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Still stuck: 1,500 France-bound trucks stranded in England

4:37 pm December 22, 2020

London: More than 1,500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions put in place to slow the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus aren’t lifted soon. Dozens of countries around the world have slapped tough travel curbs on the U.K. in […]

EU agency OKs COVID-19 vaccine, 1st shots expected in days

10:31 pm December 21, 2020

Amsterdam: The European Union drug regulator recommended the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for use Monday, raising hopes that the 27 nations in the bloc can begin administering the first shots to their citizens shortly after Christmas. The move by the European Medicines Agency comes weeks after the same vaccine was authorized in Britain and the United States, prompting pressure from […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

EU warns Bosnia of ‘alarming’ migrant state, urges action

7:19 pm December 21, 2020

Brussels: The European Union on Monday warned Bosnia that thousands of migrants face a winter without shelter, and it urged the country’s bickering political authorities to set aside their differences and take action. “The migration situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is alarming,” the EU commissioners responsible for foreign policy, migration and enlargement said in a […]

Pope tells Vatican bureaucrats to stop gossipy conflicts

6:50 pm December 21, 2020

Rome: Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See. Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. […]

Countries begin to seal off UK amid new coronavirus variant surge

5:12 pm December 21, 2020

London: France became the latest European country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ”out of control” new variant of coronavirus spreading at a much faster pace in parts of England. India, so far, remains in the […]