Author: ELIAN PELTIER
Sister Andre, 117-Year-Old French Nun, Knocks Down Covid-19
Sister André was expected to celebrate her victory against the virus and her birthday on Thursday with a feast, and a glass of Champagne.
Academic Facing Jail in Iran Escapes to U.K.
Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian anthropologist, was sentenced to nine years and three months in prison last year on charges of cooperating with the United States.
Hero, Inspiration and Beacon of Hope: Tributes Pour In for Tom Moore
The 100-year-old Army veteran who became a national icon through a popular fund-raiser for Britain’s health care system died on Tuesday.
Netherlands Braces for Another Night of Anti-Curfew Violence
Hundreds of rioters have been arrested since a nighttime curfew went into effect on Saturday.
Five million in the U.K. have gotten a vaccine and officials hint the variant may be more deadly, though it’s too soon to tell.
The vaccination figure amounts to 8 percent of the population, in a country where it could take months to control the spread of the more transmissible variant.
A glimmer of hope in the U.K.: Nearly 5 million have received vaccine shots.
The figure amounts to about 8 percent of the population, in a country where it could take months to control the spread of a highly transmissible variant.
Madrid Explosion Leaves at Least 2 Dead
The blast that destroyed several floors of a building in the Spanish capital appeared to be the result of a gas leak, officials said. Emergency workers said that rescues were underway.
Germany’s Buchenwald Memorial Urges Visitors to Respect Graves
After some visitors went sledding on graves at the former Nazi concentration camp, the foundation running the memorial stepped up security this week.