90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first Briton to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, England.
Read More »Seven dead in protests as Covid-19 hits Iraqi government worker salaries
At least seven people have been killed in ongoing violent protests since Sunday in northern Iraq, where government workers are demanding their salaries be paid as Covid-19 plunges the country into economic turmoil.
Read More »I moved to Mexico during Covid-19
I am a third-generation Angeleno. For most of my adult life living in Los Angeles, as a luxury lifestyle public relations executive and to satisfy my own wanderlust, I would travel as much as possible to tropical parts of the world, with any opportunity that arose. I lived on Maui …
Read More »Everest conqueror and mountaineering icon Doug Scott dies aged 79
Mountaineer Doug Scott, who was part of the first UK team to summit Mount Everest via the south-west face, has passed away at the age of 79.
Read More »Phidias Workshop – Early Christian Basilica in Olympia to be restored
The workshop of the most emblematic sculptor of the Antique, Phidias, in ancient Olympia will be restored after the Central Archaeoglogical Council (KAS) approved its restoration, the Greek Culture Ministry said on Tuesday. The restorations will give an extremely interesting picture of the archeological site of Olympia, while it will …
Read More »Police arrest one man and ‘offer support’ to dozens of women after raids on brothels across London
Met Police have confirmed they visited 18 addresses in nine boroughs across London identified as brothels last week to carry out welfare checks.
Read More »Covid: Biden vows 100m vaccinations for US in first 100 days
The US President-elect says he can’t promise to end Covid quickly, but he can change its course.
Read More »Greece records 102 more deaths, 1382 new coronavirus cases
Greece ‘s health authorities announced on Tuesday 1,382 new coronavirus cases and 102 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-19 patients is 597. Death toll has reached 3,194 and the total cases stand at 118,045. Among the latest fatalities is a 60-year-old health worker at …
Read More »Mayor of Zakynthos triggers outrage, calling “crippled” people with disabilities
The Mayor of Zakynthos triggered an outrage when he called people with disabilities “crippled”, “useless” and without skills. Mayor Nikitas Aretakis used these shameful descriptions during an online conference with members of the Water & Power Company of Zakynthos (DEYAZ) on November 20. On the agenda was also the hiring …
Read More »Charlie Hebdo attack: France seeks long jail terms in Paris trial
Fourteen people are on trial but three more are being tried in absentia for the January 2015 murders.
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