PARIS (AP) – France’s president says he has no regrets about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, despite the fact that the country’s hospitals are being infected with the acute coronavirus and more than a thousand people die every week. President Emanuel Macron’s government has stressed …
Read More »France’s Macron out of virus, Versailles retreat fever
PARIS (AP) – As French President Emmanuel Macron rides a coronavirus in solitary confinement at Versailles, critics on Friday called for slip-ups in their virus-prevention behavior, for a handful of repeated large group meals in nearby quarters. Last week. Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovich, a fellow European leader who spent …
Read More »French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, President Elysee Palace announced Thursday. He says the president “took a test as soon as the first symptoms appeared.” The brief statement did not say what symptoms Macron experienced. He said he would isolate himself for seven days. …
Read More »EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after overnight talks
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
Read More »EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after overnight talks
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
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