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Chile: Leftist millennial vows to remake country after historic win

20th December 2021

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Belarus claims diplomat hurt in ‘attack’ on London embassy

20th December 2021

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South Africa: Ramaphosa back to work after COVID isolation

20th December 2021

FILE – A damaged inflatable small boat is pictured on the shore in Wimereux, northern France, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 in Calais, northern France. The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has received a manslaughter lawsuit for failure to help in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English Channel that cost the lives of at least 27 people trying to reach Britain. The manslaughter lawsuit, filed Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 by the French humanitarian organization Utopia 56, accuses the maritime prefect of the Channel and North Sea, the Regional Operational Centre for Surveillance and Rescue of Gris-Nez in the Pas-de-Calais and the British Coast Guard of not doing enough to prevent the deaths. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

English Channel rescuers accused of manslaughter in migrant deaths

20th December 2021

FILE – An exterior view of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in Amsterdam’s business district, Netherlands, on April 20, 2021. The European Union’s drugs regulator was meeting Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 to consider giving the green light to a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc by granting conditional marketing authorization to the two-dose vaccine made by U.S. biotech company Novavax. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

EU approves 5th COVID-19 vaccine for bloc, one by Novavax

20th December 2021

In this photo taken from video footage released by the Roscosmos Space Agency, Russian space agency rescue team help spaceflight participant Yozo Hirano to get from the capsule shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-20 space capsule about 150 km ( 80 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP)

Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth

20th December 2021

FILE – Travelers walk with their luggage in the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant

20th December 2021

Members of New People’s Party, from left, Judy Chan, Eunice Yung, Lai Tung-kwok, Regina Ip, Dominic Lee and Marcus Liu pose for a photograph during a press conference after winning the legislative election in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Pro-Beijing candidates dominated Hong Kong’s legislative elections, beating out moderates and independents in the city’s first public poll after Beijing passed a resolution to amend the city’s election laws. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections

20th December 2021

Commuters, some wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, walk at Westminster underground station in central London, Monday Dec. 20, 2021. Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Britain: With Christmas in the balance, nations eye UK omicron surge

20th December 2021

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Pope appoints Nigerian priest permanent rep at UN, WTO

20th December 2021

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Death toll from Typhoon Rai rises to 208 in Philippines

Death toll from Typhoon Rai rises to 208 in Philippines

20th December 2021

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S. Africa’s Ramaphosa back at work after COVID-19 self-isolation

20th December 2021

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10 missing, 41,000 evacuated due to heavy floods in Malaysia

20th December 2021

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Fast tides displace 53,000 people in Papua

20th December 2021

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Somali forces kill 6 al-Shabab militants in southern region

20th December 2021

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British architect Richard Rogers dies at age 88

19th December 2021

French DJ David Guetta reacts during an interview with a journalist at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Guetta, who has a special show airing New Year’s Eve that he shot at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, defended his participation in Saudi music festivals in an interview with The Associated Press amid criticism by human rights activists of performers entertaining in the kingdom. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

DJ David Guetta lauds Saudi reforms ahead of show in kingdom

19th December 2021

Pakistan: Death toll in sewer gas blast jumps to 17

Pakistan: Death toll in sewer gas blast jumps to 17

19th December 2021

Sudanese plan anti-coup protests on uprising anniversary

Sudanese plan anti-coup protests on uprising anniversary

19th December 2021

Iraq: 2 rockets strike inside Green Zone

Iraq: 2 rockets strike inside Green Zone

19th December 2021

Iran announces 1st case of omicron variant

Iran announces 1st case of omicron variant

19th December 2021

Israeli army arrests 4 suspects in deadly West Bank shooting

Israeli army arrests 4 suspects in deadly West Bank shooting

19th December 2021

A mourner prays in front of offerings near a building where a fire broke out, in Osaka, western Japan Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime arson suspect after a fire engulfed a mental clinic in the eight-story building where he was a patient, killing more than 20 people who were trapped inside. (Kyodo News via AP)

Osaka arson suspect identified, buildings to be checked

19th December 2021

Residents stand amid damaged homes following Typhoon Rai in Talisay, Cebu province, central Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. The strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 villagers had fled to safety before the onslaught, officials said. (AP Photo/Jay Labra)

Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 100, mayors appeal for aid

19th December 2021

Banners of pro-establishment candidates, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, right, and Cham Hok-fung are displayed on a street for the legislative election in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Hong Kong was voting Sunday in the first election since Beijing amended the laws that reduced the number of directly elected lawmakers and vetted candidates to ensure that only those loyal to China can run. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong votes for legislature with only loyalists approved

19th December 2021

Unidentified people depart on route to the airport from the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters at Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2021. Twelve remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed, according to the group and to Haitian police. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Ex-hostages doing well, have left Haiti, mission agency says

18th December 2021

A government digital poster encouraging people to wear face masks to curb the spread of coronavirus, is displayed in a bus stop in London, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. After the U.K. recorded its highest number of confirmed new COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, France announced Thursday that it would tighten entry rules for those coming from Britain. Hours later, the country set another record, with a further 88,376 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported Thursday, almost 10,000 more than the day before. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

18th December 2021

FILE – In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a view of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. A Russian troop buildup near Ukraine has fueled Ukrainian and Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied planning such an attack. (Vadim Savitskiy/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia envoy: Moscow may up the ante if West ignores demands

18th December 2021

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