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Betty White passes away at 99.

Covid booster 88% effective against hospital treatment with Omicron

Betty White Dead at 99

2021 makes its final mark - goodbye to a legend. Betty White Passes Away at 99

Ghislaine Maxwell: Rape survivor describes 'locking eyes' with Maxwell in court

The Arctic sea ice extent 2021 at the end of December is the highest in the last 7 years, and the 2nd highest in 18 years according to the US Snow and Ice Data Center. Although delayed by more than a month the Hudson Bay finally froze in the last 2 weeks.

Germany to shut down 3 of its 6 remaining nuclear power plants

Covid: Woman isolates in toilet for five hours after positive mid-flight test

Jamal Khashoggi killers living in luxury villas in Riyadh, say witnesses

Virginia Confederate monuments likely headed to black history museum

Apple puts Taiwanese company Foxconn on notice after protests, food poisoning in India

Tesla to recall 475,000 cars in the US

Biden to speak with Putin over Ukraine tension at Putin's request

Covid: Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases - WHO

Portugal daily COVID-19 cases hit new record but deaths drop

Russia orders health and drug checks for foreigners

“A pardon for Park is as good as killing us”: Families of Sewol ferry victims decry Park’s pardon

Malawians mourn ex-First Lady Anne Chidzira Muluzi

Omicron infection appears to protect against Covid delta variant and could displace it, South Africa study finds

French-Syrian man arrested in France over chemical weapons parts delivery to Syria

Insurer can't repudiate claim by citing existing medical condition: Indian Supreme Court

French citizens must work from home 3 days a week as COVID cases surge again

South America is winning the global vaccination race | South America is now the most vaccinated region in the world, with 63.3% of the population fully inoculated, according to the Our World in Data project, which collects official numbers from governments worldwide.

Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills 5,000 cranes and sparks slaughter of half a million chickens

Death sentence for man who threw children out window and girlfriend who instigated the murders to ‘start a new family’

Jordan MPs fighting in parliament session live-streamed on local television

Myanmar: Save the Children says army attack killed staff

Ghislaine Maxwell jury faces longer hours because of Covid

26 MPs of pro-Kurdish party charged with 'offending Turkish state' after calling for Armenian Genocide recognition

Pandora probe picks up: Over 160 requests go out to 33 countries

Israeli researchers create electrical currents from seaweed

Covid: France tightens restrictions amid Omicron surge

India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity

US animal shelter shocked after 800 parakeets surrendered

French tourist imprisoned in Iran since 2020 begins hunger strike

Nicaragua seizes former Taiwan embassy to give it to China

The creator of “Sputnik and Pogrom” Yegor Prosvirnin fell out of a window in the center of Moscow

Trudeau says China 'playing' democracies against each other

Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years

Authorities in Burkina Faso have declared a two-day period of mourning after suspected militants killed at least 41 members of a government-backed civilian militia in the country's desert north this week

A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel, an unusually high toll for the seasonal flu. Another 10,000 are believed to be infected

Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer

Iran threatens nuclear explosion in Israel’s Dimona facility

Germany hits goal in push for 30 million new vaccine shots

Death toll in massive Bangladesh ferry fire rises to 40

Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California

Monarch population soars 4,900 percent since last year in thrilling 2021 western migration

Report: Women, children among dozens killed in Myanmar | AP News

2 Save the Children Staff Members Missing After Myanmar Attack

COVID-19: Scientists in Thailand using tobacco leaves to develop plant-based vaccine to fight Omicron | World News

India: Srinagar's 125-year-old church reopens after 30 years, ahead of Christmas 2021

Russian court slaps social media giants Google, Meta with $127 million in fines over failure to delete banned content

US applies to China for 18 officials to attend Winter Olympics after Joe Biden declares diplomatic boycott

Tony Blair blasts unvaccinated 'idiots' as fears grow over spread of Omicron - "Frankly, if you're not vaccinated at the moment and you're eligible, and you've got no health reasons for not being unvaccinated, you're not just irresponsible. You're an idiot."

