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Philippines extends ban on flights from U.K. to avoid new COVID-19 variant 26 Dec 2020 - 05:03 pm
A woman undergoes a swab test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at a testing station, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Sweden confirms first case of variant coronavirus in visitor from UK 26 Dec 2020 - 04:44 pm
Control patrols and vehicles at the border crossing on the Oresund Bridge, which connects Denmark and Sweden (Copenhagen and Malm?). AFP / Johan NILSSON
Iran extends traffic curfew to 330 cities to sustain virus decline 26 Dec 2020 - 04:23 pm
An Iranian woman, wearing a protective face mask, shops at a store selling Christmas decorations in the capital Tehran on December 22, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Jordan arrests journalist for alleging officials vaccinated 26 Dec 2020 - 04:18 pm
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Series of explosions target police in Kabul; at least 4 dead 26 Dec 2020 - 03:29 pm
A member of Afghan security force stands guard at the site of an attack in Kabul on December 20, 2020. A car bomb targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed nine people and wounded more than a dozen in Kabul on December 20, officials said, the latest attack to r
British cold war double agent George Blake dies in Moscow 26 Dec 2020 - 03:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Soviet secret agent George Blake gestures as he speaks at a presentation of a book of letters written by other spies from a British prison, in Moscow June 28, 2001.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout 26 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
Hungarian soldiers carry the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at the Del-Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak/Pool via REUTERS
Tokyo Covid-19 cases hit record, new strain arrives before New Year holiday 26 Dec 2020 - 02:59 pm
Passersby wearing protective face masks walk on the Shibuya crossing, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 26, 2020. Kyodo/via Reuters
Philippines evaluating emergency use for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine 26 Dec 2020 - 02:36 pm
A health worker wearing a protective suit amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic disinfects her hands at a testing station, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Lebanon confirms first case of new COVID-19 variant 26 Dec 2020 - 02:27 pm
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3 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic 26 Dec 2020 - 02:18 pm
Forces of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol in Bangui, on December 22, 2020. AFP / ALEXIS HUGUET
First confirmed cases in Spain of British virus variant: regional govt 26 Dec 2020 - 02:08 pm
A man walks past a new work by Italian street artist TvBoy depicting Santa Claus carrying the Covid-19 vaccine in his sack, in Barcelona on December 24, 2020. / AFP / Josep LAGO
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill 26 Dec 2020 - 12:52 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 09, 2020, a banner against renters eviction reading “no job, no rent” is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, DC. AFP / Eric Baradat
Thai protest demands help for shrimp sellers after virus outbreak 26 Dec 2020 - 12:41 pm
People line up to buy shrimps from anti government protesters selling shrimps in front of government house amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand December 26, 2020. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Three seriously injured in Berlin shooting in Berlin, fire service says 26 Dec 2020 - 08:48 am
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In Bullet Points: The key terms of the Brexit deal 25 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
In this file photo taken on June 28, 2016 a man waves both a Union flag and a European flag together on College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London. (AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS)
4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking 25 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
A picture taken at the port of Sfax in central Tunisia show the recovered bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized at sea, on December 24, 2020. (AFP / HOUSSEM ZOUARI)
Three people injured in Nashville explosion 25 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
In this photo from the Twitter page of the Nashville Fire Department, damage is seen on a street after an explosion in Nashville, Tennessee on December 25, 2020.
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