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Mar 04, 2021 05:07 PM IST "Last week, new cases of COVID-19 in Europe rose 9 percent to just above one million. This brought a promising six-week decline in new cases to an end, with more than half of our region seeing increasing numbers of new infections," WHO Europe's regional director Hans Kluge told a news conference.
Mar 01, 2021 01:22 PM IST As trade disputes pile up, the blame game evident in the early months of the split suits domestic political needs on both sides.
Feb 27, 2021 04:23 PM IST The European Commission has made it clear that EU countries should not be cutting separate deals with the same pharmaceutical companies that it has negotiated contracts with for the whole bloc.
Feb 22, 2021 02:10 PM IST Joe Biden on Friday drew a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, and urged democracies to work together to challenge abuses by autocratic states such as China and Russia.
Feb 22, 2021 09:40 AM IST Countries are again rushing to limit travel. That’s become a standard measure in the face of COVID-19 threats, raising questions about whether a pillar of European Union integration can survive.
Feb 17, 2021 04:30 PM IST The carmaker said it will invest $1 billion to convert its vehicle assembly plant in Cologne, Germany, to become the US automaker's first electric vehicle facility in Europe.
Feb 16, 2021 04:05 PM IST Owned by China's ByteDance, TikTok has been rapidly growing in popularity around the world, particularly among teenagers. It faces growing criticism about its privacy and safety policies following a number of incidents.
Feb 10, 2021 05:32 PM IST Parts of central and northern Europe as well as Britain have been gripped by a cold weather front since the weekend. While snow blanketed the French capital and froze the Eiffel Tower, heavy snowfall tangled traffic and stranded drivers in Germany and the Czech Republic. Workers at the Eiffel Tower had to use a blowtorch to melt the ice collecting on its surface and snow was blocking roads and halting trains and school buses across northern France. Here are some photographs of frozen Europe from the past several days.
Feb 08, 2021 01:59 PM IST Severe weather in Europe, ranging from floods in France to heavy snow in Germany, has brought disruption and damage — but also magnificent backdrops to behold or play in.
Feb 07, 2021 09:11 PM IST Snowstorm and strong winds pounded parts of Europe on February 7, turning the Netherlands, England, Germany and Lithuania into winter landscapes. The unusual weather and temperature divide was caused by a polar vortex pushing icy air from the Arctic toward northern and western regions of the continent.
Jan 30, 2021 10:18 AM IST Under the post-Brexit deal, EU products should still be able to travel unhindered from the bloc to Northern Ireland.
Jan 29, 2021 11:48 AM IST Given the world's weariness over the pandemic that has now killed some 2.2 million people and infected more than 100 million, countries have been anxious to expedite vaccination campaigns.
Jan 28, 2021 06:33 PM IST Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, said 30 of the WHO European region's 53 countries had "seen a significant decrease in 14-day cumulative incidence."
Jan 26, 2021 08:07 AM IST The White House also barred those from South Africa from entering the US due to emergence of a new variant of coronavirus in that country.
Jan 19, 2021 08:01 AM IST In an executive order, Trump said he is removing the restrictions applicable to the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Brazil, while leaving in place the restrictions applicable to China and Iran.
Jan 17, 2021 01:34 PM IST Worries have grown that delays in the delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech shots could hamper a European COVID-19 vaccine rollout which has already faced heavy criticism across the continent.
Jan 15, 2021 10:25 PM IST At the Meissen crematorium in Germany's Saxony state, coffins were stacked up to three high, or even stored in hallways, awaiting cremation.
Jan 07, 2021 05:46 PM IST Speaking at a press conference, the WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge, called the current situation "a tipping-point in the course of the pandemic," as Europe was both challenged by surging cases and new strains of the virus causing COVID-19.
Dec 29, 2020 04:55 PM IST Zhang Zhan was jailed on Monday for four years over allegations of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" during her coverage of the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in epicentre Wuhan, her lawyer said.
Dec 28, 2020 06:30 PM IST The mission to introduce the technology, which ultimately promises internet speeds up to 20 times faster than today, could be crucial to how competitively the continent emerges from the economic ruins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 24, 2020 07:46 AM IST In a roller coaster year of pandemic, the one constant has been the strain on frontline workers, who are already girding themselves for the next surge.
Dec 23, 2020 02:02 PM IST Few years in Europe's postwar history will be so little missed as 2020. It kicked open the door to fear, upheaval and death on a scale unrivalled in peacetime for more than a century. Death walked unabashed in cities and villages, the lonely rooms of retirement homes, the overwhelmed intensive care units of hospitals. Across Europe, AP photographers have captured the images that encapsulate the year gone by.
Dec 23, 2020 11:38 AM IST The company's product is a novel fixed-dose combination nasal spray of an antihistamine and a steroid, indicated for treatment of symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) in patients over 12 years of age.
Dec 23, 2020 09:26 AM IST Stay-at-home consumers are driving demand for home textiles. Indian exporters are seeing strong sales and market share gains
Dec 22, 2020 04:36 PM IST Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe said "limiting travel to contain spread is prudent until we have better info," but cautioned that "supply chains for essential goods and essential travel should remain possible."
