Eileen Fell

LONDON — European stocks were cautiously higher on Wednesday, with investors continuing to digest the latest news around the new omicron Covid variant.The pan-European Stoxx 600 added 0.3% in early trade, with health care stocks gaining…
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But the summit is in danger of being dead on arrival. For all its professed good intentions, the gathering is coming under intense fire from those who call its very concept naive, preachy, even risky, in part because of its prejudicial,…
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Biden warns Putin against threatening UkraineIn a tense, two-hour video conference yesterday, President Biden warned Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, that an invasion of Ukraine would result in heavy economic penalties for Russia and…
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French police on Tuesday arrested a man that they believe to be a member of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, according to sources cited by the AFP news agency. But…
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South Korea broke its daily coronavirus case record after hitting more than 7,000 new cases on Wednesday.  “Last week, the level of daily increase reached 5,000 and today the tally came out over 7,000 – the viral spread has been fierce,”…
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WARNING: Some details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. A Vancouver woman is facing extensive surgery in Mexico after being attacked.Jamie Coutts was on vacation with a friend in Playa del Carmen when a man…
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Lawmakers in Chile on Tuesday approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage and grant couples parental rights ahead of the nation's presidential runoff on December 19. File Photo by Alberto Valdes/EPA-EFE Dec. 7…
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The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, passed the bill with 82 votes in favor, 20 against, and 2 abstentions. The bill had already been approved by Chile's Senate. The motion was first presented in 2017 by socialist president…
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