Austria and Denmark will produce new Covid vaccines without help from the EU after the bloc’s jab roll-out descended into a slow-paced shambles. Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s prime minister, and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen announced today that they will travel to Israel to discuss development of a second generation of coronavirus vaccines with health authorities there. Israel … Read more
Germany has been reduced to pleading with citizens to take AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine after scaremongering about the jab led people to reject it. Steffen Seibert, Angela Merkel’s chief spokesman, said this week that the British-made jab is ‘both safe and highly effective’ and will ‘save lives’ as he urged people to take it, just weeks … Read more
Microsoft has backed calls for Australia-style rules to be introduced in Europe that will force big tech companies to pay for news content. The company announced on Monday that it will join forces with four leading European media lobby groups to work on laws that mirror those in Australia. Casper Klynge, vice president of Microsoft, … Read more
New UK government guidance means Premier League players and coaches will be required to isolate for 10 days following any overseas trip, complicating the schedules of teams still in the Champions League and Europa League. Prior to Sunday’s new restrictions being detailed to all 20 Premier League clubs, revealed by the Athletic, there were no … Read more
Obesity link to UK Covid toll: Britain’s status as the ‘sick man of Europe’ led to shocking number of deaths from coronavirus, experts claim High standards of NHS care means we may have been left more exposed to virus Elderly living with illnesses ‘meant many were vulnerable than our neighbours’ Comments were made by Prof Naveed … Read more
Fizzy drinks giant Coca-Cola is testing paper bottles in Europe as part of its mission to eliminate plastic waste by the year 2030. The US company’s first-ever paper bottle prototype will be available this summer through a limited online trial in Hungary. A run of 2,000 bottles of the company’s ‘plant-based snacking drink’ AdeZ will … Read more
Canada has been dragged into the EU’s vaccine chaos with Pfizer and Moderna both cutting back deliveries from Europe while Brussels goes to war on jab exports to rescue its own stumbling vaccine roll-out. With no home-grown vaccines in Canada and no jabs being shipped from the United States, the country is reliant on factories … Read more
British shoppers in Europe are struggling to get their hands on everything from custard creams and M&S food products to Fortnum & Mason hampers as post-Brexit export rules continue to cause chaos. Stonemanor, a small chain of British food stores in Belgium, is unable to source classic items including digestive biscuits, Walker’s shortbread, oatcakes and … Read more
Life in Australia during Covid has been marred by border closures, restrictions on lifestyle and travel bans – but for me, a hardy Pom, it’s a thousand times better than what my family and friends are enduring back home. As I sat down for my weekly FaceTime with my folks on Sunday, it dawned on … Read more
The SWAMPS-Élysées! Paris is flooded by the Seine and German shipping is stalled by high water levels under bridges as rivers across Europe burst their banks after torrential downpours The famous embankments and avenues of the capital were submerged under the river for the fifth day in a row on Saturday as the weather service … Read more