Third Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they will cull 30,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in northern...
Congo president and predecessor agree to split main cabinet posts: sources
Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila reached an agreement on Friday to divide the main security and economic cabinet posts roughly evenly...
UK flights getting back to normal after air traffic control problems
Britain’s air traffic authority NATS said it had done enough to fix an earlier system issue for flights to start returning to normal after technical...
‘Very unhelpful’: Ireland scolds British PM Johnson over Brexit
Ireland said on Friday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit was “very unhelpful” and that the new British leader appeared set on a...
Bayer in frame to win first EU nod for high-precision cancer drug
Europe’s drug regulator has recommended approving Bayer’s Vitrakvi, putting the medicine on track to become the first in Europe to tackle tumours with a specific...
Azerbaijan rescues crew from Iranian ship before it sinks in Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan rescued all nine crew members of an Iranian cargo vessel on Friday before it sunk in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan’s state maritime agency said...
European Investment Bank proposes end to fossil fuel lending
The European Investment Bank has proposed an end to lending for fossil fuel-reliant energy projects by the end of 2020, a draft of the EU...
Turkey ‘neutralizes’ instigator of Erbil attack: Anadolu
Turkey’s military and intelligence agency has “neutralized” the instigator of an attack that killed a Turkish diplomat in Erbil, northern Iraq, state-owned Anadolu news agency...
European panel okays GW Pharma cannabis drug for epilepsy
GW Pharmaceuticals’ marijuana-based treatment Epidyolex has won a positive recommendation for marketing approval from a European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel on Friday for use as...
Azerbaijan rescues nine people from Iranian cargo vessel in distress in Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan rescued nine people from an Iranian cargo vessel after it sent a distress signal when it was in the Caspian sea, Azerbaijan’s state maritime...