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Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:07:22 +0100
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
The girls were abducted from their boarding school by gunmen last Friday.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:18 +0100
NGOs demand France investigates Syrian regime's chemical weapons attacks
The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and Syrian Archive are seeking a French criminal investigation into the August 2013 chemical weapons attacks on Douma and Eastern Ghouta.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:22:40 +0100
Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation with strike system
Accounts with two strikes against them will be locked for 12 hours. Five strikes will get a user permanently banned from Twitter.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 06:17:44 +0100
US father and son extradited to Japan over Carlos Ghosn's escape
Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, will be tried on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in 2019.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:10:43 +0100
Winston Churchill landscape owned by Angelina Jolie sells for €9.5m
The Moroccan landscape painted by Britain’s wartime leader was sold by Angelina Jolie at an auction for more than €9.5 million.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:52:24 +0100
Twenty years on, the disappeared still cast shadows in northern Kosovo
Tens of thousands of ethnic-Albanians, Serbs and other minorities disappeared during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Two decades later, thousands are still unaccounted for.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:17:18 +0100
Irony as Saharan dust returns radiation from French nuclear tests in the 1960s
Dust from the Sahara is being blown over to France, bringing with it radiation left over from French nuclear weapons tests from the 1960s.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:07:11 +0100
'Unwavering support': Conservative French MPs support Sarkozy post-conviction
A number of MPs from Sarkozy's Les Republicains party have expressed their "unwavering support" for the former president on social media.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:12:46 +0100
Armenia turmoil: PM says he's ready for early elections as political tensions rise
"Only the people can decide who will stay in power," said PM Nikol Pashinyan as rival protests took place in the Armenian capital.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:58:09 +0100
Twitter accused of 'maliciously violating' Russian laws on removing content
Russia's communications regulator says Twitter has failed to remove more than 2,800 illegal pieces of content since 2017.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:49:26 +0100
Prince Philip moves hospital as he continues treatment for infection
The 99-year-old is being moved in order to continue treatment for an infection, “as well as undertake testing and observation for a pre-existing heart condition”.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:14:47 +0100
Yemen faces a famine as deadly as Ethiopia's during the 1980s, says refugee council head
Jan Egeland called on the nations that had fought in Yemen, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to join Europe and the United States in funding the humanitarian response.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:11:09 +0100
Swiss newspaper apologises for 'inappropriate' headline about new WTO Director-General
A Swiss newspaper has apologised for publishing an "inappropriate and unsuitable" headline about the appointment of new WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:08:39 +0100
Austria has failed in fight against corruption, says Council of Europe
The Council of Europe has deplored Austria's "overall insufficient" progress in the fight against corruption in judicial and political circles.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:23:08 +0100
Jamal Khashoggi: Fiancée of murdered journalist calls for Saudi Crown Prince to 'be punished'
"If the Crown Prince is not punished, it will forever signal that the main culprit can get away with murder which will endanger us all and be a strain on our humanity," Hatice Cengiz wrote on Monday.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:31:37 +0100
EU law requires companies to fix electronic goods for up to 10 years
Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers, or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:19:35 +0100
Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship
The mysterious explosion struck the Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo ship, as it was sailing out of the Middle East on its way to Singapore on Friday.

