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Lockdown sa ilang bansa sa Europa pinalawig

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 08:33 PM

Sunod-sunod ang pagpapalawig ng lockdown sa mga bansa sa Europa dahil sa paglaganap ng COVID-19.  Read more »

Global death toll nears 2 million as WHO battles new virus strains

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:24 PM

The worldwide death toll from coronavirus approached two million on Friday, with Europe topping 30 million infections and World Health Organization experts working on advice to fight new, more contagious strains of the disease.   Read more »

Heaviest snowfall in 50 years buries Madrid slum

Thomas Perroteau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 12:30 PM

Days after its heaviest snowfall in 50 years, Madrid woke on Tuesday to its lowest temperatures in decades, with the mercury plummeting to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). Read more »

Europe coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Roshan Abraham, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 11:43 PM

Coronavirus cases in Europe surpassed 25 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with several countries reinstating or extending lockdowns as a resurgence in the pandemic threatens to overwhelm health services. Read more »

Japan, US to boost defense ties with Europe in Indo-Pacific

Ko Hirano, Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 05 02:16 PM

Japan and the United States have welcomed planned naval deployments this year by major European countries to Indo-Pacific waters, as China's rapid military modernization and maritime and territorial ambitions prompt moves to increase deterrence.   Read more »

'The beginning of the end': Europe rolls out vaccines to see off pandemic

Isla Binnie and Giselda Vagnoni, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 28 06:54 AM

(UPDATE) Europe launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. Read more »

Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind

Reuters
Posted at Dec 27 11:08 AM

Europe launches a cross-border vaccination program of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives around the world. Read more »

China-EU talks hit another snag as Biden camp objects

Jack Ewing, Steven Lee Myers and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 24 05:33 AM

China, which has long been wary of allowing foreign companies greater access, seems eager to strike a deal now before the new US administration can try to rally a united front against Chinese policies and actions, as Biden has pledged to do. Read more »

EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 23 05:40 PM

The World Health Organization in Europe said Tuesday it would convene its members to discuss how to handle a new variant of the novel coronavirus discovered in the UK. Read more »

Europe crosses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths as new variant spreads

Anurag Maan and Shaina Ahluwalia, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 04:15 AM

Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the region's prevention measures to curb the pandemic. Read more »

European medicines regulator approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 11:03 PM

AMSTERDAM - Europe's medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by US company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech , putting Europe on course to start inoculations within a week. Read more »

Europe first region to pass 500,000 coronavirus deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 04:17 AM

PARIS - Europe became the first region in the world on Thursday to pass the milestone of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, according to an AFP tally based on official sources shortly before 1500 GMT. Read more »

Pabo dinukot sa zoo, pinalaklak ng vodka; 3 suspek arestado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 01:18 PM

RIGA, Latvia - Tatlong lalaki ang arestado sa pagpapalaklak ng alak sa isang pabo na dinukot pa nila mula sa isang pribadong zoo.  Read more »

Jollibee opens third UK branch in Leicester City

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 06:10 PM

Fast-growing Filipino food chain Jollibee is fast tracking its Europe expansion with the opening of its third branch in the United Kingdom at Leicester City, the company said on Wednesday. Read more »

Europe passes 20 million COVID-19 infections

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 05:33 AM

PARIS - Health officials have recorded more than 20 million cases of the coronavirus across Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at 1315 GMT on Tuesday. Read more »

WHO looks at e-certificates for COVID-19 vaccination

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 02:03 PM

The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Ika-2 lockdown sa England nagtapos na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:46 PM

Nagtapos na ang national lockdown sa England. Read more »

NATO report says China could pose military threat to Europe and US

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 12:26 PM

Member nations are called on to ‘increase capacity to anticipate and react to Chinese activities that undermine allies’ security’. The report was written by 10 independent experts appointed by Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Read more »

European Union, ASEAN to form strategic partnership: Germany

Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 01:33 AM

BERLIN - The European Union and the ASEAN group of southeast Asian countries have agreed to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership, current EU president Germany said on Tuesday. Read more »

COVID-19 worsens Europe's inequalities in yet another way - the fertility gap

Catarina Demony and Gavin Jones, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 05:18 PM

Evidence suggests the coronavirus is deterring would-be parents from conceiving in most of Europe, but especially in the southern countries - from Italy to Greece - where safety nets are weakest and the birth rate was already in strong decline.   Read more »