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Italy's celebration of 75 years since liberation muted amid pandemic - 04/25/2020

Rome - Italy celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation from fascism more quietly than planned on Saturday, with songs, flags and a solitary president in Rome, amid restrictions due to the...

Polish cross-border workers rally to protest anti-virus measures - 04/25/2020

Warsaw (dpa) - Hundreds of peaceful Polish protesters gathered on the German-Polish border on Friday evening to demand the government once again allow people to freely cross between the two...

Palestinian man killed after attack at West Bank checkpoint - 04/24/2020

Tel Aviv (dpa) - A Palestinian man was fatally shot on Wednesday after he hit a border policeman with his car at a West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem and then stabbed him with scissors, police said....

Pope prays for European 'unity' ahead of EU summit on virus response - 04/22/2020

Rome (dpa) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Europe to rediscover "brotherly unity" as one of its founding principles, speaking on the eve of a crunch European Union summit.   "In this time in...

Chernobyl forest fires persist despite efforts of 1,300 firefighters - 04/21/2020

Kiev (dpa) - Forest fires in the radiation-contaminated Chernobyl exclusion zone have persisted for more than two weeks, with 1,300 firefighters working in the area on Tuesday. The firefighters were...

Anglican head hails 'dignity and faith' as Queen Elizabeth turns 94 - 04/21/2020

London - By Bill Smith, - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II as Britain's longest-serving monarch turned 94 on Tuesday. "Prayers, as ever, for Her Majesty...

Merkel slams 'discussion orgies' in Germany over easing restrictions - 04/20/2020

Berlin (dpa) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has sharply criticized the discussions taking place in Germany about easing the restrictions intended to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. During a...

Four people killed in fighting in Libyan capital - 04/18/2020

Tripoli – Four people were killed and 18 others wounded in Libya's capital Tripoli, which has been the scene of fighting between rival forces since April last year. Three civilians were killed and 16...

British ex-soldier, 99, hits 14 million pounds in health fund-raiser - 04/16/2020

London - Donations to a 99-year-old former soldier's fund-raiser to help Britain's National Health Service curb the spread of novel coronavirus reached 14 million pounds (17.5 million dollars) on...

Britain set to announce three-week extension of Covid-19 lockdown - 04/16/2020

London (dpa) - Britain is expected to announce a three-week extension of its near-lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus late on Thursday, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it...
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