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Post-Brexit borders to divide EU, UK citizens 24 Dec 2020 - 07:30 pm
The hat of anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray is pictured outside the gates of Downing Street in London, Britain December 24, 2020. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)
EU and Britain seal post-Brexit trade deal 24 Dec 2020 - 07:24 pm
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gives a statement on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels, Belgium December 24, 2020. Francisco Seco/ via REUTERS
Serbia begins COVID-19 vaccination drive, with PM first in line 24 Dec 2020 - 04:27 pm
A medical worker disinfects the window of a testing booth while waiting for patients to test for coronavirus at the Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera “Torlak” in Belgrade on December 24, 2020.
British Airways cargo staff strike from Christmas Day 24 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
This file picture taken on March 29, 2010 shows British Airways aircraft sitting parked at London Heathrow Airport during the third day of a four-day strike. AFP / Adrian DENNIS
Denmark finds 33 cases of new variant of coronavirus 24 Dec 2020 - 02:46 pm
Travellers from Denmark are controlled by Swedish police wearing protective masks at the border control point at Hyllie station on Decmber 22, 2020. Sweden OUT / AFP / TT News Agency / Johan NILSSON
Pope promises to visit Lebanon, South Sudan, as soon as possible 24 Dec 2020 - 02:42 pm
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French medical regulator approves COVID-19 vaccine 24 Dec 2020 - 01:46 pm
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UK-France border to stay open at Christmas to clear truck logjam 24 Dec 2020 - 01:43 pm
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Refugee camp burned down as Bosnia struggles to house migrants 23 Dec 2020 - 06:00 pm
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Three French police shot dead while responding to domestic violence call 23 Dec 2020 - 03:27 pm
French Gendarmes speak with a man at the Gendarmerie in Ambert, central France on December 23, 2020, after three gendarmes were killed and a fourth wounded by a gunman they confronted in response to a domestic violence call in Saint-Just. AFP / Olivier Ch
Russia says expects 'nothing good' from Biden 23 Dec 2020 - 02:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks, before the holiday, at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP / Alex Edelman
Ninety-year-old woman first in Switzerland to get COVID-19 shot 23 Dec 2020 - 02:27 pm
This handout photograph taken and distributed on December 23, 2020 by the Canton of Lucerne shows an unidentified care home resident in her 90s receiving the jab at the start of the Swiss Covid-19 vaccination campaign. AFP PHOTO / Canton of Lucerne / Key
Czechs extend emergency, close shops as cases soar 23 Dec 2020 - 02:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health care worker collects a swab sample during a voluntary rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, December 16, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
Anger boils over in Dover as stranded truckers demand to leave UK 23 Dec 2020 - 12:43 pm
Traffic queues trying to enter the port of Dover in Kent, south east England, on December 23, 2020, that is still cordoned after the UK and France agreed a protocol to reopen the border to accompanied freight arriving in France from the UK requiring all l
Serbia gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine 22 Dec 2020 - 03:26 pm
Medical workers receive the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at The Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine heads to EU as effectiveness against new strain tested 22 Dec 2020 - 03:12 pm
CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Britain tells shoppers food is plentiful despite freight halt 22 Dec 2020 - 02:26 pm
Police officers speak to a driver in one of lorries parked on the M20 motorway towards Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Folkestone, Britain, Decembe
Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant: CNN 22 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura

Africa

Peninsula Power outage due to attack on Zawiya substation: Libya's General Electricity Company
Peninsula Capsized ferry in Zimbabwe leaves at least 15 dead, 27 missing: rescue services
Peninsula Building under construction collapses in Guinea, killing at least 4
Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time

Americas

Peninsula US helicopter fired on ship that tried to break Iran ports blockade
Firefighters and rescue teams carry survivor Daniela Andrea Largo Sanchez out of the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by David SALAZAR / AFP) Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 240
This aerial view shows rescuers searching for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia earthquake death toll rises to at least 218
This aerial view shows a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132

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