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New year Brexit changes ‘permanently damage’ EU trade, says food body
Global economy to grow by about 4% in 2022, says thinktank
Australia-donated Pfizer vaccines arrive in Cambodia, to be dispatched to front line states with Thailand - Khmer Times
Billionaire Tory donor knighted in new year honours list
China is working on 'brain-control weaponry' that 'paralyzes and controls opponents' rather than killing them, US says
Drunk tourist broke into Romanian dictator's palace thinking it was his hotel
Paraguay now produces 100% renewable electric energy
Fast-moving wildfires force evacuations in northern Colorado
Ozone layer hole that was once larger than Antarctica has finally closed
Sebastian Coe calls political boycott of Winter Olympics ‘meaningless’
Support For Marijuana Legalization In Australia Nearly Doubles In Six Years
Downing Street initially opposed Stephen Lawrence inquiry
Gaza border violence erupts after Palestinian president visits Israel
Ghislaine Maxwell guilty in sex-trafficking trial – live updates
Activists denounce China’s secret residential surveillance system
Tony Blair considered asking Queen to open Stormont assembly
Taliban militants open fire on protesting women in Kabul
‘She had big dreams’: parents of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, teen killed by LAPD, speak out
French citizens must work from home 3 days a week as COVID cases surge again
Iran and Iraq again agree to connect their railway networks | The project would connect Basra in southern Iraq to Shalamcheh in western Iran. The railway would be strategically important for Iran, linking the country to the Mediterranean Sea via Iraq and Syria’s railways.
MoD under fire for spending almost £13m on hire cars for staff
Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined US$170 billion in damages, according to a new study.
‘Other surfers respect me’: the 92-year-old still riding waves in New Zealand
E.O. Wilson, Naturalist Dubbed a ‘Modern-Day Darwin’, Dies at 92
Fauci says Omicron surge will continue and Americans must not be complacent
Authorities in Burkina Faso have declared a two-day period of mourning after suspected militants killed at least 41 members of a government-backed civilian militia in the country's desert north this week
Police ‘ineptitude’ contributed to Stephen Port murders, says producer
Saudi-led coalition launches 'large-scale' assault on Yemen after a projectile killed two people in the kingdom, in the first such deaths in three years
No comfort at the bottom of the feed: how to prevent information overload in the time of Covid
The Chinese city of Xi'an, where 13 million residents are currently confined to their homes, announced tightened restrictions on Sunday as the country recorded its biggest Covid-19 infection numbers in 21 months
Ashes 2021-22 third Test, day one: Australia v England – live!
Now Tory MPs warn: don’t toughen Covid new year rules
Under-30s drive surge in people getting their first Covid jab
Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied two months after a military coup, demanding soldiers "go back to the barracks" and calling for a transition to civilian rule. Waving flags, beating drums, dancing and chanting, crowds marched through Khartoum despite a heavy deployment of security forces
Suicide bomber kills at least six in eastern Congo on Christmas Day
Trudeau says China ‘playing’ Western states against each other
Russian court slaps social media giants Google, Meta with $127 million in fines over failure to delete banned content
US applies to China for 18 officials to attend Winter Olympics after Joe Biden declares diplomatic boycott
Thousands of flights scrapped globally as Omicron mars Christmas weekend
Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments
Australia’s Christmas Day weather forecast: sunshine, storms and a scorcher
All US forces in Japan had been exempted from virus tests since September
NSW reports 6,288 Covid cases on Christmas Day as Australia hits record infections
China won't lose a new cold war because its not the Soviet Union, says ambassador to the US .
Russian priest who adopted 70 children jailed for abuse
Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for rich foreigners resumes
Amazon warned workers that its busy season could make them feel suicidal
Singer Lisa Gentile is fourth woman to accuse Chris Noth of sexual assault
Cuba soars to near top of COVID vaccination charts on decades-old bet
Israeli drug prevents 100% of COVID patients from deteriorating in trial
‘I heard a meow’: Kentucky man finds his cat unscathed in rubble nine days after tornado
US diplomat arrested on suspicion of selling fake passport in Turkey
Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phones got a vital warning
Covid self-isolation cut to seven days with negative test in England
No new Covid restrictions before Christmas, Boris Johnson confirms
‘A moral issue to correct’: the long tail of Elena Ceaușescu’s fraudulent scientific work
Don’t put a cork in it: why Australia still loves its boxed ‘goon’ wine | Adele Wessell
JonBenét Ramsey: DNA testing could be used to solve case, police say
Canada: Marijuana Sales for October Top CA$364 Million, Sets New Monthly Record
FDA expected to approve Covid treatment pills within days
Cuba has vaccinated most against Covid-19, more than most large, rich countries
Russia Demands Immediate “Urgent” Talks with NATO, says “the alternative is a military-technical and military response from Russia.”
