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EU executive calls for complete reopening in summer for vaccinated travelers
The European Commission proposed on Monday that vaccinated people be allowed to travel freely within the bloc without testing and quarantines.
WHO faces restructuring over sluggish response to Covid-19
The World Health Organization faces potential shake-up due to its slow response to Covid-19 pandemic and how to handle future outbreaks in the future.
Iran claims progress in nuclear talks to return to 2015 deal
Iran and the other six world powers, part of a 2015 nuclear deal, have made significant progress in talks to revive the agreement but some issues remain unsolved.
Microsoft, Mastercard join Kamala Harris's Central America strategy
US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to meet top officials from 12 companies and groups including Microsoft, Mastercard and the World Economic Forum on Thursday to boost economic opportunity in Central America's Northern Triangle countries.
US, China trade officials hold first call since Biden took office
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held their first call since President Joe Biden took office earlier this year on Thursday.
China falls short of agreed purchases of US goods under 'phase one' trade deal
China is falling short on the purchases of US goods needed in order to complete the phase one trade deal that it signed in January 2020 and that is set to wind up in December 2021.
Cummings says government failed public over Covid-19
The UK government failed the public disastrously in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Boris Johnson's former adviser Dominic Cummings told MPs.
Netanyahu warns of 'powerful response' if Hamas breaks ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that the country’s response would be "very powerful" if Hamas were to break the ceasefire.
Biden to meet Putin on 16 June in Geneva
US President Joe Biden will meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on 16 June in Geneva, the White House announced on Tuesday.
EU air traffic agency plans re-routes for flights shunning Belarus
The European traffic control agency Eurocontrol suggested on Tuesday that flights by EU and British carriers over Belarus every day should re-rout over the Baltic states.
Spain welcomes UK tourists despite being marked as 'amber' country
Spain is rolling out the welcome mat for UK tourists after officials in Madrid lifted restrictions on travel in a bid to boost the country's economy despite being on Downing Street’s amber list.
Liberty Steel to sell Stocksbridge plant in company-wide overhaul
Liberty Steel Group is to offload a number of its UK plants, including its aerospace and specialist alloys steel business, as it looks to restructure following the collapse of backer Greensill Capital.
Iran - IAEA agree to extend monitoring agreement one month
The United Nations nuclear watchdog (The International Atomic Energy Agency) and Iran agreed on Monday to extend their monitoring agreement by one month.
Iran's Rouhani says US will lift sanctions
Iran's president said on Thursday that the United States was ready to lift sanctions on his country's oil, banking and shipping sectors that were reimposed after the Trump administration withdrew from the nuclear deal signed in 2015.
Trainline says its app 'hard to replicate' as UK govt unveils plan for rival
Online ticket platform Trainline said government plans to introduce a rival web service as part of yet another overhaul of Britain’s fragmented rail system would take "several years" to develop, adding that its own app is a "huge differentiator and hard to replicate".
Trainline shares derailed as UK govt unveils plans for rival app
Trainline shares plunged by almost a third on Thursday after the UK government unveiled plans to set up a rival ticketing app.
EU agrees to ease travel restrictions on non-EU visitors for summer season
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, two EU sources said according to Reuters.
Ban Ki-moon warns 'world is standing on the precipice' of multiple crises
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the world was facing multiple potential disasters and urged global leaders to work on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in the coming decade.
US says China refuses bilateral talks on nuclear weapons
China is resisting bilateral talks with the United States on nuclear weapons, the US disarmament ambassador told a UN conference on Tuesday.
UK prepares to 'flex' vaccination program to tackle Indian Covid-19 variant
UK vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Friday that the government was gearing up to "flex" its inoculation program in order to tackle the new coronavirus variant first detected in India.