Europe

British fishermen ground down by fishing row with France

NEWHAVEN, United Kingdom  (AFP) -- As a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and France escalated on Thursday, British…

Cheese-loving France reels as mozzarella catches camembert

by Joseph SCHMID with Clara GUILLARD in Paris SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-BRIOUZE, France (AFP) -- It's a trend -- some would say a…

Spain to ban ads for sweets targeting kids

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain will ban ads aimed at kids for high-sugar foods and drinks like choclate bars and…

Sicily braces for second cyclone this week

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Sicily braced for the arrival of a cyclone Thursday, the second this week after a deadly…

Swiss authorize Covid booster jabs for the vulnerable

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland on Tuesday authorized booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines for the over-65s, as it urged those…

Pandemic ‘far from finished’: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covid-19 crisis is far from over, the World Health Organization's emergency committee said Tuesday as…

Police arrest 150 people globally in dark web sting: Europol

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online…

EU medicines agency starts review of Merck oral Covid drug

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The EU's medicines watchdog said on Monday it had started reviewing an oral Covid medication…

Europe reels from powerful ‘Aurore’ storm

  by Jürgen HECKER Agence France Presse Storm "Aurore" swept across parts of northern Europe on Thursday, leaving four dead…

‘Mix & match’ Covid boosters may gird immunity: EMA

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The use of so-called "mix and match" Covid-19 vaccine boosters may give a stronger immune…

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