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Thursday May 06, 2021

Number of Ryanair's passengers ups in April for 1st time in 14 months

Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair on Wednesday reported a monthly growth in its April passenger numbers for the first time in the past 14 months, reported Xinhua. In April, Ryanair carried one million passengers, up sharply from 40,000 passengers it carried in the same month of last year, the

Published: 20:04 pm,Wednesday 5 May 2021

EMA starts rolling review of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) has started a rolling review of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac, the latest vaccine candidate hoping to win approval for usage in the bloc, reported Xinhua. In a press release on Tuesday, the EMA announced that the application for the

Published: 20:16 pm,Wednesday 5 May 2021

DHL reports "strongest" Q1

German mail and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit jumped to almost 1.2 billion euros in the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year 2021, "making it the strongest opening quarter ever, reported Xinhua." Revenues in Q1 increased by 22 percent year-on-year

Published: 21:02 pm,Wednesday 5 May 2021

Bulgaria to hold new polls after parties fail to form govt

Bulgaria is to hold a new parliamentary election on July 11, after attempts by parties to form a government failed, President Rumen Radev said on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. Both of "There Is Such A People," the second largest party in the parliament, and Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the

Published: 01:36 am,Wednesday 5 May 2021

France's Nat´l Assembly approves climate change bill

France's National Assembly on Tuesday endorsed a new bill aiming at reinforcing acts to enable France to meet the goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent compared with 1990 levels by 2030, reported Xinhua. A total of 332 out of 577 deputies of the lower

Published: 00:47 am,Wednesday 5 May 2021

Denmark to reopen schools, indoor activities this week

Primary schools will reopen and a number of indoor activities will be allowed to resume across Denmark starting this week, reported Xinhua. Cinemas, theaters, concerts and some other indoor cultural activities will be allowed to reopen for up to 2,000 spectators, divided into sections of 500, and upon

Published: 23:52 pm,Tuesday 4 May 2021

No evidence drinking alcohol would affect COVID-19 vaccines

There is no evidence that drinking alcohol after having a coronavirus jab would affect how it works, the British medicine regulator said Tuesday, reported Xinhua. The response by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) came following social media reports that people should abstain from drinking for

Published: 00:24 am,Wednesday 5 May 2021

Germany reports record number of politically motivated crimes in 2020

Politically motivated crimes in Germany reached a new record level last year with more than 44,000 cases, an increase of 8.5 percent and the highest number since the start of data collection in 2001, Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer announced on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. Violent crimes that

Published: 23:39 pm,Monday 3 May 2021

Denmark stops using J&J COVID-19 vaccine

The Danish Health Authority has decided to drop the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from its mass coronavirus vaccination program, reported Xinhua. "Taking the present situation in Denmark into account, what we are currently losing in our effort to prevent severe illness from COVID-19 cannot outweigh the risk of causing

Published: 23:28 pm,Monday 3 May 2021

German police smash darknet child porn platform

German police shut down the international child pornography platform "Boystown" after three alleged administrators and another suspect, all German citizens, were arrested in mid-April, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced on Monday, reported Xinhua. The darknet platform had been operational since at least June 2019 and was

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