Europe

Spokesman derides anti-Iran circus in Europe arranged by MKO terrorists

Jul 11, 2021 06:35

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry lashed out at certain Western politicians, including former US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, for selling themselves cheap for a Europe-hosted circus organized by the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group.
Nordic countries endure heat wave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914

Jul 07, 2021 18:22

Kevo in Lapland recorded a temperature of 33.6C after Finland registered record heat in June.
Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?

Jul 07, 2021 13:52

Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
Migratory birds aid redistribution of plants to new climates

Jul 04, 2021 08:43

Birds that travel long distances can disperse seeds far and wide. An assessment of the timing and direction of European bird migration reveals how these patterns might affect seed dispersal as the planet warms.
WHO sounds alarm on Euro 2020 as COVID cases rise again in Europe

Jul 02, 2021 05:43

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls for better monitoring of Euro 2020 football matches as COVID cases rise again in Europe, fueled by the deadly Delta variant that is racing around the globe.
Delta variant of COVID spreading rapidly and detected in 74 countries

Jun 18, 2021 08:56

While health authorities around the world are collecting and sharing data on the spread of the new coronavirus variant, the fear is that in countries in the developing world with less robust monitoring systems, the Delta variant may already have spread much further than has been reported.
WHO chief says vaccine inequality has caused ‘two-track pandemic’

Jun 08, 2021 11:37

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says vaccine inequality between rich and poor countries has created “a two-track pandemic.”
Several European countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in near future

Jun 01, 2021 11:43

Western diplomatic sources in Syria say they expect a number of European countries to reopen diplomatic missions in Damascus in the “near future” after President Bashar al-Assad won a landslide re-election victory last week.
Bodies of babies, toddlers wash up on Libyan beach after refugee shipwreck

May 25, 2021 19:35

Charity organizations have posted photographs of the bodies of babies and toddlers having washed up on a beach in Libya after a shipwreck, highlighting the human toll of the refugee crisis at Europe’s doorstep.
Study warns that Arctic has been warming 3 times faster than rest of Earth

May 23, 2021 09:31

Over the past five decades, the Arctic has warmed three times faster than the world as a whole, leading to rapid and widespread melting of ice and other far-reaching consequences that are important not only to local communities and ecosystems but to the fate of life on planet Earth.