Online grocery shopping drives up sales at Ocado
<p>LONDON — Ocado, one of the biggest internet-only grocery retailers, said Tuesday that sales rose 35% during the last fiscal year as the COVID-19...
South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges support for vaccination drive
<p>JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged support for his government’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic as it struggles to implement...
Mexico arrests 2 more in 2019 ambush killing of 9 Americans
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors said Sunday they have arrested two more suspects in the 2019 killings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens near the...
Swedes acquitted of desecrating sunken ferry with robot dive
STOCKHOLM — Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in the Baltic Sea to film...
Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now
ROME — Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi secured pledges of backing from nearly every party represented in the Italian Parliament as he...
Yad Vashem concerned over Polish case against researchers
JERUSALEM — Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said Thursday it was “deeply disturbed” by the implications of a libel case in Poland in which...
Turkey says 2-state solution only option for divided Cyprus
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out discussing a federal system to reunify Cyprus, insisting that a two-state accord...
UN: ‘Concerning news’ vaccines may not work against variants
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has raised questions about whether or not...
Police in Europe bust gang hijacking celeb phones, arrest 10
LONDON — Police have arrested 10 people in the U.K., Belgium and Malta for allegedly hijacking mobile phones belonging to U.S. celebrities including internet...
Spanish court rules to extradite broker to Venezuela
MADRID — Spain's National Court has approved the extradition of a financial broker wanted in Venezuela on charges of fraud and embezzlement of funds.
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