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A heat wave has swept southeast Europe, sending people scurrying for shade and cooling off in fountains.

England announced Wednesday that it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and Europe, in a major move that would boost the countrys sagging tourism industry and allow friends and family to reunite after months of separation.

The Hima Cultural Area in Saudi Arabia, the Great Spa Towns of Europe, the Lighthouse of Cordouan in France, the Darmstadt Artists Colony in Germany, and a selection of fresco cycles painted in the 14th century in Italys city of Padua, have been inscribed on the world heritage list.

Despite the European Union said over a week ago that it had hit the target of delivering enough COVID-19 vaccines to cover 70 percent of the blocs adult population, there are concerns that what has been achieved so far will not be enough.

In Athens, a coronavirus vaccine will help get you into a bar. In Prague, it might win you an iPhone. But in some places, youll need it to keep your job.

In Germany, the death toll climbed to 103 as of Friday afternoon local time, with many more people still missing. In Belgium, a national day of mourning has been set for July 20 for the victims of the severe weather in recent days.

European governments are pushing ahead with reopening their economies, banking on a mix of vaccinations, hygiene guidelines and common sense to let life return toward normal amid a surge in covid-19 cases.

As Europe races to vaccinate its residents against covid-19 and outpace the highly infectious delta variant, efforts to inoculate the continent face a major gap: undocumented immigrants.

The European Union is working on a plan to phase out the practice of raising farm animals in cages, a dramatic shift that is not likely to happen anytime soon but would amount to a major victory for animal rights activists.

The number of new coronavirus cases increased across Europe for the first time in 10 weeks, the World Health Organization said Thursday, ending a stretch that had raised hopes the pandemic would recede as vaccinations were on the rise.

The growing threat of the delta coronavirus variant in the European Union has prompted a fresh warning from the blocs disease prevention agency about the pace of vaccinations and not rushing reopenings.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - Over two-thirds of European companies polled are optimistic about their future growth in China and their commitment to the Chinese market remains strong, according to a recent survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China that was released Tuesday.