Europe
With painted faces, artists fight facial recognition tech
LONDON (AP) — As night falls in London, Georgina Rowlands and Anna Hart start applying makeup. Instead of lipstick and eyeliner, they’re covering their faces with geometric shapes. Rowlands has long narrow blue triangles and thin white rectangles criss-crossing her face. Hart has a collection of red, orange and white angular shapes on hers. They’re …
Bulgaria confirms first four cases of coronavirus: health officials
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Sunday its first four confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Two men from the northern city of Pleven and two women from the central city of Gabrovo tested positive following widespread testing, said Todor Kantardzhiev, head of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. The government was due to …
U.S. airport screeners, health workers plagued by fear and anger as coronavirus spreads
(Reuters) – As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed: Many were working without the most effective masks to protect them from getting sick themselves. FILE PHOTO: People load personal protective equipment and other supplies into a back side entrance of the Life …
Europe experiences exceptionally warm winter
Image copyright EPA Image caption The German Wine Institute said 2019 was the first year in which the “ice wine” harvest had failed nationwide The 2019/2020 winter has been the warmest on record for Europe, with average temperatures 1.4C above the previous high of 2015/2016. Winter is defined as the months of December, January, and …
World Faces Air Pollution Pandemic, and Light Technology Could Help | Research & Technology | Mar 2020
MAINZ, Germany, March 5, 2020 — Air pollution is responsible for shortening people’s lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence and than parasitic and vector-borne diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, and smoking, according to a study published March 3 in Cardiovascular Research. However, research by SPECTARIS, the Fraunhofer …
‘Just run’: on the Turkey-Greece border as refugees try to break through | World news
It was, or so they believed, the start of their journey to the promised land, a place of safety they had longed for. Hours after the Turkish government announced that it would not stop refugees from attempting to reach Europe, a stream of people from the Middle East and Africa, seeking refuge from wars and …
Syria war: Refugees eye Europe as Turkey hits breaking point
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSyrian refugee Halil is one of thousands waiting on the Turkish coast to get to Greece Halil stands on a small, deserted beach on the western coast of Turkey, at the edge of the water. “Look! it’s so close” he says, “but reaching it is so hard.” …
Coronavirus Live Updates: Europe Threatened as Disease Spreads from Italy
U.S. military reports its first coronavirus patient in South Korea. An American soldier in South Korea has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. The patient, a 23-year-old man, is based in Camp Carroll in Waegwan, only 12 miles from Daegu, the South Korean city at the center of an …
Germany’s centre could break apart after Angela Merkel is gone | Thomas Meaney | Opinion
Consider this, and in our time: a leftist political animal who thrives in one of the most hostile environments in contemporary Europe. After Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal and Mayor Ada Colau of Barcelona, Bodo Ramelow is arguably the most successful leftist leader in Europe. He was, until recently, the minister president of the …
Harry and Meghan to return to UK for final round of official royal duties
Prince Harry will drop into a session by musician Jon Bon Jovi in which he will re-record his song “Unbroken” with the Invictus Games Choir on February 28. The couple will attend a series of other events through March, including the Endeavour Fund Awards “to recognize wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans who …