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Trump appointee rescinds rule shielding gov't news outlets from federal tampering

Pranshu Verma, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 28 06:32 AM

WASHINGTON — The chief of the U.S. Agency for Global Media on Monday rescinded a rule that protects news outlets funded by the government, including Voice of America, from federal tampering.  Read more »

Europeans refocus on new curbs as COVID surges across continent

Crispian Balmer, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 11:54 PM

European governments moved on Tuesday to set new curbs in motion to try to rein in a fast-growing surge of coronavirus infections and provide economic balm to help businesses survive the pandemic.   Read more »

German politicians call for US, Europe to form united front on China

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 27 01:48 PM

Germany's Defense chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer suggests a ‘newly strengthened Western trade alliance’. And top diplomat Heiko Maas says future of transatlantic relations will be ‘determined by the right way of dealing with Beijing’. Read more »

Europe prepares for more pain ahead as COVID surges

James Mackenzie, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 11:52 PM

European leaders warned of difficult months ahead as the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic forced authorities to impose new restrictions to try to curb the spread of the disease.   Read more »

Lufthansa says 30,000 jobs at risk over pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 10:48 PM

Lufthansa has warned that 30,000 jobs are under threat as it scaled down its winter schedule to levels not seen since the 1970s as demand for travel collapses because of the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

European cities plead for more flu shots as winter looms, pandemic rages

Alicja Ptak, Emilio Parodi and Francois Murphy, Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 10:31 PM

A surge in demand for vaccines to ward off the winter flu has led to shortages in some European cities, raising the risk of a potentially lethal "twindemic" as COVID-19 cases spike.  Read more »

Ahead of US election, Europe eyes an ally in climate change fight

Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 09:17 PM

A win for the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, would inject new life into global cooperation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to past climate negotiators. A second term for President Donald Trump, on the other hand, could prove more disruptive than his first by emboldening climate-sceptic countries. Read more »

Facebook launches dating service in Europe

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 22 11:08 AM

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is launching its dating service, Facebook Dating, in 32 countries in Europe after the launch was delayed earlier this year due to regulatory concerns. Read more »

Europe's hospitals under major stress as coronavirus cases surge

Bart H. Meijer and Luis Felipe Castilleja, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 11:52 PM

Europe's hospital systems are at risk of buckling under the strain of soaring numbers of COVID-19 infections that have put the continent once again at the centre of the global pandemic. Read more »

Europe's dying villages woo immigrants to survive

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 21 02:00 PM

"It's not about where you're from, but about using your skills and getting involved... many got work offers because all of a sudden they were involved in a craftsmen's network." Read more »

Europe tightens coronavirus curbs as global cases top 40 million

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 10:56 PM

A number of European countries took urgent new measures on Monday to combat a second wave of coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organization blamed the surge in worldwide cases -- now more than 40 million -- on countries' failure to quarantine infected people properly.   Read more »

Euronext plagued by two glitches Monday, latest exchange to go down

Thyagaraju Adinarayan and John McCrank, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 10:19 AM

Exchange operator Euronext experienced two technical glitches on Monday, one which froze morning transactions in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris and another at the close, when much of the key trading activity happens. Read more »

Europe surges past 250,000 virus deaths as Israel lifts lockdown

Erin Conroy, with Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Oct 19 06:43 AM

Europe passed the milestone of 250,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday as Israel and Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne began to gradually ease their strict lockdowns.   Read more »

Europe crosses 150,000 daily coronavirus cases mark

Anurag Maan, Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 07:40 AM

Europe surpassed 150,000 daily coronavirus cases on Friday just a week after reporting 100,000 cases for the first time, according to Reuters tally, with countries such as France and Germany reporting record daily numbers of infections this week. Read more »

Over half of EU countries 'red' on new COVID-19 travel map: agency

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 16 07:51 AM

STOCKHOLM - More than half of countries in the EU, plus the UK, were on Thursday labeled red in a new map issued by the bloc's disease control agency aimed at guiding decisions on travel restrictions. Read more »

Paris goes under curfew as Europe ramps up virus restrictions

Jürgen Hecker, with Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Oct 15 03:18 PM

France on Wednesday became the latest European country to toughen anti-coronavirus measures, imposing a curfew in Paris and eight other cities from Saturday, while Germany and Ireland also ramped up restrictions.    Read more »

'On brink of disaster': Shaken Europe battles COVID surge

Jan Lopatka and Marine Strauss, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 15 12:35 AM

European nations are extending restrictions well beyond social life to close schools, cancel surgeries and enlist legions of student medics as overwhelmed authorities face their nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.   Read more »

French Airbus workers sign key restructuring deal

Johanna Decorse, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 13 09:56 AM

Major French unions on Monday signed a keenly awaited labour deal with Europe's Airbus covering job reductions and furloughs for production workers affected by coronavirus-blighted demand for passenger jets. Read more »

As coronavirus surges, Europeans ask: 'Where can I get a drink?'

Giles Elgood, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 09:28 PM

A new surge in coronavirus cases means more bars and restaurants across Europe are facing curfews or closures, leaving many of their customers to ask: where can you get a drink around here? Read more »

Nokia wins Orange Belgium's 5G contract, Huawei says fair competition

Supantha Mukherjee and Mathieu Rosemain, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 04:12 PM

Orange Belgium has selected Nokia's radio gear to renew its networks and roll out 5G, the subsidiary of France's Orange said on Friday. Read more »