World Nov 26 New ‘omicron’ variant prompts global travel restrictions The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings. But the risks of the variant remained largely unknown.
Health Nov 21 Tens of thousands protest Belgium’s tighter COVID-19 rules Ten of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases.
World Oct 20 Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny wins top EU prize The 45-year-old activist was poisoned with a nerve agent last year and promptly arrested upon his return to Moscow from treatment in Germany and later imprisoned.
World Oct 12 UK and EU head for new Brexit fight over Northern Ireland Britain wants changes to the deal it reached on trade in Northern Ireland, while the EU insists on keeping the essence of the deal.
World May 08 EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023.
World Apr 02 U.S., Iran say they’ll begin indirect talks on nuclear program The United States and Iran said Friday that they would start indirect talks with other major world powers next week to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald…
Health Mar 16 E.U. regulator ‘convinced’ AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk The European Medicines Agency urged governments Tuesday not to halt use of the vaccine at a time when the pandemic is still taking thousands of lives each day.
World Mar 12 Tussle between U.S., allies over vaccine supply escalates Even though it is not approved in the U.S., well over 10 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are stockpiled in the country for domestic use and cannot be exported under the terms of the company’s agreement with the federal government.
World Mar 05 E.U., U.S. agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute.
Health Jan 22 Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic Prime Minister Alexander De Croo also says visitors from Britain, South Africa and South America will have to quarantine for ten days to make sure they don't bring dangerous variants into Belgium.