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“There are not yet enough vaccine doses in Europe to stop the third wave by vaccination alone,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday. Here, a health care work displays a vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Stuttgart, Germany. Marijan Murat/POOL /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marijan Murat/POOL /AFP via Getty …

Norwegian police have launched an investigation into the country’s prime minister after she admitted breaking coronavirus rules by hosting a birthday dinner for 14 people in a ski resort last month. Erna Solberg, the centre-right prime minister since 2013, confirmed late on Thursday that her family had breached lockdown regulations and she had contravened government …

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus infections but a national vaccination campaign and tougher restrictions mean numbers should start improving in late spring, the health minister said. FILE PHOTO: Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza speaks to reporters after European health ministers from neighbouring countries to Italy held a meeting to …

Australian of the Year and sexual abuse survivor Grace Tame is delivering a powerful National Press Club address. The 26-year-old was 15 when she was raped by her 58-year-old teacher, and she rose to prominence via News Corp’s #LetHerSpeak campaign which, in 2019, took her legal case to be able to publicly self-identify as a …

By Richard Wood02 Mar 2021 23:46 Mining giant Rio Tinto’s chairman Simon Thompson will step down from the post next year. The company said Mr Thompson will not seek re-election at the miner’s 2022 annual general meeting. Rio Tinto’s reputation remains dented after the destruction of 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia …

Former President Donald Trump is set to take to the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference looking to reclaim his role as the Republican Party’s kingmaker as he positions himself to play a major role in the 2022 midterm elections. “I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together …

TOKYO — A large earthquake shook a broad area across eastern Japan late Saturday night, with its epicenter off the coast of Fukushima, near where three nuclear reactors melted down after a quake and tsunami nearly 10 years ago. As of Sunday morning, no deaths had been reported from the quake, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga …

The end of the Gulf dispute is a win for the region, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister told CNBC after announcing that relations between Qatar and four Arab countries have been fully restored. Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt on Tuesday signed an agreement that aims to strengthen unity and cohesion. The deal came …

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock, speaks on further restrictions to be put in place due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at a news conference inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain December 23, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The number of COVID-19 infections is rising fast in some …

Greek President Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Mitsotakis have been vaccinated against COVID19. Also present was chief epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras who also recieved the vaccine it was administered at the Attikon hospital Greek PM Mitsotakis is the third person in Greece getting the corona vaccine. The first Greek to be vaccinated was Efstathia Kambissiouli, head nurse …