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Carrier pigeons, a high-flying business in Tampa
Hourly CorrespondentErio Álvarez, now 80, has been a pigeon fancier since he was a teenager. He and devotees from surrounding counties compete against each other, releasing their birds from as far away as Georgia and timing the time it…
Belgium organizes ‘peaceful protest’ following new Covid-19 restrictions
Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated for the third time in central Brussels on Sunday against the tightening of Covid-19 restrictions imposed by the…
Belgium’s decision is good, but Europe failed with Palestine – Kashmir Reader
The Belgian government's decision on November 25 to label products made in illegal Israeli Jewish settlements is welcome, although it will ultimately prove ineffective.Belgium has historically shown its solidarity with Palestine in…
Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – data as of December 11, 2021 (12:00 p.m.)
Confirmed cases have been reported by 22 countries: Austria (17), Belgium (30), Croatia (3), Czechia (5), Cyprus (3), Denmark (195), Estonia (15), Finland (20), France (59), Germany (77), Greece (3), Iceland (20), Ireland (6), Italy (13),…
Denmark reports ‘concerning’ peak in Omicron variant as cases triple in 48 hours
Published on: 12/05/2021 - 4:24 PM
Danish health officials said on Sunday the country had seen a worrying increase to…
Belgium closes primary schools a week earlier due to Covid
Belgium tightened its restrictions on coronaviruses for the third week in a row today to tackle one of the worst spikes in Covid-19 cases in Europe.
"We cannot allow the train of infection which is raging in our country to continue at its…
Belgium is on the right track, but Palestine has failed Europe
EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff visits Palestinian communities threatened by settlement expansion around East Jerusalem. (Photo: via EUD Palestine)
By Ramzy BaroudBelgian government decision November 25 to label products…
Meet AFS students from West Hartford: Amira Amri from Germany – We-Ha
This is the first article in our series this year, “Opening Our Homes and Minds: West Hartford AFS International Students and Their Host Families”.Interviewed and edited by Jamie Cohen, AFS foster mother and volunteer (now), foster sister…
New, fast-spreading variant has countries closing their borders and imposing travel restrictions
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Last update 10 hours agoA new variant of COVID-19 - which the WHO has called Omicron - causes PennsylvaniamI among the travel industry, creating travel restrictions and closing borders.
The UK…