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10 hours agoUK seafood trucks protest at Parliament over Brexit red tapeTrucks owned by British shellfish firms have descended on Parliament to protest Brexit-related red tape they claim is suffocating their businesses.
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18 hours agoN. Korea's parliament rubber stamps new development plans North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear deterrent and establ...
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1 day agoBrazil’s health agency approves the use of two vaccinesBrazil’s health regulator has approved the urgent use of coronavirus vaccines made by Sinovac and AstraZeneca, enabling Latin America’s largest nation to begin an immuniz...
1 day agoPalestinian president briefs Egypt, Jordan on election planPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has hosted the Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence chiefs in the West Bank to brief them on plans to hold the first Palestinian electi...
1 day agoGuatemala forces stall migrant caravan with tear gas, batonsGuatemalan police and soldiers have used tear gas and wielded batons and shields against a group of Honduran migrants that tried to push through their roadblock.
1 day agoBiden vows rapid steps to battle virus after inaugurationPresident-elect Joe Biden plans immediate moves to curb the coronavirus pandemic within days after he’s sworn in Wednesday.
1 day agoRodin Museum sculpture garden reopens to publicThere is a ray of light for Parisians who, like the rest of the French nation this weekend, begin to observe a tightened coronavirus curfew.
1 day agoThe Latest: China reports a few new cases of COVID-19China is reporting 109 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, two-thirds of them in a northern province that abuts Beijing.
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2 days agoIndia starts world's largest COVID-19 vaccination driveIndia has started inoculating health workers in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort ...
2 days agoUS calls Bahrain, UAE 'major security partners'The United States has called Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates “major security partners."
2 days agoIn Mexico, women take the front lines as vigilantesIn the birthplace of Mexico’s vigilante ’self-defense’ movement, a new group has emerged entirely made of women, who carry assault rifles and man roadblocks, to fend off ...
2 days agoMexico clears general, publishes US evidence against himMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of fabricating drug trafficking charges against the country’s former d...
2 days agoDamaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescueDamaged roads, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment are hampering Indonesia’s rescuers after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake left at least 49 dead and hundreds injured ...
3 days agoAP EXCLUSIVE: Maduro ally presses for dialogue with BidenA close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he’s hopeful the Biden administration will roll back a “cruel” sanctions policy and open the door to diplomacy.
3 days ago'This is not a game': Global virus death toll hits 2 millionThe global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 2 million.
3 days agoTurkish leader eyes favorably Greek PM meet amid tensionsTurkey’s president is indicating that he would be open to easing months of tensions with neighboring Greece over energy resources in the east Mediterranean by floating th...
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2 days agoChina strips license of lawyer for Hong Kong activistA Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist has been stripped of his license amid efforts by Beijing to crush opposition to its tighter control ov...