Electric vehicle sales outpace those of diesel cars in Europe for the first time
Satellite imagery has revealed a new series of roads in the Colombian Amazon cutting through national parks and an Indigenous reserve
China’s ‘oldest living person’, a Xinjiang Uygur woman born in the 1800s during Qing dynasty, dies at reported age of 135
Russia’s national hockey team raises eyebrows wearing USSR jerseys to a match with Finland
Omicron infections appear no less severe than Delta; COVID-19 lowers sperm count, motility
China powers up fourth-generation nuclear reactor in steady zero-carbon push
Grieving family members blocked a major road in Guatemala with the coffins of victims of a weekend massacre by a rival group to draw attention to violence plaguing their indigenous community. Thirteen people, including four children were killed in the attack near the Mexican border
First coral IVF babies on Great Barrier Reef have produced next generation
North Korea bans laughing for 11 days during mourning for anniversary of Kim Jong-il's death – video
Pope Francis says domestic violence against women ‘almost satanic’
Kentucky tornadoes: babies in bathtub survive after twister blows them outside
Covid news live: Omicron ‘raging around the world’, Fauci says; Belgian protests turn violent
Failure to create safe routes ‘forcing Afghans to make perilous journeys to UK’
Leftist Boric wins Chile presidential election after far-right rival Kast concedes defeat
Elizabeth Warren tests positive for Covid amid US Omicron surge
Chile election: leftist Boric leads presidential runoff
Anti-vaxxers block-book appointments to stop people getting life-saving Covid jab
Leftist millennial Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile’s next president, defeating far-right opponent
Germany tightens restrictions on travel from UK to curb Omicron spread
Gas explosion in sewer kills 12 in Pakistan's largest city
Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's 'anti-trans positions'
The 50 best films of 2021 in the US: the full list
Met police officer sacked for using racial slur in WhatsApp message
US begins returning $10m of antiquities stolen from Italy
Vaccine rollout data by country shows who has vaccinated faster – and why – exposing the global Covid-19 divide
What Omicron’s Covid ‘tsunami’ could mean for the UK
Teeth grinding - the sound of the pandemic | Brigid Delaney
Four children killed in house fire in Sutton, south London
UK changes tack over Northern Ireland protocol with push for ‘interim’ deal
How has North Korea's Kim Jong-un held on to power so long? – video
Report: Ukraine opens bomb shelters in Kiev after a Ukrainian minster and ex-spy warned that a Russian invasion could start a global conflict
Wales to impose 2-metre rule in offices and close nightclubs from 27 December
Uyghur Activist Idris Hasan to Be Deported to China From Morocco
New Zealand honours ‘extraordinary’ bravery of 10 during Christchurch attacks
Rape survivors arriving in UK on small boats neglected by authorities – report
US Navy warship fires laser weapon to destroy floating target in Gulf of Aden where Iran-backed Houthi rebels have used bomb-laden drone boats to attack ships
US releases 1,500 documents about JFK assassination inquiry
Biden nominates Caroline Kennedy to be ambassador to Australia
US sanctions Chinese drugmakers amid addiction epidemic
Wuhan lab leak 'now the most likely origin of Covid', MPs told
Lithuanian diplomats leave China as relations sour over Taiwan
Gas crisis fuels call for UK to update energy security policy
All EU nations must legally recognize same-sex parents, rules top European court | The top court in the European Union ruled Tuesday that same-sex parents and children must be legally recognized across all member states as a family.
Scott Morrison to travel to Queensland despite being a casual Covid-19 contact
Japan makes record $3.4 bln pledge to World Bank arm for low-income countries
The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Russian private military contractor Wagner Group as well as on eight individuals and three other energy companies in Syria accused of helping to finance the mercenaries in Ukraine, Libya and Syria
A regional court in the German city of Trier on Monday handed out prison sentences to eight individuals for running a "darknet" web hub. The facility's servers enabled online trading involving drugs, contract killings, money laundering, and images of child abuse
A regional court in the German city of Trier on Monday handed out prison sentences to eight individuals for running a "darknet" web hub. The facility's servers enabled online trading involving drugs, contract killings, money laundering, and images of child abuse
A regional court in the German city of Trier on Monday handed out prison sentences to eight individuals for running a "darknet" web hub. The facility's servers enabled online trading involving drugs, contract killings, money laundering, and images of child abuse
New Zealand authorities investigate claims man received 10 Covid vaccinations in one day
US 'cut Taiwan minister video over map'
Tiger who ate seven pets in local village released back into the wild
Scientists fear falling trust in Boris Johnson could harm bid to curb Omicron surge
The search is on for $50m in lost cryptocurrency after two Australian exchanges collapse
‘An unfilled-in vision’: can Christopher Luxon lead New Zealand’s National party back to power?
Independent tribunal finds China has committed genocide against Uyghurs
UK clinics defy guidance and give under-40s their Covid booster jabs now
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll
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