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Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe

4:34 pm August 2, 2020

Madrid: Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. In the meantime, authorities have killed more than 1 million minks at breeding farms in both countries as a precaution. The virus that first infected people in China late last year came from […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hungarian PM claims EU win but rule-of-law dispute not over

7:01 pm July 24, 2020

Budapest: Hungary’s prime minister on Friday touted what he called his victory at the European Union summit, where the bloc’s leaders decided on a massive seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery plan, but acknowledged he did not achieve his goal of de-linking EU funds from rule of law considerations. Hungary and Poland, two nations led by […]

Poland holds presidential election delayed by pandemic

1:13 pm June 28, 2020

Warsaw: Poles began voting in a presidential election Sunday that had originally been scheduled for May but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. President Andrzej Duda, a 48-year-old conservative backed by the ruling party, is running against 10 other candidates as he seeks a second 5-year term. Most recent polls showed that no single candidate was […]

Spanish farmers, fishermen feel COVID-19 fallout

2:24 pm April 5, 2020

Madrid: The start of spring is usually a profitable time for Sergio Gomez, a strawberry farmer in southern Spain, but the coronavirus pandemic has completely disrupted his harvest this year. “We have been losing money for five days now!” he said. Spain, like much of the rest of Europe, has been in a lockdown since […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump suspends travel from Europe to US for 30 days amid coronavirus outbreak

3:42 pm March 12, 2020

Washington: In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump announced the US will suspend all passenger travel from Europe, except the UK, on Friday for the next 30 days to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 4,500 lives, including 37 in America, and sent global markets into a tailspin. In a televised […]