Spain became the first country in Western Europe to receive half a million confirmed coronavirus infections on Monday, with its highest daily case count since May on Friday. To prevent the spread in schools, the country’s government enacted rules in late August: all students aged six or over must wear …
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On Sunday, Turkey’s armed forces began an annual exercise in the broken republic of northern Cyprus – the only body recognized by Ankara – to raise tensions with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s hunt for gas and oil reserves in the waters claimed by Greece has put great strain …
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Thousands marched on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s Minsk on Sunday, with his opponents saying it was less than a month after the election. Opposition groups called for a boycott of the march, waving red and white protest flags and chanting “Go away” and “You are a rat.” The human rights …
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Speaking on Russian state TV at the time, Putin said his daughter had a slightly higher temperature after each dose of the two-stage coronavirus vaccine, but that “now she feels better.” Before the crucial Phase 3 human trial ends, Russian officials will train teachers – as well as doctors – …
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to enter negotiations on disputed Eastern Mediterranean claims or face consequences. “They will either understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or with painful painful experiences in the field,” he said at the hospital’s opening ceremony in Istanbul on Saturday. In a …
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