...
Teenager charged after armed incident at UK college
<p>LONDON — A teenager has been charged after students and staff at a college in southern England were forced to evacuate earlier this week...
UK watchdog steps up probe into Johnson’s apartment refurb
LONDON — Britain's Electoral Commission, which regulates political finance in the U.K, is launching a formal investigation of the refurbishment of Prime Minister Boris...
EU report takes aim at Russia over vaccine fake news
BRUSSELS — Russia has launched a major campaign using ministries, companies and pro-Kremlin media to promote the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and spread fake...