Madeleine McCann investigators ‘are 100% sure’ of killer’s identity

Madeleine McCann investigators ‘are 100% sure’ of killer’s identity

The German authorities say they have the evidence to charge convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner.

  • byPatrick Sawer

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Portugal has nearly run out of people to vaccinate. What comes next?

Portugal has nearly run out of people to vaccinate. What comes next?

The country is dismantling its vaccine centres. Lisbon is triumphant:a city of live music and partying. But it’s not enough.

  • byChico Harlan andMia Alberti
Goal met:European Union achieves 70 per cent vaccination among adults

Goal met:European Union achieves 70 per cent vaccination among adults

Across the bloc’s 27 countries COVID vaccinations rolled out at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world.

  • byElian Peltier
They’re back! Sun-seeking Britons return to Portugal as travel ban ends

They’re back! Sun-seeking Britons return to Portugal as travel ban ends

Twenty-two flights from Britain were due to land in Portugal on Monday,with most heading to the southern Algarve region,famous for its beaches and golf courses.

  • byMarco Trujillo andCatarina Demony
‘We are fed up’:Thousands pray at Portugal’s Fatima shrine for world without COVID-19

‘We are fed up’:Thousands pray at Portugal’s Fatima shrine for world without COVID-19

The Roman Catholic Church teaches the Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917 in Fatima,which was then an impoverished farming village.

  • byCatarina Demony andMiguel Pereira
Stepping out:New footbridge in Portugal not for the faint-hearted

Stepping out:New footbridge in Portugal not for the faint-hearted

The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated on Sunday.

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Amazon coronavirus variant ‘three times more contagious’:minister

Amazon coronavirus variant ‘three times more contagious’:minister

Outside Brazil,the variant was first detected in Brazilian travellers arriving in Japan in January. It has now been found in South Korea,the US and Europe.

  • byMaria Carolina Marcello
'On the brink of disaster':New COVID-19 cases in Europe hit 100,000 a day

'On the brink of disaster':New COVID-19 cases in Europe hit 100,000 a day

European nations are closing schools,cancelling operations and enlisting legions of student medics as overwhelmed authorities face a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.

Greek to the rescue as US runs out of hurricane names

Greek to the rescue as US runs out of hurricane names

"This is just off the charts,"say hurricane researchers.

  • bySeth Borenstein
Trial to decide if Football Leaks hacker is hero or villain

Trial to decide if Football Leaks hacker is hero or villain

A Portuguese hacker whose explosive revelations about European soccer embarrassed players,clubs and officials is fighting to stay out of jail.

  • byBarry Hatton
Madeleine McCann suspect will never talk to police,says lawyer

Madeleine McCann suspect will never talk to police,says lawyer

The lawyer for the prime suspect in the abduction of the British child says his client will never co-operate with the law.

  • byBen Avery andBevan Shields