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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship due to arrive at Rotterdam port as final destination
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (477+ words) By Charlotte Van Campenhout ROTTERDAM, May 18 (Reuters) " The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius was due to dock in Rotterdam on Monday morning for disinfection, with Dutch authorities preparing quarantine arrangements for the 25 crew members and two medical staff remaining on…...
It's Father Ted, Raphael or Gaza documentaries for Eurovision's boycotters
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (603+ words) By Charlie Devereux, Padraic Halpin and Charlotte Van Campenhout MADRID/DUBLIN/AMSTERDAM, May 15 (Reuters) " Broadcasters boycotting Saturday's Eurovision final over Israel's participation will instead offer their viewers a rerun of the sitcom "Father Ted, an alternative music show featuring Spanish…...
Five Italians die in Maldives diving incident, foreign ministry says
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (112+ words) ROME, May 14 (Reuters) " Five Italian nationals have died following "a scuba diving "accident in the Maldives, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The incident occurred "in "the "Vaavu Atoll, where "the group had been attempting to explore a series of…...
Spain pushes ahead with social media, AI rules despite Big Tech lobbying pressure
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (343+ words) MADRID, May 13 (Reuters) " Spain will push ahead with new rules to make social networks and AI safer despite intense lobbying from the tech industry, its digital transformation "minister Oscar Lopez told Reuters. "The profit of four tech "companies cannot come…...
French minister says it is not certain if hantavirus strain from cruise ship has mutated
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (201+ words) PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) " French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Tuesday that it wasn't certain whether the "hantavirus strain involved in the "outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship may have mutated, although officials were "rather reassured." "There are things…...
Planes with hantavirus cruise passengers land in the Netherlands; hospital quarantines 12
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (413+ words) AMSTERDAM, May 12 (Reuters) " Two planes with 28 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday and a Dutch hospital treating a hantavirus patient "quarantined 12 staffers in a preventative measure....
Eurovision's other Israel-related challenge: new voting rules
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (537+ words) VIENNA, May 11 (Reuters) " This week's Eurovision Song Contest, already stung by boycotts over Israeli participation, is also facing a test of new public-voting rules introduced to address complaints about Israel's ability to mobilise votes in the last competition. The contest,…...
Last two evacuation flights from hantavirus-hit ship to depart Monday afternoon
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (157+ words) (Corrects country reference in paragraph 2 to the Netherlands "instead of "New Zealand) TENERIFE/MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) - The final two flights to evacuate passengers "from "the cruise "ship hit by "a deadly hantavirus outbreak docked near Tenerife w. .. Last two evacuation flights…...
One of repatriated French passengers from hantavirus-hit ship has symptoms, PM says
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (94+ words) PARIS, May 10 (Reuters) - "One "of five French passengers "who "were "on "a cruise ship hit "by "a "hantavirus outbreak "showed "symptoms during a "repatriation flight "on Sunday, French Prime "Minister "Sebastien "Lecornu "said "on X. (Reporting "by. .. One of repatriated French…...
Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
1+ week, 1+ day ago (362+ words) TENERIFE, May 10 (Reuters) " The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived early on Sunday near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Reuters footage showed, where it will anchor "for the evacuation of the passengers and some of the…...