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Will the EU stand up for the ICC?
“I have a message to many close allies around the world,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as he announced the United States’ executive order authorizing visa bans and asset freezes on ICC officials MORE
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Statue of slave trader Edward Colston sleeps with the fish
Anti-racism protesters in England have pulled down a statue of a 17th-century slave trader while demonstrating in solidarity with the US Black Lives Matter movement. The protesters in the city of Bristol, in southwest England, MORE
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Prosecuting Islamic State returnees in Germany requires the law’s longest arm
Taha A.-J.*, an Iraqi man believed to have belonged to the “Islamic State” (IS), has been standing trial in Frankfurt since late April on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. At the MORE
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Coronavirus and Germany: Why the world is looking to Angela Merkel
“Lame duck” is the usual term given to politicians who don’t want to or can’t run for office again. With their political shelf-life suddenly measurable, such figures are condemned to being considered weakened and less MORE
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Coronavirus: What are Germany’s updated lockdown measures?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday announced the next phase of the country’s plan to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus and its resulting disease, COVID-19. […] Retailers smaller than 800 square meters (8,610 MORE
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A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet
A surprise company outing to an airbase caused a 64-year-old French man so much stress that he flung himself from a fighter jet in midair, grabbing the ejector button in a panic and tumbling through the skies above France before landing in a field. MORE
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Germany’s Maas: Trump coronavirus response took ‘too long’
Germany’s foreign minister […] said he thought the US had not shown enough urgency in its response to the crisis, saying that the virus had not been taken seriously. […] “China took very authoritarian measures, MORE
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Coronavirus coverup: Did Austrian politics and industry collude?
[…]Tourists from all over Europe — Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands — had flocked to the mountains to enjoy the slopes and apres-ski. Business was booming,[…] Details of the alleged coverup MORE
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U.K. Says Millions of Coronavirus Test Kits Bought From China Are Unreliable for Most Patients
The British government will seek refunds for millions of coronavirus test kits purchased from China, after a study of the products found them to be unreliable for use with most patients. Professor John Bell, coordinator MORE
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Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. MORE
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The $1 billion bet: Pharma giant and U.S. government team up in all-out coronavirus vaccine push
The crowded race to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus just received a potential billion-dollar boost: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on 30 March that it and the U.S. government, through an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services MORE
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Coronavirus: What countries in Europe are on lockdown and until when?
Italy Restrictions in place until April 13, could extend to July 31 Spain Restrictions in place until April 11 France Restrictions in place until April 15 Germany Restrictions in place until April 19 UK Restrictions in place MORE
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Netherlands: Intensive care admissions near critical level as MPs call for more beds
The number of people being treated for coronavirus in intensive care wards rose by 38 on Wednesday, although the figure is not complete, officials said on Wednesday evening. MORE
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Love in coronavirus times: Couple meets for dates on closed Danish-German border
The border between Germany and Denmark is now almost completely closed due to the worsening situation in both countries from the coronavirus outbreak. However, this hasn’t deterred their love. MORE
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Fruit and veg ‘will run out’ unless Britain charters planes to fly in farm workers from eastern Europe
Charter flights to bring in agricultural workers from eastern Europe are needed as a matter of urgency, otherwise fruit and vegetables will be left unpicked in Britain’s fields, the government is being warned. MORE
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German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead
Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany’s financial center Frankfurt lies. MORE
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Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19
The prime minister, 55, tweeted a video message confirming he has COVID-19, writing: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. MORE
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Coronavirus in NL: Hotels become hospitals, hunt is on for respirators
The Fletcher and Van der Valk hotel chains have begun converting some of their hotels into emergency hospitals for patients who are too ill to remain at home but who do not need emergency care. MORE
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Danish shop fights stockpiling by charging £5 for first bottle of hand sanitiser and £126 for a second
A supermarket in Denmark has made an unusual offer to customers tempted to hoard hand sanitiser: buy one bottle for 40 kroner (£5), and they’ll sell you the second for 1,000 kroner (£126). MORE
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Italy: Solidarity in the time of disease
Two Corona Virus Volunteers in Italy There are the long-term residents of the council homes built decades ago, who hang out in the local bars or read newspapers on benches in the pedestrian areas. Then MORE
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France says ibuprofen may aggravate coronavirus. Experts say more evidence is needed
(CNN) France’s health ministry has suggested that popular anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen could worsen the effects of the coronavirus, raising questions over which over-the-counter drugs people should be taking to treat the symptoms of MORE
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European Union will close external borders for 30 days to slow coronavirus pandemic
European Union member nations agreed Tuesday to close the EU’s external borders for 30 days in a dramatic new effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the planned MORE
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Quarantined Italians are singing their hearts out. It’s beautiful.
Music is one of the oldest human art forms, if not the oldest human art form. We can never actually know which artform holds that distinction, but it seems darned likely that our ancient ancestors, MORE
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European Union Exasperated With Trump’s Travel Ban
European officials strongly condemned Trump’s travel ban restricting travel from Europe to the U.S. and many see it as politically motivated, and a blow beyond the scope of previous disputes between Washington and Europe. “The MORE
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All of Italy is in lockdown as coronavirus cases rise
(CNN)Italy has been put under a dramatic total lockdown, as the coronavirus spreads in the country. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that he is extending restrictions already in place in the north. “All the measure MORE