'Let's go, Brandon': Caller pranks Biden at White House event

Intel apologizes for banning use of components from Xinjiang in response to attacks from Chinese nationalist media over the policy

Mexico grapples with crisis of 95,000 missing persons: A senior government human rights official said 52,000 unidentified bodies have been buried in mass graves, with tens of thousands still missing. The government will create a national center tasked with identification

Police stray bullet kills teen in LA store's dressing room

'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility goddess

Joan Didion: US literary icon dies at 87

Joan Didion, famed American essayist and novelist, has died

James Franco: I'll admit, I did sleep with students... and that was wrong

China’s ‘oldest living person’, a Xinjiang Uygur woman born in the 1800s during Qing dynasty, dies at reported age of 135

TikTok ousts Google to become favourite online destination

WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people

Apache Log4j bug: China’s industry ministry pulls support from Alibaba Cloud for not reporting flaw to government first

60 to 80 tons of dead fish removed from Mexico reservoir after tequila waste spill

Spain to require masks outdoors amid Covid surge

Fourth Covid-19 jab needed - German health minister

Roman-era 'Good Shepherd' ring found off Israel in ancient shipwreck

Nigeria destroys more than 1 million expired COVID vaccines

Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine? And other questions

A UAE agency put Pegasus spyware on phone of Jamal Khashoggi's wife months before his murder, new forensics show

Russia Formally Withdraws from Open Skies Treaty

Ukraine could extract high price for any Russian attack

Russia claims US mercenaries plan chemical attack in Ukraine

Romanian crowd tries to storm parliament in protest at COVID-19 pass

Malaysia hit by the worst floods in decades

Ancient artefacts smuggled out of Egypt are returned from Spain

Madagascar: Minister 'swims for 12 hours' after helicopter crashes at sea

Hundreds of indigenous people defied a state of siege on Tuesday and blocked a major road in Guatemala's west for the second successive day, demanding the government resolve a bloody century-old land dispute

Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine

State Department Warns Americans Against Ukraine Travel Over Russian Threats

Young pupils allegedly forced to re-enact Holocaust in Washington school

Tesla's Elon Musk says he will pay over $11 bln in taxes this year

P&G recalls some conditioner, shampoo sprays on finding carcinogens

Lira crashes to new low of 20 vs euro after Erdogan comments

Flights cancelled as Brussels Airlines goes on strike

Chile election: leftist Boric leads presidential runoff

On Mexico's southern border, the latest migration surge is Haitian

Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan - Crowds brave sub-zero temperatues after Taliban announces it will resume issuing travel documents

Anti-vaxxers block-book appointments to stop people getting life-saving Covid jab

Stabbing attack attempted near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate

Leftist millennial Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile’s next president, defeating far-right opponent

Iran execution of Heidar Ghorbani sparks rare anti-government protest

Il Divo singer Carlos Marin dies aged 53

Senator Joe Manchin threatens to sink signature Biden bill

Afghanistan will become 'biggest man-made crisis' if world fails to act, Pakistan PM Imran warns at OIC summit

Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns

Russian gas exports to Europe via Yamal pipeline fall again

Liz Truss replaces Lord Frost in post-Brexit talks

Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple

Drakeo the Ruler dies after stabbing at LA music festival

Facebook/Meta is the worst company of the year, Yahoo Finance audience survey finds

New covid variants chewing their way through North America, major outbreaks in Canada's big provinces, USA Walmart pushing customers out the door and locking them due to outbreaks

About 80,000 bees found behind couple's shower wall: ‘There was honey everywhere’

Tunisia appeal seeks to decriminalise homosexuality

Alibaba fires woman who claimed sexual assault

[New Brunswick, CA] Epidemiologist says COVID-19 is airborne and it's time to rethink measures

Russia Sends Nuclear-Capable Bombers on Patrol Over Belarus

Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's 'anti-trans positions'

Second day of clashes in Rawson, Argentina after approval of Chubut mining law against the will of the people

