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January 17, 2021

UK virus variant infects scores at Belgian retirement home

More than 100 people have been infected with the UK strain of the coronavirus at a Belgian retirement home, its director told AFP on Sunday. Three residents died after the virus began spreading at the De Groene Verte home in…

January 17, 2021

DR Congo honours Lumumba 60 years on from his assassination

The Democratic Republic of Congo honoured independence hero Patrice Lumumba on Sunday, marking 60 years since he was assassinated in a plot linked to the fledgling nation’s colonial master Belgium. President Felix Tshisekedi paid tribute to the charismatic politician at…

January 17, 2021

UK virus variant kills 3, infects scores at Belgian retirement home

The UK variant of the coronavirus has claimed the lives of three residents at a retirement home in northwestern Belgium and infected 111 people including 39 staff members, its director Jurgen Duyck told AFP on Sunday. The cluster represents two-thirds…

January 17, 2021

Europe vaccine rollout shifts up a gear as supply worries linger

France and Russia prepared to beef up their coronavirus inoculation programmes next week, even as authorities sought to allay concerns about supplies of the vaccines while the global pandemic shows no sign of being brought under control. With infections surging…

January 16, 2021

India starts huge vaccine drive as European rollout stutters

India kicked off one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday, as US drugs giant Pfizer moved to calm fears in Europe about delays to deliveries of their vaccine. The United Nations is intensifying its push to speed up…

January 16, 2021

Belgian court postpones verdict in Iran diplomat case

A Belgian court on Saturday postponed until next month the verdict in the trial of an Iranian diplomat accused of plotting to bomb an exiled opposition group’s rally in France. The case has caused tensions between Iran and several European…

January 16, 2021

Belgian cafe owner holds sleep-in to protest virus shutdown

A fed-up cafe owner in Belgium is sleeping in her premises with little food, in protest at the months-long shutdown of her sector to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “To remain like this, without working, losing everything — every…

January 15, 2021

Family seeks justice for Lumumba, DR Congo’s murdered hero

Will justice ever be served for Patrice Lumumba? Aged just 35, the charismatic hero of Belgian Congo’s independence was assassinated 60 years ago in a plot linked to the fledgling nation’s colonial master. He was shot by firing squad by…

January 14, 2021

Tintin painting sells for record 3.2 mln euros at auction

An original painting by Tintin creator Herge sold for a record 3.2 million euros ($3.9 million) at an online auction on Thursday, auction house Artcurial announced. The item, intended as a front cover for “The Blue Lotus” volume from 1936,…

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