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Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill 26 Dec 2020 - 12:52 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 09, 2020, a banner against renters eviction reading “no job, no rent” is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, DC. AFP / Eric Baradat
Thai protest demands help for shrimp sellers after virus outbreak 26 Dec 2020 - 12:41 pm
People line up to buy shrimps from anti government protesters selling shrimps in front of government house amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand December 26, 2020. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Three seriously injured in Berlin shooting in Berlin, fire service says 26 Dec 2020 - 08:48 am
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In Bullet Points: The key terms of the Brexit deal 25 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
In this file photo taken on June 28, 2016 a man waves both a Union flag and a European flag together on College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London. (AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS)
4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking 25 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
A picture taken at the port of Sfax in central Tunisia show the recovered bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after their boat capsized at sea, on December 24, 2020. (AFP / HOUSSEM ZOUARI)
Three people injured in Nashville explosion 25 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
In this photo from the Twitter page of the Nashville Fire Department, damage is seen on a street after an explosion in Nashville, Tennessee on December 25, 2020.
Italy reports 459 coronavirus deaths on Friday: Health ministry 25 Dec 2020 - 07:20 pm
A woman receives a meal from a member of Rome-based charity Sant'Egidio Community in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, in Rome, Italy, December 25, 2020. (REUTERS/Yara Nardi)
Ireland confirms UK coronavirus variant present 25 Dec 2020 - 07:04 pm
A man walks past a graffiti of a Frankenstein wearing a protective face mask on a doorway amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Galway, Ireland, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Democrats in Georgia Senate contests take in more than $200M 25 Dec 2020 - 06:57 pm
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff listens to community members before voting early at the Metropolitan Library on December 22, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images/AFP)
British army helps clear backlog of virus-stranded drivers 25 Dec 2020 - 06:50 pm
A woman hands out donated food to a lorry driver on the outskirts of Ashford, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, December 25, 2020. (REUTERS/Henry Nicholls)
Police: Explosion in Nashville may have been "intentional" 25 Dec 2020 - 06:24 pm
Smoke billows from the site of an explosion in the area of Second and Commerce in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. December 25, 2020. (Andrew Nelles/Tennessean.com via Reuters)
Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal 25 Dec 2020 - 06:19 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he holds a remote press conference to update the nation on the post-Brexit trade agreement, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 24, 2020. (AFP / Paul Grover)
Explosion rocks downtown Nashville 25 Dec 2020 - 05:58 pm
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At least 15 dead in delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border: TV news 25 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
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Lebanon says first case of new coronavirus variant detected on flight from London 25 Dec 2020 - 02:26 pm
Representational file picture of Lebanon airport
Montenegro shutters national carrier 25 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
In this file photograph taken on June 12, 2020, an airport official gestures while standing in front of an aircraft of national airline Montenegro Airlines at Podgorica Airport, as the carrier recommenced flights which were halted due to the spread of the
'Parting is such sweet sorrow': EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord 25 Dec 2020 - 12:31 pm
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier holds the pages of the Brexit trade deal as he attends a meeting of the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium D
S Korea to decide on tougher distancing as COVID-19 count hits another high 25 Dec 2020 - 12:23 pm
People wait in a line to undergo coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a coronavirus testing site which is temporarily set up in front of a railway station on Christmas day in Seoul, South Korea, December 25, 2020. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji