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Rise in German Covid-19 infections flattens

Barbados says goodbye to queen, transforms into republic

'Miracle' rescue of Japan man after 22 hours at sea

Pentagon plans stronger US posture toward China, Russia

Trump is back -- on the Bidens' Christmas tree

Ghislaine Maxwell 'served up' girls for sex to Epstein: Prosecutors

Kabul roadside blast injures five, says TV station Ariana

Afghanistan's tumultuous year and uncertain future

Omicron fears prompt Hong Kong to expand travel curbs

Sexual harassment rife inside Australian parliament, report finds

Myanmar court delays verdict in San Suu Kyi incitement trial

Ex-airline boss lands as New Zealand opposition leader

Barbados removes Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state

Myanmar court readies verdict for ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

UAE eases drug laws: No more jail for travellers bringing in cannabis

New Twitter CEO in racism row on Day 1

EU, Russia and Iran upbeat as nuclear deal talks resume

Japan bans foreign travellers over Omicron, Oz to stay shut

Trolls dig up his decade-old tweet on 'white people' to target new Twitter CEO

Omicron may force drug companies to tweak Covid vaccination plans

India vows to stand by Africa, says all Covax orders cleared

New Covid variant cause for 'concern, not panic', Biden tells US

'Gifts from the Heart' is Biden White House Christmas theme

South African health minister calls for lifting of travel bans

What is behind unrest in the Solomon Islands?

Israel PM warns against Iran 'nuclear blackmail'

Rwanda bans flights with southern Africa over Covid fears

Omicron scare: Japan, Israel bar foreigners

Honduras set for woman prez as Castro storms towards victory

Iran says 'firmly determined' to salvage nuclear deal

Pak mob set fire to police station over Quran desecretion

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

New Zealand reports 182 new cases of Covid-19 Delta variant

Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year

WHO criticises travel bans on southern African countries

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant: PM

Singapore, Malaysia reopen land border amid Omicron worries

Thousands protest coronavirus restrictions in Czech capital

China suspends four of Air France's Tianjin flights after Covid cases

WHO skips forward 2 Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant

Omicron spreads, cases detected in Netherlands, Denmark, Australia

West seeing surge despite higher fully-vaccinated population

Afghanistan's economy crashed since Taliban takeover, plunging country into world's worst humanitarian crises: Report

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru: US Geological Survey

China study warns of 'colossal' Covid-19 outbreak if it adopts 'open-up' strategies like US, UK

New Zealand reports 148 new cases of Covid-19

Travel curbs aimed at Omicron tighten across the world

China reports 3 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

China imposes ban on religious activities of Tibetan party members:

2 Pak soldiers killed in terrorist attack near Afghan border