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China is guarding ancient bat caves against journalists and scientists seeking to discover the origins of the coronavirus

Turkey dismisses fears that new deal will result in mass deportation of Uighurs to China

Wall Street to kick out three Chinese telecom firms

As the US flies more bombers to the Middle East, experts doubt Iran is the real audience

Israel says it has vaccinated 7 percent of its population

Cuban school teachers, journalists, lion tamers and doctors-in-training will earn same salary under reforms taking effect in new year. Changes will quintuple minimum salary to equivalent of $87 month and prices will jump as part of overhaul in which two currencies will be unified.

Two dormant volcanoes on Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines begin to rumble and smoke

Australia changes national anthem to reflect indigenous past

Crowds throng Wuhan, where coronavirus pandemic began, to celebrate New Year

We will be back soon, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon says as UK leaves EU's orbit

Australia changes national anthem to reflect indigenous past

Doctors in England despair over disregard for Covid restrictions

Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets

US politics in 2021: What's in store for President-elect Biden?

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

India's love affair with classic British motorbikes

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change

Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

Ten African music stars to look out for in 2021

Canada now resettles more refugees than any other country, mostly through private sponsorship | National Post

UK has officially left the EU

SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code

Microsoft Says Suspected Russian Hackers Viewed Source Code

Extinct woolly rhinoceros found frozen in Siberian permafrost

Thailand becomes first country to ban eating and drinking on domestic flights due to COVID-19

Wang Xiangjun: China's 'Glacier Bro' presumed dead

New COVID-19 strain spreading faster than all forecasts - Irish PM

US distillers fined 14 grand for making hand sanitizer during shortage/pandemic. Help spread this.

Spain's homeless help repopulate rural ghost towns

Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Sentenced Nearly 6 Years in Prison

Covid: France mobilises 100,000 police to stop New Year's Eve gatherings

Nashville explosion: Police probe conspiracy theory motive

Zhang Zhan: The 'rebellious soul' jailed for filming Wuhan

Republican senator to dispute certification of Biden victory

Deepening divisions: Venezuela's haves and have nots

Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020

India's most uplifting social media moments in 2020

Antibiotics banned in UK but fed to US animals ‘may undermine drugs for cancer, Covid and infections’: Ban on hormone beef and chlorinated chicken in UK-US trade deal would not be enough to protect consumers, report warns.

Whales alive: beaked species spotted for first time by Chinese scientists. Three whales seen in South China Sea were Deraniyagala’s beaked whales or ginkgo-toothed beaked whales. The least-known marine mammals, these species have previously been spotted only dead and stranded.

Syria attack: At least 28 killed in ambush on bus

Penn Station: New train hall returns beauty to New York station

2020 through the lens of a photojournalist

Yemen war: Video shows moment Aden airport attacked

Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't

Norway mudslide: Aerial footage shows devastation

In less than 2 weeks, Israel has vaccinated 10% of its population against Corona

China jails Hong Kong activists for between seven months and three years

Covid: Sydney announces new restrictions ahead of New Year

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

U.S. confirms first case of the new Covid strain discovered in UK

North Korea defectors: Why it's getting harder to escape

Tamir Rice killing: US closes investigation into 2014 shooting

Netflix Executive Producer Allegedly Killed By Poisoned Tea on Christmas Day

Japan's new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, says he plans to make coronavirus measures mandatory for the first time, punish rule violators and provide economic compensation as his government struggles to slow the ongoing virus upsurge.

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

Indian farmers continue protest against reforms

Ontario finance minister on holiday trip outside Canada as health officials urge people to stay home

The UK has reported another 53,135 cases of coronavirus, the highest recorded daily total since the pandemic began

China to bring in law against food waste with fines for promoting overeating

Covid-19: Biden says Trump vaccine roll-out is 'falling behind'

2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'

Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways

Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

Fashion lookahead: Eight major 2021 looks from tie-dye to pastels

What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America

Notable African deaths of 2020: From jazz legends to football heroes

Pipeline spills about 400,000 litres, some enters North Saskatchewan River

Royal Caribbean takes legal action against survivors of New Zealand’s White Island volcano disaster

Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders said. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organized crime, corruption or environmental issues

US wants Tibetans not Chinese to select the next Dalai Lama

Russia admits COVID death toll third-worst in the world

Mexico electricity outage leaves 10.3 million temporarily without power

Rio de Janeiro authorities announced Monday they will block beach access the night of December 31 to prevent crowds in one of Brazil's worst-hit cities by the coronavirus pandemic

Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk

Covid: US House votes to boost stimulus package payments

Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam

Kim Yo Jong Is Ready to Become the First Woman Dictator in Modern History

Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk

Adidas developing plant-based leather material that will be used to make shoes...material made from mycelium, which is part of fungus. Company produced 15 million pairs of shoes in 2020 made from recycled plastic waste collected from beaches and coastal regions.

Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

Australian man and child saved after friends walk 12 hours for help

India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer

Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'

When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom

The big tech questions for 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell denied $28.5m bail in sex crime case

Australia insists WHO inquiry into Covid origin must be robust, despite China tensions

An Indian army officer and 2 associates are accused of planting weapons on the bodies of 3 labourers killed in Kashmir to make it look as though they were militants in a staged gun battle

Policeman with "super-recogniser" facial recognition abilities, identifies 2,000 wanted suspects from memory

Russia moves to curb internet following investigative reports on Navalny poisoning

The new variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the UK has been found in a patient in Australia

Duterte threatens to end US military pact if no vaccines "If they fail to deliver a minimum of 20 million vaccines, they better get out"

Long COVID symptoms may include parosmia as people report 'disgusting' smells of fish, burning and sulphur

The ashes of James Doohan— Scotty from Star Trek— are aboard the International Space Station

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Chile, no tsunami risk

Chinese games billionaire poisoned to death

Long COVID symptoms may include parosmia as people report 'disgusting' smells of fish, burning and sulphur

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law

Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour

Soldier's 1827 diary reveals another dark episode in Tasmanian history: A soldier's diary disintegrating in Ireland's national library has revealed disturbing evidence of an undocumented massacre of Aboriginal people in Tasmania in the colony's early years.

Feds urged to step in to stop B.C. logging in refuge of last breeding pair of spotted owls

WHO chief warns that COVID-19 won't be the world's last pandemic as he tells countries to prepare for future emergencies

Zhang Zhan chronicled China’s COVID-19 crisis. Now she is accused of spreading lies

'Super Gonorrhea' on the Rise Due to COVID-19, WHO Says

Supermarkets in England to be barred from displaying unhealthy food and drinks at checkouts or using them in buy one, get one free offers, as part of proposed government crackdown on obesity. No 10 also plans to stop multi-buy offers on foodstuffs high in sugar and fat from 2022.

Excess use of antibiotics due to COVID-19 triggers 'super gonorrhea'

Covid-19: China's painful year fighting the coronavirus

Tigray crisis: Eritrea's role in Ethiopian conflict

'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19

2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more'

21-year-old Arya Rajendran to Become the Youngest Mayor in India

Pakistan Left ‘High & Dry’ As Turkey Joins The UAE, Arab World In Boosting Ties With Israel

Canada reports its first cases of new coronavirus variant

Israeli submarine crossed Strait of Hormuz with US fleet to send ‘message’ to Iran

U.S. largest debtor nation to Taiwan banks for 21st straight quarter

Covid: EU launches mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

38% of LGBT in Japan people sexually harassed or assaulted: survey.

1,000 migrants stranded, freezing amid heavy snow in Bosnian camp

Mass vaccination across the European Union starts today! 450 million people will have access to COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021.

Nashville explosion 'probably suicide bombing'

'People are being shown no mercy': Online evictions raise alarm in Canada's most populous province

China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12 for 'abominable' crimes

Why is India denying prisoners spectacles and straws?

How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming

How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020

China "Suffers Worst Power Blackouts in a Decade" After Banning Australian Coal

Ontario identifies first cases of COVID-19 U.K. variant in the province

Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche

Covid in the classroom: How the pandemic changed these three teachers' lives

Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?

2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'

Archaeologists in Pompeii discover ancient 'snack bar'

COVID-19 vaccine controversy: Chinese vaccine with pork gelatin cannot be given to Muslims, say Sunni scholars

Cat rescued from central Russian waste processing plant named assistant to regional environment minister. Widely circulated surveillance footage this week showed plant worker retrieving cat from tied plastic bag on conveyor belt.

London ambulances ‘can no longer guarantee’ response to home-birth emergencies' ‘Critical that this information is communicated to [pregnant] women, to inform their planning and future choices,’ says London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Food scraps for cleaners: Internal emails from the company that has a multimillion-dollar contract to clean Melbourne’s tram network suggest that cleaning standards were impossible to maintain while staff were underpaid and worked so hard they were put at risk of injury.

Several injured after shooting in Berlin

Cat Wins Government Title After Rescue From Trash Plant In Russia

737 Max: Air Canada flight in unscheduled landing after engine issue

Japan: Man fled hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, visited public bath

UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic on eve of election

Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack

Wealthy patients scramble for COVID-19 vaccine: 'If I donate $25,000 ... would that help me?'

Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump

Egyptian scientist proves a way to transmit data through silicon based material to win the best physicist award 2020.

China to overtake US as world’s biggest economy by 2028, report predicts

Bosnian company produces drug that accelerates COVID-19 recovery process

What a pandemic Christmas looked like around the world

Letter from Africa: Somalia's Christmas birthdays and lost memories

Iran Finds Way to Buy Covid Vaccine Despite U.S. Sanctions

Apple sued by early app store maker, Cydia, over control of the iPhone

At least 20 people killed as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia coast.

The family with no fingerprints

What a pandemic Christmas looked like around the world

France finds first case of new coronavirus variant

Thousands apply to be a Finn for 90 days in migration scheme

Ivry Gitlis: Celebrated Israeli virtuoso violinist dies at 98

Germans spread Christmas charity despite coronavirus: Germany has experienced second wave of COVID-19 with Christmas approaching, but it doesn’t seem to be diminishing people’s willingness to donate to charity. In 2020 private donations set to reach record levels.

Nepal has plunged into a political crisis and renewed instability after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament at the request of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and announced general elections would be held in April and May next year, more than a year ahead of schedule

There Is Anger And Resignation In The Developing World As Rich Countries Buy Up All The COVID Vaccines

'Mom, we need food': Thousands in South Sudan near famine, Hundreds dead

China began 10-year fishing moratorium in 332 conservation areas in Yangtze River basin, which will expand to all natural waterways of river and major tributaries no later than Jan. 1, 2021. Asian longest river boasts one of highest levels of biodiversity in world.

Covid: Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination

Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m'

King of Sweden blasts country's 'failed' coronavirus response

12 more die of COVID-19 in B.C. as 2nd mink farm confirms cases

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes south of Philippines' Luzon island

Brexit: EU diplomats to get trade deal briefing

Woman Repeatedly Gang Raped, Beaten After Husband Lost Bets in India

The refugees feeding a nation

In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

Covid-19: Irish government authorises Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

A scene in The Pianist changed Arson Fahim's life

Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space

How delivery drivers became vital in the pandemic

Georgia climbers who risk their lives for Christmas trees

Boats, planes, helicopters: Canada gears up to vaccinate remote indigenous communities

Gunmen on motorbike shot dead a women's rights activist and her brother north of Afghanistan's capital, as a wave of assassinations ravages the violence-wracked country. Freshta Kohistaniwas the second activist to be killed in two days

More than half of China’s adult population is either overweight or obese, according to a new government report. Obesity rates in China have doubled within two decades, and health authorities are warning of a surge in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer

Saumitra Khan: India MP threatens to divorce wife who switched party

Masks block 99.9% of large Covid-linked droplets: Study

Italy becomes first European country to surpass 70,000 deaths

Genetics experts worry coronavirus vaccines might not work quite as well against UK variant

Airline fires pilot blamed for Taiwan's first Covid case in months

Australian writer detained in China sends defiant Christmas message

UN condemned Israel 17 times in 2020, versus 6 times for rest of world combined

China targets Jack Ma’s Alibaba empire in monopoly probe

Iran behind pro-Trump 'hit list' of U.S. election officials, FBI says

Coronavirus: New York City orders international visitors to quarantine

NBA game off as Covid depletes Houston Rockets

World Will Witness 90% Wildlife Loss By 2050 Due To Food Habits

EU to allow post-Brexit UK farm produce exports

Five families, five Christmases: A festive season like no other around Europe

Oscars 2021: What can we expect for the ceremony?

Muslim-Canadian's 'first Christmas' goes viral

India farmer protests: How rural incomes have struggled to keep up

‘Devastating’ fires engulf Brazilian Pantanal wetlands, again.

