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Like other European countries, France will see muted celebrations to mark the last night of the year.

Mitch McConnell says hiking aid cheques from $600 would be “another fire hose of borrowed money”.

At least 22 people are reportedly killed by an explosion near a plane carrying cabinet ministers.

A leading female Palestinian DJ has been remanded in custody for 15 days after she was arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for performing at a party at a Muslim holy site, leading to claims of official over-reaction to an event that sparked furious scenes over the weekend.

The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine. In a statement, the UK government said the country’s regulator had authorized the vaccine after it met “strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness.” The approval comes weeks after the UK became the first country in …

Argentina’s Senate approved a bill to legalize abortion Wednesday in an historic vote seen as a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the Catholic-majority country.

China’s state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm has announced its coronavirus vaccine is 79.34% effective.

Australia’s Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs has threatened to cancel the visas of any visitors caught breaking rules designed to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the country, after hundreds of people attended a beach party in Sydney’s Bronte Beach on Christmas Day.

The law allows abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy in the highly Catholic nation.