Category : Updates

Russians voters express their views

Russians vote in a three-day parliamentary election through which most vocal Kremlin critics have been barred from operating following a historic crackdown on the opposition.

Climate change: governments' pledges put planet on 'catastrophic pathway,' warns UN

Pledges submitted by governments up to now would nonetheless end in emissions rising by 16% in 2030 compared with the 2010 ranges, in accordance with a new report by the UN.

US study finds Moderna vaccine is best at preventing COVID-19 hospitalization

WASHINGTON — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is the simplest at protecting towards COVID-19 hospitalizations, in accordance with a research revealed Friday by the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention. An analysis of greater than three,600 adults...

Doctor banned for sending lookalikes to weightlifters' drugs tests

A Moldovan doctor has been given a life ban from sport after being found responsible of arranging for lookalikes to provide drug testing samples beneath the names of actual weightlifters heading for the world championships.

Brussels keeps mask mandate as rest of Belgium relaxes rules

Belgium will drop its requirement for face masks to be worn in outlets, eating places and at work from October 1. However in Brussels, the mandate is staying, the country’s leaders announced on Friday. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo stat...

Daily life in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

With a new interim authorities put in in Afghanistan, the Taliban are transitioning from militant drive to governing power after their takeover of power last month. And the Afghan individuals are adapting to a brand new reality.

Women dominate top table in Albania’s new government

Twelve of the 17 cabinet members are ladies, probably the most in Albania's history, based on PM Edi Rama.

#Anti2010: French education minister warns schools over cyberbullying hashtag

Jean-Michel Blanquer has requested the headteachers to "reinforce vigilance" towards on-line harassment and insults.

Bolivian Cholitas play football at top of a mountain

The Cholitas Climbers - a gaggle of Bolivian Aymara ladies dedicated to climbing mountains - played a soccer match at 5,890 meters altitude on the Huayna Potosi mountain close to La Paz.

French billboard owner fined €10,000 for depicting Macron as Hitler in poster protesting COVID rules

Michel-Ange Flori's lawyer, Béranger Tourné, stated after the ruling that "the correct to caricature has been violated".

Ischgl: Trial starts over 'super-spreader' COVID outbreak at Austrian ski resort

The case is the primary of 15 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs from Austria and Germany, accusing the authorities of not responding shortly enough to COVID-19 outbreaks in Ischgl and other resorts within the province of Tyrol.

Brexit blues wipe out UK cheesemaker's European business

One Derbyshire cheesemaker says it has fallen sufferer to the additional paperwork, costs and confusion that have hit many a British exporter to the continent because the UK left the EU.

Denmark set to ban life-term prisoners from new romances

Prisoners will be capable of keep contact by letter or phone with individuals who have been near them earlier than their detention.

US attempts to curb French and EU backlash over Indo-Pacific pact with UK and Australia

Although it is unattainable to predict if any injury will probably be lasting, the row seems to have rekindled European suspicions of American intentions.

Fire crews struggling to save California giant sequoias

Greater than 9,000 sq. kilometres have been scorched by a collection of wildfires in current weeks in California that additionally destroyed tons of of houses.