Europe

1 injured, 1 missing following floods in southwestern Crimea

Simferopol [Crimea], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): One person was injured and another one is missing in southwestern Crimea, which has been battered by heavy rains and mudslides, Yevgeniy Kabanov, the Crimean deputy government head, told Sputnik on Sunday.

2021-07-04T19:08:02.260402+00:00 IST

Face masks will be a 'personal choice' in England: UK minister

London [UK], July 4 (ANI): As the United Kingdom is easing coronavirus restrictions, face masks are set to become a "personal choice" in England, a UK minister said on Sunday.

2021-07-04T16:52:13.857365+00:00 IST

Russia-Turkey relations show that partnership with NATO members is possible: Kremlin

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky [Russia], July 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's relations with Turkey prove that partnership can and should be built even with NATO members, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday.

2021-07-04T13:45:02.526740+00:00 IST

EU's ban on single-use plastic tableware, cotton buds comes into force

Brussels [Belgium], July 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The EU's ban on certain single-use plastic products, including plates, cutlery, food containers and cotton buds, entered into force on Saturday.

2021-07-03T16:01:38.234249+00:00 IST

Germany recommends mixing COVID vaccines

Berlin [Germany], July 3 (ANI): Germany on Friday recommended that people mix AstraZeneca COVID vaccines with Pfizer or Moderna to enhance immune responses against coronavirus and shorten the interval period between the two shots.

2021-07-03T08:20:34.471373+00:00 IST

Jammu drone attack shows Pakistan's interests in J-K far removed from welfare, well-being of people: EFSAS

Amsterdam [Netherlands], July 3 (ANI): Pakistan at various world platforms has claimed with great verbosity that it wants the welfare and the well-being of the people of Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), but the recent drone attack on a defence installation in Jammu, whose roots are traced to Pakistan and its terrorist proxies, proves just the opposite of its claims.

2021-07-03T08:00:19.646333+00:00 IST

Netherlands becomes latest EU country to approve Covishield vaccine

Amsterdam [Netherlands], July 2 (ANI): The Netherlands became the latest European Union (EU) country to approve the Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Covishield vaccine for travellers, days after India pushed for the approval of its COVID-19 vaccines in Europe.

2021-07-02T08:50:48.230550+00:00 IST

Biden's plan wins support, 130 countries agree to join global minimum tax rate

Paris (France) July 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's tax plan has been accepted by 130 countries worldwide including India and China. These nations will implement a global minimum corporate tax rate and duties on multinational giants from 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said.

2021-07-02T06:11:23.747963+00:00 IST

Around 1 out of 4 people lack safe drinking water in 2020: Report

Geneva (Switzerland), July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Around one in four people lacked safely managed drinking water in their homes in 2020 and nearly half the world's population lacked safely managed sanitation, said a joint report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday.

2021-07-02T05:02:31.903190+00:00 IST

Women in Turkey protest against withdrawal from gender protection treaty

Istanbul [Turkey], July 2 (ANI): Thousands of people took to the street on Thursday to denounce Turkey's withdrawal from an international treaty designated to combat violence against women.

2021-07-02T01:41:48.635075+00:00 IST

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson to make spaceflight on July 11

London [UK], July 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UK billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson says he will make a spaceflight on July 11, earlier than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

2021-07-02T01:15:59.838201+00:00 IST

Issues including food security, humanitarian logistics discussed at G20 meet: EAM

Matera [Italy] July 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that during the 3-day G20 foreign ministers meeting, several issues were addressed including multilateralism and governance, Africa, food security, humanitarian logistics.

2021-07-01T17:50:21.092479+00:00 IST

UK records highest daily rise of COVID-19 cases since late January

London [UK], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has reported another 27,989 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since the end of January, according to official figures released Thursday.

2021-07-01T16:45:42.151065+00:00 IST

'Enough is enough': 4 Nordic newspapers publish front-page letter criticising China for muzzling Hong Kong media

Copenhagen [Denmark], July 1 (ANI): Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries marked the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party's founding by publishing a full-front page editorial criticising China's violation of press freedom in Hong Kong.

2021-07-01T15:35:38.133882+00:00 IST

8 Italian prison officers arrested, 23 suspended for beating prisoners

Rome [Italy], July 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Italian prosecutor's office issued more than 50 arrest orders for individuals involved in the case of the beating of inmates in a prison in southern Italy, Il Post newspaper reported on Thursday.

2021-07-01T14:34:20.915844+00:00 IST

Switzerland, Iceland, 7 EU nations okay SII's Covishield vaccine, day after India's request

Zurich [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): A day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar said he has taken up with European Union to accept COVID-19 vaccines, such as Covishield and Covaxin, for Indian nationals travelling to Europe, Switzerland, Iceland and seven European Union countries on Thursday allowed the Serum Institute-manufactured Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine.

2021-07-01T07:34:22.345419+00:00 IST

Number of international migrant workers rises to 169 million: ILO

Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): A new report by the United Nations (UN)-body International Labour Organisation (ILO) has highlighted that the number of international migrant workers has risen globally to 169 million, an increase of three per cent since 2017.

2021-07-01T05:28:56.273050+00:00 IST

COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

Geneva (Switzerland), July 1 (ANI/Xinhua) -- The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday.

2021-07-01T04:01:24.830023+00:00 IST

Italian FM calls for ensuring humanitarian access to crisis zones

Rome [Italy], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday called on developed countries to take steps to ensure humanitarian access to crisis zones.

2021-07-01T02:19:32.251072+00:00 IST

Members of European Parliament write to EU leaders, highlight growing 'repression' in Hong Kong

Brussels [Belgium], July 1 (ANI): On the occasion of the first anniversary of Hong Kong's national security law, members of the European Parliament wrote a joint letter to top EU leaders, demanding action against the Chinese authorities for the imposition of a legislation law that "destroyed" the 'One country, two systems'.

2021-07-01T00:00:33.793083+00:00 IST

7 die, 9 missing in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa

Rome [Italy], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven undocumented migrants have drowned as a result of a shipwreck near Italy's Lampedusa Island while trying to flee from Africa to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, media reported on Wednesday.

2021-06-30T09:41:57.829374+00:00 IST