Tag: Europe
6N: Wales beats 14-man Scotland 25-24 for 2nd straight win
<p>EDINBURGH, Scotland — Wales profited from a sending off for the second straight weekend in the Six Nations to beat Scotland 25-24 for a...
Turkish sailors abducted by pirates return home from Nigeria
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Fifteen Turkish sailors who were kidnapped by pirates off west Africa last month returned to Turkey on Sunday. </p>
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Leipzig to host Liverpool in Hungary due to travel curbs
NYON, Switzerland — Leipzig will play Liverpool in Budapest in the Champions League after Germany blocked almost all entry to the country from Britain...
Austria warns against travel to Tyrol, eases virus curbs
VIENNA — Austria on Monday issued a warning against travel to its Tyrol province amid concerns over cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered...
Online grocery shopping drives up sales at Ocado
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...
Lockdowns weigh on German beer sales, hurt small brewers
COLOGNE, Germany — Bars have been closed for more than three months, Carnival celebrations are canceled, and it's not clear when things will get...
German drug firm to pay $50M in US purity case at India site
LAS VEGAS — An international pharmaceutical company has agreed to plead guilty in a U.S. court and pay $50 million for deleting and hiding...
EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Thursday appealed to Ukraine to make good on long-promised justice and economic reforms and to step up the...
Mourinho says Bale’s social media post a ‘contradiction’
LONDON — Call it a raised-eyebrow emoji by Jose Mourinho.
The...
Pope hails Colombia for giving needy Venezuelans protection
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday praised Colombia for its recent decision to grant protection to Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic hardships,...