3 February 2021 | Euronews
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United Kingdom Boris Johnson says he would consider triggering Brexit safeguard clause The British prime minister said the EU had cast doubt on the Good Friday Agreement after considering invoking Article 16 of the Brexit deal. -
United Kingdom UK 'past the peak' of COVID wave as hospitalisations begin to come down The UK has vaccinated more than 10 million people but experts said it will still be weeks before it begins to have an effect on deaths and hospitalisations. -
USA Democrats plan vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from panels The US House will vote on whether to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees over the Republican's embrace of conspiracy theories and violent racist views. -
World News Golden Globes: Three women nominated for directing as Netflix tops awards Three women, Emerald Fennell, Chloe Zhao and Regina King, were nominated for best director of a motion picture. Only one woman has previously won the award. -
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World News COVAX to distribute more than 330 million COVID vaccines through June Over 10 of the 145 countries that will receive vaccines through the global initiative are in Europe. -
Europe News World Cancer Day: Brussels wants to cut the proportion of smokers in the EU to just 5% by 2040 Margaritis Schinas, vice president of the European Commission, said he wanted to create a tobacco-free generation of Europeans. -
No Comment Dozens injured in nightclub stampede after police raid the venue Dozens of people were injured after a stampede broke out during a police raid on a nightclub operating illegally in Bolivia in the early hours of Saturday. -
Travel News These high paying remote jobs may surprise you Remote working isn't such a far off dream in the post-pandemic world. Here are the high-paying jobs you can do from anywhere. -
No Comment Test flight for SpaceX's Starship ends in spectacular fashion... again SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing on Tuesday. -
Germany Germans call for crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumpers It emerged that at some clinics in the country managers were vaccinated ahead of doctors and frontline medical staff. -
Earth News How can the European Green Deal avoid ‘potential frictions’ with other countries? A new report has found that the deal is likely to have an adverse impact on the European Union’s trading partners. -
Austria Rapper arrested in Austria and accused of publishing neo-Nazi songs One of the suspect's songs was used as a soundtrack by the perpetrator in the terror attack in Halle, Germany, in October 2019, reported AFP news agency. -
No Comment Protesters call for Tokyo to act over military coup in Myanmar The coup came earlier this week as the country's new parliament was set to sit for the first time following elections last year. -
Europe News Why do countries see vaccination as a race against each other? Vaccination has turned into a global race with countries comparing their performance against each other. -
Earth News What are Indian farmers protesting and how is Rihanna involved? A backlash against ‘sensationalist’ celebrity tweets emerges, as farmers continue to strike on the streets of India. -
World News Earth-moving research charts one billion years of tectonic plate movement Tectonic plates are irregular-shaped slabs of solid rock which can vary massively in size from a few hundred to thousands of kilometers across -
The Cube Criminals selling fake COVID-19 test certificates at Europe's major airports and stations "Given the widespread technological means available, in the form of high-quality printers and different software, fraudsters are able to produce high-quality counterfeit, forged or fake documents," Europol warned. -
Russia Russians will look to EU's Borrell for stance on Navalny furore | View Philippe Dam, from Human Rights Watch, on what EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell must tell Russia on his visit to Moscow this week. -
World Homelessness and COVID: High infection rates and social marginalisation haunts Paris' homeless Christophe Robert from the Abbé Pierre Foundation says “The crisis is like a ticking time bomb for all those that see their resources diminish and risk no longer being able to pay their rent. -
Earth News French government found guilty of climate inaction in 'historic victory' A Paris court has ruled that France is guilty of not meeting commitments to curb emissions in a groundbreaking lawsuit. -
Portugal Foreign medical personnel sent to Portuguese hospitals as nation grapples with third wave One Portuguese hospital has seen the same amount of patients in January as it did during the whole of last year as the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across the country. -
Italy Mario Draghi: Ex-European Central Bank chief accepts president's mandate to form next government "Winning the pandemic, finishing the vaccination campaign, giving answers to every day's problems of the citizens, relaunching the country are the challenges we face," Draghi said. -
World News France, Poland, Sweden latest EU countries to rule out AstraZeneca jab for elderly The three EU member states join Germany and Italy in their recommendations, citing insufficient clinical trial data. -
World News COVID vaccine: One dose of AstraZeneca jab cuts transmission by two thirds, says latest analysis Primary analysis of phase III trials also showed that the vaccine efficacy is stronger when the period between the two doses is lengthened to 12 weeks. -
No Comment Yangon residents protest against the coup by banging pots and pans People waited until 8 pm (local time) when they began hitting pots and pans on the street. -
Myanmar Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with trade violation and remanded in custody Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi charged with trade violation and remanded in custody -
Myanmar UN Security Council takes no action on Myanmar coup The Myanmar ambassador who is currently in Europe strongly condemned the military’s takeover of the government. -
Earth News This big cat was native to Scotland more than 500 years ago: Could rewilding bring it back? Rewilding the Highlands could involve the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx which died out around 500 years ago. -
Russia Alexei Navalny: Hundreds detained at protests after Putin critic given jail term As many as 918 people were detained, according to the OVD-Info group that monitors arrests. -
Europe News COVID vaccine: von der Leyen reveals EU will have access to 400M doses by June If no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, that's only enough doses to inoculate fewer than half of the EU's 447 million population.