EU agency to issue more guidance on AstraZeneca’s COVID shot
<p>LONDON — The European Medicines Agency is expected to provide updated guidance Friday on how countries across Europe should use the coronavirus vaccine developed...
Merkel defends lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 China visit
FRANKFURT, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her lobbying for Wirecard during a 2019 visit to China, testifying before a parliamentary committee...
Danger in the depths: submarine disasters highlight risks
<p>BANGKOK — The disappearance of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the...
Greece closer to investment grade with ratings upgrade
Greece moved closer to investment grade late Friday after Standard & Poor’s upgraded its sovereign rating for the debt-strapped country by one notch to...
Bosnia resettles migrant families found in ruined house
<p>SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A group of 8 migrant families, including 15 children, found sheltering in a ruined house have been moved to an organized...
Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy’s Uffizi reopens
MILAN — Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the museum reopens after months of being closed due to the...
French firefighters pelted as they put out Lille school fire
<p>PARIS — French firefighters tackling a fire set deliberately in a school in the northern city of Lille were pelted with projectiles by people...
Austria sets out plan to reopen many sectors in mid-May
<p>BERLIN — Austria plans to reopen restaurants, bars, hotels, cultural and sports facilities on May 19 after several months of restrictions and closures, Chancellor...
Baltics expel Russian diplomats in solidarity with Prague
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The three Baltic countries on Friday ordered the expulsion of a total of four Russian diplomats as an act of solidarity...
Spanish politics take nasty turn with mailed death threats
<p>MADRID — Most political parties in Spain put aside their differences Friday to contemn a series of death threats mailed to the country's interior...