Chinese aircraft carrier sails near Okinawa islands

Polish parliament unexpectedly passes bill forcing sale of US-owned TV network TVN whose coverage is often critical of the government

Sports Personality 2021: Simone Biles honoured with Lifetime Achievement award

Turkey Shuts Down Muslim Brotherhood TV Channel

Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave

Brazil's Bolsonaro asks for names of vaccine-approving health officials 'to make their identities public' despite death threats

Giant Kites That Drag Cargo Ships Across Oceans Go on Trial

Son's tribute to 'bawdy, fertile matriarch' goes viral

Special Report Shows Amazon Partnered With Chinese Propaganda Arm

Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive

China: The US military should be held accountable for its war crimes of killing innocent civilians worldwide

JPMorgan hit with $200 million in fines for letting employees use WhatsApp to evade regulators' reach

Nato says Russia will have no say in whether Ukraine can join alliance

Ukraine says it recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, will open embassy there

Trudeau calls for ban on foreign property ownership, blind bidding and "renovictions"

RAF Typhoon jet shoots down 'small hostile drone' in Syria

Mercedes-Benz giving german employees record bonus, close to $7,000

Haiti kidnappers release remaining missionaries

Chinese Man Jailed 10 Years for Selling His 5 Children for $28,000

Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Defence attorneys begin arguments

Thai model, 23, who just moved to NYC says 'she's lucky to be alive' after being put in chokehold, punched in face and robbed by 4am Manhattan subway mugger as anti-Asian violence soars nearly 500% from 2020

Logic's 1-800-273-8255 led to call surge to suicide line, study suggests

Germany expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday after a Berlin court sentenced a Russian man to life in prison for shooting dead a Georgian of Chechen ethnicity in a Berlin park in 2019 on orders from Moscow, escalating a growing diplomatic rift

bell hooks; Author and feminist dies aged 69

China Becomes Third Country To Develop Floating Nuclear Reactor; Claims It Can Withstand The ‘Rarest Of Rare’ Storms

Australia looks to Canada as it launches inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women

China punished 10 officials in the southern city of Guangzhou after thousands of banyan trees were cut down or uprooted by the local government, following a rare personal intervention by President Xi Jinping

Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off

At least 89 killed by mystery disease as WHO deploys task force amid fears of outbreak | The ministry of health in South Sudan has reported fast-spreading illness in the northern town of Fangak, in the Jonglei state, which local scientists haven’t been able to identify.

Toronto police release video of 'suspect' in billionaires' 2017 murders

Sex and cancer: 'I was ashamed to ask for help'

89 people killed by mystery disease in South Sudan as WHO investigate

Larry Nassar abuse survivors to receive $380m settlement

How much does the diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 matter?

Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil

Russia says it may be forced to deploy intermediate nuclear missiles in Europe

White supremacists in Canada’s military pose ‘active counter-intelligence threat’ says National Security and Intelligence Review Agency

‘Gentle giants’: rangers prepare for return of wild bison to UK. The animals will arrive in Kent in spring 2022 and will create forest clearings – described as ‘jet fuel for biodiversity’

In Turkey, bread lines grow longer as inflation soars

Canada apologises for 'scourge' of military sexual misconduct

Marineland charged with using dolphins and whales for unauthorized performances | Globalnews.ca

Koffi Olomidé cleared of rape but convicted of holding dancers

Ukraine accuses Russia of information warfare after 'neo-Nazi' arrests

Kim Kardashian passes California 'baby bar' law exam

'I couldn’t kill innocent people': Myanmar soldiers defect to join resistance

Verstappen wins F1 world title, Mercedes protest

The Netherlands looks set to buy Rembrandt’s €165m 'Standard Bearer'

Health official: UK, Denmark, Belgium will be added to list of 'red' countries

Indian PM Modi's Twitter hacked with bitcoin tweet

At G7, UK warns Russia of 'severe' cost of Ukraine incursion

Clash breaks out in Lebanese refugee camp during funeral of slain Hamas member

Germany's new finance minister announces billions in climate investments: Christian Lindner has made his debut as finance minister by announcing a €60 billion euro injection in the climate. The funds will be sourced from previously unused debt

