Tuesday, January 25, 2022

World

Belgian army has troops prepared if Ukraine situation escalates

The Belgian army has troops on standby in the Baltic states if the situation at the Ukrainian border escalates and NATO becomes involved. ...

Monday, January 24, 2022
Germany to investigate 42 sex abuse cases reported in the Catholic Church

Germany’s Attorney-General will investigate 42 sex abuse cases reported in the German Catholic Church, Belga news agency reports. The ...

Saturday, January 22, 2022
Tonga volcano eruption 500 times more powerful than Hiroshima bombing

NASA scientists estimate that last week's underwater volcano eruption in Tonga was equal to about 10 megatons of TNT explosive – more than ...

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Record-breaking solo flight delayed in Czech Republic

The Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford, who is currently flying solo around the world, was unable to land in Frankfurt (west Germany) on ...

Monday, January 17, 2022
WHO and EMA doubt need of repeated booster vaccination

A vaccination strategy based on repeated booster doses of the original vaccine composition is unlikely to be sustainable, WHO's ...

Saturday, January 15, 2022
Half a million Israelis have already received a fourth coronavirus vaccine

While most western countries are focussing on their first booster dose campaigns, half a million Israelis have already received the fourth ...

Saturday, January 15, 2022
Unlocking the mystery of Sophie’s murder

When Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier was savagely murdered in Ireland, it sent shockwaves across Europe. Brussels-based true crime ...

Thursday, January 13, 2022
Police disperse demonstration against health measures in Amsterdam

Dutch police on Sunday intervened to disperse a demonstration against Covid-19 health measures which had gathered thousands of protestors ...

Sunday, January 2, 2022
WHO Director-General warns about a tsunami of new COVID cases

Two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, a new global threat emerged – COVID-19. “Although we had little ...

Thursday, December 30, 2021
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from travelling unaccompanied

The Taliban announced on Sunday that women wishing to travel long distances must be accompanied by a close male relative, in a new sign of ...

Sunday, December 26, 2021
Bodies of 16 victims of English Channel boat disaster flown back to Iraqi Kurdistan

The bodies of 16 persons who died on 24 November in a boat disaster that claimed 27 lives in the English Channel arrived on Sunday in Iraqi ...

Sunday, December 26, 2021
Omicron: Over 5,600 flights cancelled worldwide over Christmas weekend

Airlines cancelled over 5,600 flights worldwide on Friday and Saturday, while thousands more were delayed, as the Omicron variant of ...

Sunday, December 26, 2021
James Webb Space Telescope will revolutionise observation of outer space

An Arianne 5 rocket took off at 1:20 PM Brussels Time on Saturday from the European space centre in Kourou, French Guiana, to launch the ...

Saturday, December 25, 2021
Christmas Messages: Pope Francis calls for humility

Pope Francis urged the world’s Catholics to “love littleness,” while stressing the importance of humility on Friday during the traditional ...

Saturday, December 25, 2021
The history of Boxing Day

The term Boxing Day first appeared in print in 1833. The day and its name could have arisen from the 'Christmas boxes' often given to ...

Saturday, December 25, 2021
A weakened Boris Johnson loses his Brexit minister

UK Brexit Secretary David Frost has resigned, citing political differences. News of his decision first surfaced in the Sunday Mail in ...

Monday, December 20, 2021
Coronavirus: IMF expects to scale back global growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects it will need to downgrade its global growth projections due to the new Omicron variant of the ...

Sunday, December 5, 2021
Austria enters lockdown for those not vaccinated

On Monday, Austria became the first EU country to confine people who have not received the Covid-19 vaccine. As a fourth wave hits Europe, ...

Monday, November 15, 2021
Pope Francis calls for immediate action on climate change

It’s time to act together against climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and poverty, Pope Francis urged in a text published on Sunday by ...

Sunday, October 31, 2021
China slams US investigation into the origins of Covid-19 as “political and false”

The Chinese government lashed out on Sunday against a report by U.S. intelligence services on the origins of the novel Coronavirus ...

Sunday, October 31, 2021

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