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Storm Filomena Blankets Most of Spain with Snow

Storm Filomena Blankets Most of Spain with Snow

Spain was on high alert Friday as a cold snap covered much of the country with snow disrupting road, sea...

Giant US Consumer Tech Show Goes On — Online

Giant US Consumer Tech Show Goes On — Online

As a major showcase for the latest innovations in consumer technology, the Consumer Electronics Show typically draws over 170,000 attendees...

WHO: Low Income Countries Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

WHO: Low Income Countries Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

The World Health Organization says wealthy nations have bought most of the current supply of available COVID-19 vaccine, leaving the...

London Mayor Declares ‘Major Incident’ Due To COVID-19 Threat

London Mayor Declares ‘Major Incident’ Due To COVID-19 Threat

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Friday declared a “major incident” in the city, due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 there,...

Massive Sinkhole Opens in Naples Hospital Parking Lot

Massive Sinkhole Opens in Naples Hospital Parking Lot

Officials in Naples, Italy Friday reported a massive, 2,000-square meter sinkhole opened in the parking lot of the Hospital of...

COVID Pandemic Pushes Companies to Start VR Training

COVID Pandemic Pushes Companies to Start VR Training

With in-person coaching off the table because of the COVID pandemic, hundreds of companies nationwide are using virtual reality training...

Scottish Fishermen Halt Exports Due to Brexit Red Tape

Scottish Fishermen Halt Exports Due to Brexit Red Tape

Many Scottish fishermen have halted exports to European Union markets after post-Brexit bureaucracy shattered the system that used to put...

EU Doubles Doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

EU Doubles Doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

The European Union has reached an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for an additional 300 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.At a...

Greece, Israel Seal $1.6 Billion Defense Deal

Greece, Israel Seal $1.6 Billion Defense Deal

Greece said Tuesday it had approved a landmark $1.68 billion deal with Israel, providing for the procurement of 10 state-of-the-art...

2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Year on Record: EU

2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Year on Record: EU

2020 has tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Friday, keeping Earth...

Analysts: Extradition Treaty Between Turkey, China Endangers Uighur Refugees

Analysts: Extradition Treaty Between Turkey, China Endangers Uighur Refugees

Since the 1950s, thousands of Uighurs fleeing persecution in China have found sanctuary in Turkey, where they share a common...

Ukraine Investigates Audio Appearing to Reveal Plot to Kill Journalist   

Ukraine Investigates Audio Appearing to Reveal Plot to Kill Journalist   

Ukrainian authorities are investigating documents and audio recordings that appear to reveal a plot to murder Pavel Sheremet, an investigative...

US Suspends French Tariffs Over Digital Services Tax

US Suspends French Tariffs Over Digital Services Tax

The handbag of Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, are seen as she attends the traditional Bastille Day...

Facebook Suspends Trump’s Account in Wake of US Capitol Violence

Facebook Suspends Trump’s Account in Wake of US Capitol Violence

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be suspended at least through Inauguration...

Britain’s Johnson Says Trump Was Wrong in ‘Encouraging’ Storming of US Capitol

Britain’s Johnson Says Trump Was Wrong in ‘Encouraging’ Storming of US Capitol

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday condemned the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump,...

As US Reels From Capitol Violence, Russia Enjoys the Show

As US Reels From Capitol Violence, Russia Enjoys the Show

While governments around the world have expressed outrage and sadness over rioting that engulfed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Russia took...

Europe in Most Acute Phase of COVID-19 Transmission, WHO Says  

Europe in Most Acute Phase of COVID-19 Transmission, WHO Says  

The World Health Organization warns the European region is probably in the most acute phase of COVID-19 transmission and drastic...

Italy Once Again a COVID Hotspot

Italy Once Again a COVID Hotspot

Vaccine inoculations have begun in Italy for medical staff and the most vulnerable, but the country’s daily death toll continues...

Facebook, YouTube Pull Trump Video; Twitter Locks Trump Account

Facebook, YouTube Pull Trump Video; Twitter Locks Trump Account

Facebook and Alphabet’s YouTube took down a video from President Donald Trump on Wednesday that continued to make the baseless...

US Justice Department Confirms It Was Victim of SolarWinds Hack

US Justice Department Confirms It Was Victim of SolarWinds Hack

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Wednesday that it had been the victim of a massive hacking operation linked...

Netherlands Begins Coronavirus Vaccinations

Netherlands Begins Coronavirus Vaccinations

The Netherlands delivered its first coronavirus vaccine dose Wednesday to a care home nurse, nearly two weeks after other European...

SolarWinds Hack ‘Likely Russian’, US Intelligence Confirms

SolarWinds Hack ‘Likely Russian’, US Intelligence Confirms

U.S. intelligence officials investigating last month’s massive cybersecurity breach that impacted thousands of companies and dozens of government agencies warn...