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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 […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK defiant even after House of Lords rejects Brexit bill

11:04 pm November 10, 2020

London: The British government insisted Tuesday it will press ahead with legislation that breaks a legally binding Brexit treaty with the European Union, despite a resounding rejection of the bill by the upper house of Parliament. The House of Lords voted by large margins late Monday to strip from the Internal Market Bill clauses that […]

German governor apologizes for 'little Merkel' comment

Merkel: US, Germany must stand together on climate change

11:42 pm November 9, 2020

Berlin: The US and Germany must stand “side by side” in handling the coronavirus pandemic, fighting global warming and terrorism, and in working for “an open global economy and free trade,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday. President-elect Joe Biden brings decades of experience in domestic and foreign policy to the job, and “he knows Germany and Europe well,” Merkel said in her […]

Airbus reports new pandemic losses, but stops bleeding cash

3:37 pm October 29, 2020

Paris: Struggling plane maker Airbus says new European virus lockdown measures are making its life “a bit more difficult,” as it announced 1 billion euros (USD 1.16 billion) in pandemic-related losses for the third quarter Thursday amid a slower-than-expected recovery in air travel. But CEO Guillaume Faury said Airbus has already repeatedly adapted its operations to cope with the […]

Spain announces new state of emergency as COVID infections soar

8:49 pm October 25, 2020

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb soaring coronavirus infections, imposing local nighttime curfews and banning travel between regions in certain cases. The measures go into force from Sunday night and will require all regions except the Canary Islands to impose a nighttime […]