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:36:10 +0100
'Nomadland,' 'Borat' and Chadwick Boseman win at a socially distant Golden Globes
Netflix also won big with 'The Crown' and 'The Queen's Gambit' taking home the award in their respective categories.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:17:35 +0100
Europe's closed borders push migrants to make dangerous Alpine crossing into France
Hiking across the Italian-French Alps, especially in the winter, is difficult even for migrants who have overcome other arduous obstacles along the way.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:43:48 +0100
Residents in several European countries express frustrations at COVID measures
"I am limited in my freedom. Not to mention the kids. They can't go to school. Learning online? What future will they have?" one demonstrator in Hungary said.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 20:46:35 +0100
Trump hints at running in 2024 election, says he won't start another party
The event so far at a Hyatt hotel in Orlando, Florida, has been a tribute to Trump and Trumpism, complete with a golden statue in his likeness.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:33:59 +0100
Britons living in Spain faced with post-Brexit reality
Britons are advised to register for healthcare as residents in Spain and have until June 30, 2021 to change their driving licences to Spanish ones.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:19:39 +0100
Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán vaccinated against COVID with Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
Public trust in the Chinese and Russian vaccines was far behind injections produced in the West and approved by the EU's medicines agency.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:18:50 +0100
Israeli-owned cargo ship docks in Dubai after mysterious blast
The unexplained blast has raised security concerns for shipping in the Gulf of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:30:43 +0100
Hong Kong detains 47 activists in sweeping use of new security law
The 47 now in detention were among 55 arrested in police raids last month in the largest use yet of the territory's new security law.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:45:40 +0100
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with new offences as tear gas is fired at protesters
Suu Kyi, who was arrested on February 1 following the army coup, is now being prosecuted for violating a telecommunications law and for "inciting public disorder," lawyer Nay Tu said on Monday.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:15:11 +0100
US approves use of single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine
Johnson & Johnson hope to supply more than 100 million doses of its one-shot injection to the US by the end of June.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:15:58 +0100
Myanmar's UN envoy sacked after speech dramatically opposing coup in his country
He urged all countries to issue public statements strongly condemning the Feb. 1 coup.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:41:43 +0100
Armenian president refuses order to dismiss army chief as political crisis worsens
It came as several thousand people demonstrated on Saturday in Yerevan for the third day in a row, demanding the resignation of the prime minister.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:17:35 +0100
Thousands mark sixth anniversary of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
Thousands of Russians, as well as some western diplomats, have marked the sixth anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:53:05 +0100
France and Poland ratchet up local COVID restrictions amid rising cases
Twenty departments in France and one northern province in Poland have had stricter measures enforced From this weekend to stem the spread of COVID-19 following localised infection surges.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:26:11 +0100
Hungary's rescue dog service bitten by economic crisis
The Pest County Rescue Research Service, which helps everyone from lost hikers to people under rubble after an earthquake, has seen a drop in donations.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:09:23 +0100
Kyiv calls for new summit on seventh anniversary of Russia's Crimea annexation
Speaking in Paris, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a new summit with Russia, France and Germany on the ongoing conflict in the Donbas region.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:10:00 +0100
Police and army launch bid to rescue 317 girls kidnapped from their school in Nigeria
Unidentified gunmen stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Jangebe and took the girls away, say police.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:20:56 +0100
Coronavirus: Joe Biden's €1.5 trillion COVID relief bill passes House vote hurdle
The vote is seen as a crucial victory for President Biden but is likely to run into trouble in the Senate over proposals for a $15 minimum wage.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:38:39 +0100
Danger, discord and dilemma: A diary of life aboard a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea
Euronews' Pablo Ramiro joined NGO Open Arms on a migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Here's what he saw.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:01:26 +0100
Joe Biden travels to Texas amid recovery effort from deadly winter storm
More than a million people in the state are still under orders to boil water before drinking it after millions lost power and water pipes burst in an extreme cold snap.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:48:37 +0100
UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution demanding COVID ceasefire
The resolution "will help bring vaccines to 160 million people in conflict areas or displaced by conflict,'' says the council president.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:53:31 +0100
Gunmen kidnap hundreds of girls from boarding school in Nigeria
Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:49:05 +0100
Myanmar's UN envoy opposes coup in dramatic speech
"We will continue to fight for a government which is of the people, by the people, for the people,'' Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun told the UN General Assembly in a surprise speech on Friday.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:10:14 +0100
Angela Merkel did not "refuse" the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite this being reported
Newspapers claimed the German Chancellor refused to have the vaccine. However, she wasn't offered it because she is above the age threshold.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:38:24 +0100
Armenia’s PM says the army attempted a coup. What’s really going on?
Who are the key players and what was the catalyst that sparked tensions this week?

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:48:48 +0100
Lockdown easing plan circulating on WhatsApp in Portugal is "false"
Portugal's government says there is "no truth" to the document, which has been shared widely on social media.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:24:15 +0100
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia rejects US intelligence report into journalist's death
The US report claimed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorised the operation to 'capture or kill' journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:29:04 +0100
Former North Macedonia police chief sentenced for leading phone-tapping scandal
The former head of the North Macedonian intelligence police has been imprisoned for 12 years for co-ordinating a decade-long illegal wiretapping scandal.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:49:15 +0100
Boeing 777 flight makes unscheduled landing in Moscow after engine issue reported
Russian media say that a Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in the early hours of Friday after the pilot reported a problem with the engine.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:26:00 +0100
Belgium's government warns against using its own facemasks over chemical traces
Belgian authorities said their freely distributed masks contain small traces of silver and a chemical compound and are undertaking further studies.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:22:28 +0100
Turkey slams Dutch bid to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide
Turkey has strongly denounced a motion by the Dutch parliament to formally recognise the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:18:54 +0100
Victory for Dutch government over legal challenge to COVID curfew
Court found government was entitled to use an emergency law to introduce the measures forcing residents indoors from 9 pm to 4:30 am

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:46:11 +0100
Russian diplomat uses hand-pushed rail trolley to travel home from North Korea with family
A group of Russian diplomats and their families have returned from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to COVID-19 restrictions.



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