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EU calls on Poland, Hungary to support economic recovery

EU leaders said Thursday they would intensify efforts to convince Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Poland’s Mateusz Morawiecki to drop their veto of the EU...

Merkel wants masks in all schools

Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday push for tougher curbs including masks in all schools, smaller class sizes and drastic limits on contacts to...

More US allies greet Biden as Pompeo digs in

Washington—The leaders of close US allies on Tuesday telephoned President-elect Joe Biden and pledged to work together but in an extraordinary break, America’s top...

Ukraine opens new checkpoints in war-torn east

Ukraine opened two new crossings into separatist-held territory in the east on Tuesday, but passage for civilians was blocked by authorities in the breakaway...

‘Repulsive terror attack’in Vienna draws outrage

Three people were killed in multiple shootings in Vienna on Monday evening in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a “repulsive terror attack”. Here...

EU sets aside 220m euros for COVID-hit members

Brussels has set aside 220 million euros to transfer Covid patients from hard-hit member states to neighbors with spare hospital beds, EU chief Ursula...

Merkel’s crown pretenders slug it out in debate

The three men vying to lead German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party took each other on in an online debate Saturday in a bid...

Coronavirus cases surge in Europe and Latin America

Germany and Poland enforced new restrictions to fight the coronavirus Saturday as the number of cases surged in Europe, and breached 10 million in...

Neo-Nazis fuels anti-Semitic attack in German city

Graffiti tributes to mark one year since a deadly anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle have been sprayed over with swastikas, police...

EU Summit to discuss Europe’s ties with China

EU leaders will hold a special summit next month to discuss Europe’s complicated relations with China, an official document showed on Thursday. The leaders will...

Boost in vaccine doses planned for poor as virus rages on

Up to 100 million additional doses of any eventual Covid-19 vaccines will be secured for delivery to poorer countries in 2021, health groups announced...

Global coronavirus death toll passes one million

More than one million people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease...

‘Europe, US need united front in new Cold War with China’

Berlin—Europe and the United States need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House...

Empty UN summit for world in crisis

United Nations —The United Nations General Assembly, the annual extravaganza of world leaders’ speeches and round-the-clock diplomacy, opens Tuesday in a quiet hall as...
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