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In line with COVID-19 lockdown measures, non-essential shops, including coffee shops, are currently closed in Amsterdam, although coffee shops are able to provide takeaway and delivery. The citys website currently advises tourists not to travel to the city unless necessary, but Ms Halsema is looking ahead to how Amsterdam might function after the COVID-19 threat subsides. Conversations around restricting access to Amsterdam coffee shops are not new.(Getty) Cannabis in the Netherlands Different ...

Your Thursday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News Top eight stories for today including lawmakers formally introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump following his incitement of supporters who laid siege to the U.S. Capitol; President-elect Joe Biden introduced his attorney general pick Merrick Garland during a speech in which he emphasized the importance of restoring the rule of law; Boeing will pay over $2.5 billion to settle criminal accusations that it mi...

Human rights activists are denouncing FIFA President Gianni Infantino's starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he cl

United Nations health officials are warning against complacency and say vaccines for now cannot be relied on to stop Covid-19. A man wearing a face mask walks past the London Eye in London on Friday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (CN) — With the death toll from the pandemic nearing 2 million, Europe and the Americas are setting new grim records as ever more people fall ill and die from the novel coronavirus. On Friday, London declared a state of emergency with Mayor Sadiq Khan warning that the ca...

‘Anarchy in the USA’: This is how newspapers around world described horrific attack in Washington Nelson Oliveira The deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by violent Trump loyalists dominated newspaper front pages around the world Thursday, with many outlets using words like “chaos,” “anarchy” and “insurrection” to describe the mayhem in Washington, D.C. “Chaos as pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol,” read the headline on The Guardian’s front page. © Provided by...

Lori Hinnant FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center front left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, center front right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. From left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Norways Prime Minister Erna Solberg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polands President Andrzej Duda and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. World le...

2021/01/02 19:27 Police and ambulance personnel line up in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square just before midnight in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2... Police and ambulance personnel line up in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square just before midnight in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. As the world says goodbye to 2020, a year ruined by the coronavirus, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crow...

Dutch authorities to quickly begin vaccinating health staff Police and ambulance personnel line up in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square just before midnight in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. As the world says goodbye to 2020, a year ruined by the coronavirus, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots like the Champs Elysees in Paris and New York Citys Times Square this New Years Eve. (AP P...

McConnell objected to a request by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to unanimously pass the House bill, which passed that chamber earlier this week, that would increase the stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. He objected to a similar request made by Schumer the day prior and instead introduced a bill that combined the three key policies, though a vote hasnt been officially scheduled on the proposal.  Senate Republicans had for months urged limiting the size of the aid payments,...

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