Trump pardons: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner granted clemency

Iran's president compares Trump to hanged Saddam, predicts US president may meet same fate

While New Zealand is Covid-free, Taiwan just tested the first local Covid-positive patient transmitted by a New Zealander pilot returned from the US, ending the world's longest Covid-free streak of 8 months

Banjo Paterson: 120-year-old chocolate found in Australian poet's belongings

Covid-19 antibodies last for more than six months according to a study by the Finnish health authority THL

COVID-19: South African variant may be worse than UK variant

Baloch activist who sent Rakhi message to PM Modi found dead in Canada

Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica

Argentina blackout: Buenos Aires hit by huge power cut

Israel's government collapses, triggering 4th election in 2 years

Tibetan leader welcomes U.S. bill that reaffirms rights, angering China

Elon Musk says Apple's boss snubbed takeover deal

Trump said he wants Congress to amend the coronavirus relief bill to raise the amount of stimulus checks to $2,000 and eliminate certain items, throwing into turmoil a bipartisan effort to provide help for Americans who have been upended by the pandemic

Senior British royals accused of breaking coronavirus regulations during family outing

UK supermarket rations eggs, rice, soap, toilet rolls, and others.

Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' coronavirus aid bill

Banker who loaned Trump $300m resigns abruptly

'Disgraceful': lorry drivers stuck at Dover tell of lack of facilities | World news

Trump pardons two convicted by Mueller inquiry

Messi breaks Pelé scoring record

Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom

The pioneering lawyer who fought for women’s suffrage in India

The Nigerian blogger scouring the past to inform the future

Covid-19: 'Losing Christmas is irreparable damage'

Rohingya refugees' perilous journey in search of safety

Talking Movies: How documentary films flourished in 2020

Israeli government collapses, triggers new elections

'Good riddance,' China says as Germany leaves U.N. Security Council

Baloch activist vocal against Pakistani military found dead in Toronto

Trump orders new federal buildings must be 'beautiful'

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades

Suspect in death of Russian COVID-19 scientist Alexander Kagansky released after statement: "He stabbed himself and leaped to his death."

Poland threatens hefty fines for social media companies that censor legal speech, users everywhere celebrate

Canada rejects purchase of Canadian Arctic gold mine by Chinese company

Sydney Covid cases drop amid record testing

Brazilian woman forced into domestic slavery and marriage freed after 40 years

Leyla Güven: Turkey sentences Kurdish politician to 22 years in prison

US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, deadliest year in country’s history

NZ killer of British backpacker guilty of more attacks

SLS: Crucial test for Nasa's 'mega-rocket'

Will pregnant women receive the Covid-19 vaccine? It depends

1,000 lost on one boat - this woman hopes to name them

Covid: Thanksgiving the cause of a spike in US infections?

Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists'

Philippines poised to lift age of consent for sex from 12 to 16 after decades of lobbying from children’s rights activists

The U.S. government is weighing a request to declare Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman immune from a federal lawsuit accusing him of targeting for assassination a former top intelligence officer who could disclose damaging secrets about the prince’s ascent to power

Vatican OKs getting Covid-19 vaccines that used cell lines from aborted fetuses

The ‘Christmas Star’ appears again: Jupiter and Saturn align in the ‘Great Conjunction’ after sunset on Dec. 21, 2020.

Bats, roadblocks and the origins of coronavirus

How a young girl's fairy house sparked a magical friendship

Courtney Love reveals wealthy people have had at-home COVID tests for months

Covid-19: Couple holds 10,000 people drive-thru wedding in Malaysia

Covid: Thailand tests thousands after virus outbreak in seafood market

Covid: Denmark to dig up millions of mink culled over virus

Canada halts flights from U.K. in response to new coronavirus strain

Sydney cut off from the rest of Australia amid COVID-19 outbreak

Russia could cut off U.S. food and water supply in next cyberattack, Romney says

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

Cases of UK's highly contagious mutant COVID strain detected in returned travellers in Australia

Canada becomes the latest country to prohibit inbound flights from UK. France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, have already banned flights from UK due to a surge in cases

Covid: Australian states enforce travel bans amid Sydney outbreak

Cop shoots dead a mother and her son in Tarlac (Philippines)

Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has bought so many COVID-19 vaccines that it will give free doses to neighbouring countries

