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March 29, 2021

ICC probing reports of Libyan militia leader killing

The International Criminal Court is probing reports that war crimes suspect and Libyan militia leader Mahmoud al-Werfalli was shot dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, the tribunal’s chief prosecutor said Monday. Security sources told AFP last week that Werfalli,…
March 29, 2021

Arrests over media attacks at Dutch Covid-defiant churches

Dutch police have arrested four people over attacks on journalists at churches that reopened in defiance of government coronavirus advice, police said Monday. A TV reporter was allegedly hit by a car and assaulted in the town of Urk on…
March 29, 2021

No ‘piece of cake’ to free Suez ship: salvage firm

Refloating the giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal will be no “piece of cake” despite some success in moving it, the head of a Dutch firm helping shift the vessel warned Monday. The bow of the Ever Given is…
March 29, 2021

I.Coast’s Gbagbo awaits crucial ICC ruling

The International Criminal Court will rule on Wednesday whether to uphold the acquittal of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal. Gbagbo, 75, and his former youth leader Charles Ble…
March 26, 2021

Whale of a time for Dutch firm in Suez ship rescue

A Dutch super-salvage firm that has worked on some of the most famous wrecks of recent years now faces one of its biggest challenges in the Suez Canal. Netherlands-based firm Smit Salvage has been hired to help shift the 400-metre,…
March 26, 2021

EU backs Pfizer storage at regular freezer temperature

Vials of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine can be kept at normal freezer temperatures for short periods instead of in ultra-cold storage, the EU’s drugs regulator said Friday. The change would help the “rapid roll-out” of vaccines across Europe, where vaccination campaigns…
March 26, 2021

EU agency approves AstraZeneca plant caught in UK row

The EU’s drug watchdog gave the green light Friday to the Dutch Halix factory to produce AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, which has been at the heart of a bitter dispute with Britain. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) also granted approval to…
March 25, 2021

Dutch PM sees UK, EU coming to vaccine deal soon

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday that London and Brussels could agree a deal on vaccine sharing by the weekend “or soon after” to avoid the imposition of an EU embargo. But he said that if Brussels decides to…
March 25, 2021

Suez clearance could take ‘weeks’: salvage firm

The recovery of a huge container vessel blocking the Suez Canal could take “days or weeks”, said the head of a Dutch salvage firm that has sent experts to help. A team from Smit Salvage was to arrive Thursday at…
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