UK lawmakers slam government’s ‘reactive’ early Covid response in new report
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Helen Regan, CNN The British government failed to act quickly enough in its initial Covid-19 response,…
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Dismissing Catholic abuse victims’ lawsuit, ECHR rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts
By Richard Allen Greene and Kara Fox, CNN The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human…
Continue ReadingUK lawmakers slam government’s ‘reactive’ early Covid response in new report
By Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Helen Regan, CNN The British government failed to act quickly enough in its initial Covid-19 response,…
Continue ReadingSchools are new battleground in war of disinformation over Covid-19 vaccines
CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the…
Continue ReadingSchools are new battleground in war of disinformation over Covid-19 vaccines
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the…
Continue ReadingLava from La Palma volcano sparks cement factory fire, pushing 2,500 people into lockdown
By Al Goodman, CNN Lava flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island sparked a fire at a cement factory Monday, leading to…
Continue ReadingISIS finance chief captured by Iraqi forces, Iraq PM says
By Aqeel Najim and Mostafa Salem, CNN Iraqi forces captured Sami Jasim, the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq’s Prime…
Continue ReadingAlexander Schallenberg sworn in as Austria chancellor after Sebastian Kurz quits amid corruption inquiry
By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Alexander Schallenberg was named Austria’s new chancellor on Monday after his predecessor, Sebastian Kurz, resigned…
Continue ReadingBolshoi Theatre performer killed in accident on stage during opera
CNN By CNN’s Katharina Krebs and Reuters A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage…
Continue ReadingBolshoi Theatre performer killed in accident on stage during opera
By CNN’s Katharina Krebs and Reuters A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage…
Continue ReadingRecord number of people attempt to cross the border between Poland and Belarus, officials say
By Niamh Kennedy and Antonia Mortensen, CNN A record number of people attempted to cross the border between Poland and Belarus Saturday, amid…
Continue ReadingState electricity returns in Lebanon but still maxes out at two hours in most areas
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Lebanon’s main state electricity company supplied around two hours of power to the national grid, local residents told…
Continue ReadingCzech President’s condition ‘stable’ after post-election hospitalization
By John Mastrini and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Czech President Miloš Zeman is in a stable condition in intensive care after he was hospitalized following…
Continue ReadingAustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns amid corruption scandal
By Stephanie Halasz, Martin Goillandeau and Niamh Kennedy CNN Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday…
Continue ReadingCzech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s populist party loses grip on power in nail-bitingly close election
By John Mastrini and Sheena McKenzie, CNN The Czech Republic‘s billionaire prime minister appears to have lost his grip on power after his…
Continue ReadingSpanish archbishop apologizes for steamy music video filmed in Gothic cathedral
By Jeevan Ravindran and Robert Iddiols, CNN The Archbishop of Toledo in Spain has apologized after two artists filmed a racy music video in the…
Continue ReadingHow a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community
By David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of Accra,…
Continue Reading How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community
CNN By David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of…
Continue ReadingTrain collision in Tunisian capital injures 33
By Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 33 people suffered following a collision between two passenger trains in the south of Tunis on Thursday evening,…
Continue ReadingAfrican scientists’ historic malaria breakthrough celebrated by peers
By Bukola Adebayo The World Health Organization’s decision to recommend the widespread use of a long-awaited vaccine against malaria is an…
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