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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A suspected pirate wounded during an exchange of gunfire last month with the Danish navy off West Africa has been transferred to a hospital in Ghana, authorities said.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is ditching its annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and assorted elites in Davos, Switzerland, for the second year in a row, citing uncertainties about the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

A forthcoming vaccine mandate for health workers in England has prompted fears of a staff revolt within the UK’s health service. Top NHS figures have warned the coming vaccine mandate for health workers in England will prompt a staff revolt

Boris Johnson has put Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Secretary Liz Truss, a former Liberal Democrat and Remain voter, in charge of Britain’s relationship with the European Union following the resignation of Lord Frost.

The implementation of vaccine passports in France is a “disguised” mandate, the country’s Minister of Health admitted on Sunday.

In a period of just 48 hours, the Italian island of Lampedusa is said to have seen around 500 migrants arrive on its shores after a brief break arrivals in recent weeks.

Pope Francis closed a number of loopholes Saturday to lock in a prohibition of the traditional Latin Mass, which has been celebrated by Catholics for centuries.

The Austrian government has announced that it will allow unvaccinated people to enjoy Christmas and New Year’s Eve without being under lockdown restrictions — but some limitations will still apply.

Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, the last remaining African cardinal to head up a Vatican dicastery, announced Sunday he has tendered his resignation to Pope Francis.

Pope Francis urged a group of university students Sunday to fight off the “virus of individualism” by giving their lives in service of others.

The first witnesses in the trial of former Italian deputy prime minister and minister of the interior Matteo Salvini have been heard, with Admiral Sergio Liardo claiming that Salvini was not alone in responsibility for blocking an NGO migrant taxi in 2019.

Players of the the fictional sport quidditch are looking to “distance” themselves from Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling and rename their pursuit, upset her rejection of transgenderism does not align with their beliefs.

Britain’s health secretary, Sajid Javid, has railed against the unvaccinated for the “impact” he says they are having on fellow citizens, guilt-tripping them to “really think about the damage they are doing to society”. 

British negotiators have dropped a red line Brexit demand, allowing the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to have the final say on some matters in Northern Ireland.

Piers Corbyn has been arrested over footage in which he apparently called for people to “burn down” the homes of pro-lockdown politicians.

Boris Johnson’s future as Prime Minister was thrown into further question late Saturday night after it emerged that Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost has resigned

Jihadi bride Tareena Shakil, free after serving less than half of her short jail sentence, says she “regrets” joining the Islamic State.

Leading political figures in Germany have signalled that they would support a vaccine registry to collect a list of those vaccinated.

VIENNA (AP) – Germany is tightening travel restrictions for people coming from Britain in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant there.

An Irish grandma who violated the nation’s mask mandate is to spend Christmas behind bars after being sentenced to a year in prison.

Veterans and victims have reacted with outrage and dismay after former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams featured in an allegedly “light-hearted” video singing a slogan associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) terror organisation.

Central London descended into chaotic scenes on Saturday after police squared off with demonstrators in a large-scale protest against the latest coronavirus restrictions.

Former Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico was arrested on live television this week after attempting to give a statement ahead of a planned protest that would defy the country’s Wuhan virus restrictions.

Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste) Leo Varadkar has warned of a “long war” with the coronavirus, during which the government may allow “periods of freedom” for the people.

AP showcases Pope Francis’s clampdown on the traditional Latin Mass as one of his most significant accomplishments in 2021.

The University of Oxford is reportedly considering using “woke scores” when judging the qualifications of prospective academics.

The toppling of a statue during a Black Lives Matter protest last year was an “act of love”, a UK court has been told.

The Danish government is hammering out a deal to transfer hundreds of foreign criminals to a prison rented and run by the Danish authorities in Kosovo. 

LONDON (AP) – Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, triggering calls for protests from Paris to Barcelona.

The British government is reportedly drafting plans for a two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown amid doomsday predictions from scientific advisors.

An illegal migrant armed with a rifle shot several times at French police officers in the city centre of Carpentras on Wednesday morning after they stopped a brawl.

ROME (AP) – Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conservatives and traditionalists.

The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office has demanded a sentence of at least 15 years for alleged people-trafficker Vo Van Hong, who is accused of being connected to the deaths of 39 people in a truck in southern England in 2019.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned that the Tories may be “doomed” at the next general election unless they deal with the migrant crisis in the English Channel, claiming that “six hundred migrants” landed in Britain on Thursday.

Italian State Police, on behalf of the Naples Prosecutor’s Office, have conducted 40 searches and made 67 seizures of fake coronavirus health passes, identifying at least 120 buyers of the forgeries.

Police in Italy searched the home of a suspected serial sexual predator Friday who allegedly posed as a gynecologist to persuade numerous women to undergo vaginal exams through a weblink.