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Brussels unhappy with Recovery Plan, Italy might miss the deadline

Editorial Bureau April 18, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – As Brussels is not satisfied with several aspects of Italy’s Recovery Plan, chances are high that the country may risk missing an April 30 deadline for submitting the draft. However, spokesman for Prime Minister Mario Draghi firmly denied that the deadline would be

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Madrid to host charity bullfight for matadors who lost job due to the pandemic

Editorial Bureau April 17, 2021

MADRID (SPAIN): A charity bullfight will be organised to raise money for matadors left jobless by COVID-19, officials said on Saturday. Almost all of Spain’s bullrings, or plazas, have remained closed for the last year due to lockdown restrictions – plunging the controversial spectacle and its matadors into financial crisis. A maximum of 6,000 people […]

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International Space Station sees the return of three astronauts

Editorial Bureau April 17, 2021

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to Earth on Saturday on a Russian Soyuz craft, as reported by Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, a microbiologist who became the first person in 2016 to sequence DNA in space, and Russian cosmonauts […]

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Chris Smalling robbed by armed burglars, forced to open the safe

Editorial Bureau April 16, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Chris Smalling, AS Roma defender was robbed at gunpoint by burglars who broke into his home situated off the ancient Appian Way south of the city in Rome in the early hours of Friday. Smalling’s wife, son, mother and another family member were also in the house. Three men entered the house […]

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Coffins pile up in cemeteries in Rome, funeral workers protest

Editorial Bureau April 16, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Undertakers protested on Friday against a massive backlog of coffins building up at Rome cemeteries, saying city authorities were failing to cope with a surge of coronavirus deaths. Funeral directors said more than 2,000 bodies were being stored at Rome’s sole crematorium, which can handle around 50 cremations a day, while mortuary […]

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Talks on rescuing Iran’s nuclear talks to last several days: EU

Editorial Bureau April 16, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – Talks on rescuing Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal will carry on for several days before breaking so that Iranian and US officials can return home for consultations, a European Union official informed. The EU is chairing meetings in Vienna of the remaining parties to the deal – Iran, Russia, China, France, Germany and […]

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Merkel urge lawmakers to approve new powers to help bring in strict regulations

Editorial Bureau April 16, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Highlighting the need of stricter regulations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers on Friday to approve new powers that would allow her to force coronavirus lockdowns and curfews on areas with high infection rates. “The third wave of the pandemic has our country firmly in its grip,” said Merkel, whose speech in […]

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WHO chief says COVID-19, cases doubled globally in two weeks, approaching the highest level

Editorial Bureau April 16, 2021

GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization informed that the number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic. “Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates,” he said in […]

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Ireland on its way to relax curbs, monitoring English ‘experiment’

Editorial Bureau April 15, 2021

DUBLIN (GERMANY) – Ireland is on its way to relax restrictions from May 4 to give way the phased reopening of all retail stores and hairdressers and will also formulate a plan for further reopening in June and July, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. However, it is unlikely to follow the more […]

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Serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, diplomats ask citizens to leave

Editorial Bureau April 15, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – Citing serious threats to French interests in Pakistan, two diplomatic sources of the country has advised French citizens to temporarily leave Pakistan after violent clashes. The diplomatic sources said that a message had been sent overnight to French citizens and companies following threats by hardline Islamist group Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP)