Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits
ROME
Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and…
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Merkel to meet with German mayors as virus numbers rise
BERLIN
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting Friday with the mayors of the country’s largest cities as Germany’s coronavirus numbers continue…
U.N World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway
The United Nations’ World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity…
Mali: 3 European hostages, 1 Malian politician freed
BAMAKO, Mali
A prominent Malian politician and three European hostages freed by Islamic extremists in northern Mali this week landed in the country’s…
Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman’s…
BERLIN
Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimeter (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in…
EU says that no-deal Brexit becoming ever more likely
BRUSSELS
A top European Union official dealing with the United Kingdom said Tuesday that a cliff-edge rupture between the two without even a basic…
German officials express shock over attack on Jewish student
BERLIN
Germany’s justice minister on Monday called an attack on a Jewish student outside a synagogue “a horrible act of violence.”
“The hatred…
EU top official self-isolating after contact with virus case
RUSSELS
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says she has placed herself in isolation after being in contact with a person infected…
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM
The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine.
A panel at the…