Canada halts flights from U.K. in response to new coronavirus strain

Spyware sold by an Israeli private intelligence firm was allegedly used to hack the phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists in an unprecedented cyber-attack that is likely to have been ordered by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to leading researchers

European regulator says Boeing's 737 Max is safe

The Belgian 'hero' who invaded UK fishing waters

'Yes, people have Zoom fatigue but it's not our fault'

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

Sudan-Israel deal fuels migrants' fears

K2: 'Savage Mountain' beckons for unprecedented winter climb

Captagon - Destroying the frontline drug

*Stratosphere warming watch* Strong signals now emerge for a possible disruptive Sudden Stratospheric Warming event in early January 2021. These SSW events can impact the course of Winter, with a cascading effect as the Polar Vortex collapses.

National Library finds 120-year-old chocolates commissioned by Queen Victoria and owned by Banjo Paterson

Canada's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 500,000

Covid: WHO in 'close contact' with UK over new variant

Dutch government bans air travel from UK after discovering virus variant

Leaked documents show how China's army of paid internet trolls helped censor the coronavirus.

Scorned scientist now vindicated in her work on how to treat stroke

White House cancels release of statement alleging Russia' involvement in cyber attack - AP

Japan to develop longer-range anti-ship missiles as China pressure mounts.

Israeli Defense Minister states he would like to normalize relations with Arabs and give Palestinians more independence.

Dutch government bans air travel from UK after discovering virus variant

The Dutch government on Sunday banned all passenger flights from Britain after finding the first case of a new, more infectious coronavirus strain that is circulating in the UK.

Joe Biden says 'no time to waste' as climate team unveiled

Another coronavirus mutation was discovered – and this one might be more dangerous

COVID-19: Italy orders Christmas lockdown as Sweden changes tack with toughest measures yet

Christmas celebrations to go ahead in Bethlehem

Covid vaccine: 'Disappearing' needles and other rumours debunked

'God will forgive me or not': Inside the world of a people smuggler

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'How we survived when Mekelle was shelled'

Uganda election: False claims about Joe Biden and others

Spain housing: Evictions and broken promises in a pandemic

Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week: The catwalk in a baobab forest

MasterChef final is dream come true for Nepal’s Santosh Shah

Canada 'Sixties Scoop': Indigenous survivors map out their stories

Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing

US prosecutors have charged a former Zoom employee with disrupting video meetings marking the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square on behalf of China's government

Covid: Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown

COVID-19 Vaccine Can Turn People Into "Crocodiles": Brazilian President

Angela Merkel 'incredibly proud' of BioNTech founders: The German chancellor has voiced her appreciation for BioNTech, the small German firm behind the first coronavirus vaccine to get regulatory approval. Merkel said the shot will save "many lives."

US charges ex-Zoom employee with shutting down Tiananmen Square events

Boris Johnson calls crisis meeting over new Covid strain

Russian National Guard to "partner" with Belarus Police amid Belarus protests

With a reputation as the 'pharmacy of the world,' India is geared to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccines

5,000-year-old Egyptian artifact discovered in cigar box in Scotland

Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine

Covid : US Vice-President Pence 'didn't feel a thing'

Vanessa Bryant, her mother's lawsuit and the value of childcare

Mexico: assassin shoots former state governor in restaurant bathroom

Covid: The countries worried they won't get the vaccine

Faith and fertility at Bethlehem's Milk Grotto

Coronavirus in South Africa: Unravelling the mystery

US evictions crisis: 'My pride has gone. We're pretty much homeless now'

Blindian Project: Celebrating black and South Asian relationships

North Korea: Potato propaganda is back... but what does it mean?

Microplastics, drugs and food - how jellyfish can help us

Hunger spikes, demand rises for US food banks

Kangaroos can 'communicate' with humans, study finds

Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award

President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, says he won't take the Covid-19 vaccine. "If someone who takes the vaccine turns into a chimp or alligator, if beard appears on woman and the voice of men becomes thin, it's your problem."

Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach

Brazilian supreme court decides all Brazilians are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Those who fail to prove they have been vaccinated may have their rights, such as welfare payments, public school enrolment or entry to certain places, curtailed.

Alibaba says its technology won't target Uighurs

Microsoft says it found malicious software from SolarWinds in its systems