AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – While EU negotiations on a coronavirus recovery fund and a new budget for the bloc were at a dead end, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte was singled out by an Eastern leader weekend as the “man responsible for the whole mess”. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives …
Read More »Buckingham Palace launch details of Princess Beatrix’s ‘secret’ wedding
LONDON (Reuters) – Princess Beatriz wore the same tiara as her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, at her wedding this week, Buckingham Palace said, revealing more details about the surprise, a private ceremony that was curtailed due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. The wedding bouquet of Princess Beatrice of Great Britain …
Read More »Get up, Sir Tom: Queen Elizabeth rides the 100-year-old fundraising captain
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for raising Britain’s spirits during the twilight of the coronavirus pandemic by raising millions of pounds for workers in health. The World War II veteran raised a record 33 million pounds ($ 41 million) by …
Read More »Get up, Sir Tom: Queen Elizabeth rides the 100-year-old fundraising captain
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognizing the 100-year-old for raising Britain’s spirits during the twilight of the coronavirus pandemic by raising millions of pounds for workers in health. The World War II veteran raised a record 33 million pounds ($ 41 million) by …
Read More »Fauci optimistic about the prospects for the US vaccine, not worried that China will win the race
(Reuters) – The leading US infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, predicted Wednesday that the country will reach its goal of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year and was not moved by the possibility that China would come first. FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the …
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