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German governor apologizes for 'little Merkel' comment

Focused on pandemic, Merkel has no time for retirement plans

8:25 pm August 28, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that the decision not to run for office again in 2021 has allowed her to focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic and other pressing problems during her final year in office. Merkel has seen her approval ratings rise during the pandemic but ruled out seeking a fifth term and remained […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Hospital: Russia’s Navalny still in coma but improving

7:31 pm August 28, 2020

Berlin: German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a suspected poisoning say the dissident is still in an induced coma but his condition is stable and his symptoms are improving. Navalny, a corruption investigator who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s fiercest critics, fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia about a week ago and was taken to a […]

Man killed by polar bear on Norway’s Arctic Svalbard islands

5:09 pm August 28, 2020

Oslo: A polar bear attacked a camping site and killed a man in the remote Svalbard Islands on Friday, authorities on an Arctic island said, adding the animal was killed. The man was rushed to the hospital in Longyearbyen where he was declared dead by doctors, Deputy Governor Soelvi Elvedah said. Longyearbyen is the main […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe is going back to school despite recent virus surge

3:24 pm August 27, 2020

Paris: A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school year dawns. Virus or no virus, European authorities are determined to put children back […]

UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites

9:25 pm August 26, 2020

Berlin: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the UN atomic watchdog agency said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was “voluntarily providing the IAEA with access to the two locations specified by the IAEA and facilitating the IAEA verification activities to resolve […]