Europe

BioNTech chief: Europe will reach herd immunity by August

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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

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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

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<p>BERLIN &mdash; 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

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<p>BRUSSELS &mdash; 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

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LONDON — Prince Charles said Wednesday that he is “deeply saddened” by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India. ...

US, UK, Barbadian authors up for Women’s Prize for fiction

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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

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<p>BERLIN &mdash; 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

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<p>LONDON &mdash; 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

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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

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BRUSSELS — Russia has launched a major campaign using ministries, companies and pro-Kremlin media to promote the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and spread fake...