Europe
Europe
Covid Lockdown Nightmare Returns to Europe
A Covid surge across Europe has instigated a new series of lockdown measures and vaccine mandates across the continent. Austria initiated a national lockdown on Friday as France's Industry Minister Agnes Panniere-Runacher also announced that they were "very cautiously"...
Europe
Europe Brings Back Lockdowns Amidst Rising Covid Cases
Countries across Europe have resorted to re-introducing strict Covid restrictions as the continent languishes in rising case counts. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte spearheaded the push for lockdowns by announcing one on Friday that is set to start Saturday...
Europe
Belarus Threatens to Stop Supplying Gas to Europe
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko threatened to halt the country's gas pipelines from supplying Europe with energy on Thursday.
Belarus is now being sanctioned by the European Union for contributing to the migrant crisis on the continent. There are currently countless...
Travel
US Will Lift Restrictions For Vaccinated Foreign Travelers Starting Nov. 8
The White House announced on Friday that it will be accepting fully vaccinated foreign travelers into the United States starting November 8.
“The new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin...
Greece
Daylight Saving Time Ends: Oct 31 in Greece, Nov 7 in the US
Greece is due to set its clocks back by an hour on October 31 as the Spring/Summer daylight saving period comes to a close and the Winter period begins. The transition occurs as the EU's push to abolish daylight...
Animals
Conservationists Want to Let Elephants Loose in Europe
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It sounds like a gigantic plan, but, as some conservationists say, bringing in large species of herbivores like elephants to Europe could help mitigate the collapse of the ecosystem.
By Harry Wells, Nora Ward & Ramiro D. Crego.
Imagine driving through a...
Europe
Europe to Implement Travel Restrictions for Unvaccinated Americans
Aft the European Union on Monday advised its member nations to ban unvaccinated travelers from the US to Europe, Italy, the Netherlands, and Sweden have put new travel restrictions on those hoping to visit the European countries from the...
Greek News
WHO: Another 236,000 Covid-19 Deaths in Europe by Dec. 1
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that there could be another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by the first of December after high levels of virus transmission continue to be noted on the continent.
Citing stagnating vaccination rates,...
Health
Number of Twins Born in the World at All-Time High
A study conducted by Oxford University has found that more twins are being born in the world than ever before. A total of 1.6 million twins are delivered each year, with the twin birth rate increasing by a third...
Energy
Five Percent of Power Plants Create 73% of Electrical Generation Emissions
Power plants across the world are giants of environmental pollution. A study published in the journal Enviornmental Research Letters found that five percent of the 29,000 power plants included in the study were the source of 73 percent of the planet's emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity generation sector.