Support for UK PM Johnson and party sinking amid scandals - poll

Macron and Scholz agree to mediate in Ukraine border crisis | German chancellor and French president look to ‘Normandy format’ to reduce tensions

Argentina: Hundreds apply for symbolic Palestine citizenship

Russia faces consequences if Ukraine invaded - Truss

Covid in Austria: Mass protest in Vienna against measures

Indian farmers end year-long protests and return home

Russia records biggest temperature contrast in world since 1954

France threatens legal action as UK ignores EU deadline in post-Brexit fishing row

Bulgaria: Anti-corruption party leader asked to form government

Albert Benaiges: Ex-Barcelona academy chief faces sex abuse claims

Mexico truck crash: 'There are so many dead'

Ghana is demanding that all adult travellers arriving in the country provide proof of full vaccination, effective from midnight 12 December.

Indonesia volcano: Volunteers struggle to recover the dead, metres deep in ash and mud

Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies

The Monkees star Michael Nesmith dies at 78

Walking from your bed to home office now counts as commuting in Germany

Britain warns Putin: don't invade Ukraine

How a Russian invasion of Ukraine could spill over into Europe

Experimental mRNA vaccine for HIV shows promise in animals

Kosovo Boycotts Olympic Games in Beijing

Covid Christmas party sends British prime minister into crisis mode

Kenya police recruits brag: 'We are the bad ones'

Defra may approve ‘devastating’ bee-killing pesticide, campaigners fear: UK government may be about to approve the use of a controversial bee-killing pesticide

France says no diplomatic boycott for Beijing Olympics.

Robert E Lee: Confederate general statue to be turned into art

Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox

Pfizer and Moderna shareholders pocket £7.5bn in the week after Omicron was discovered

Jamal Khashoggi: France releases Saudi man held over journalist's murder

Capitol riot: Lawmakers to hold ex-Trump chief of staff in contempt

Ancient tablet showcasing earliest form of literature returned to Iraq

Israel: Police Caught On Camera Planting Gun On Bedouin Driver

One of suspected killers of Saudi journalist Khashoggi arrested in France

Chile same-sex marriage: Law overwhelmingly approved by parliament

BBC News: Jamal Khashoggi: Suspect in murder of journalist arrested in Paris

Amazon services down for thousands of users

Chile becomes 31st nation to legalise same-sex marriage

End of an era: Angela Merkel's last full day as Germany's leader after 16 years

Germany taps epidemiologist as new health minister

All coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’ | From Seychelles to the Delagoa region off the coast of Mozambique and South Africa, the reef systems are at risk of becoming functionally extinct by the 2070s according to a new assessment.

Biden set to warn Putin in video call: Expect 'substantial' economic punishment if Russia attacks Ukraine

Russia and India Sign Military Agreement Despite U.S. Threat of Sanctions

‘Forests will disappear again,’ activists warn as Indonesia ends plantation freeze

Ghislaine Maxwell 'gave schoolgirl outfit to Epstein victim'

Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook for $150 Billion Over Myanmar Genocide

China ‘modified’ the weather to create clear skies for political celebration – study - Researchers say Beijing used cloud-seeding to create artificial rain and lower pollution in July, in latest example of ‘blueskying’ efforts

Indonesia volcano: 'The volcano destroyed our houses - we need help'

Indian researchers developed a nanorobot that is programmed to capture and isolate circulating tumor cells. The reported nanorobot tested on blood containing a low number of cancer cells exhibited ~100% capture efficiency in less than 5 minutes

A cocaine shipment was found floating off the Florida Keys. It weighed 69 pounds

US boss fires 900 employees over Zoom

Biden to warn Putin U.S. will add troops in Eastern Europe if Russia invades Ukraine

Taking Viagra could cut your risk of developing Alzheimer's by up to 69%, study claims

Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted in further blow to democracy

US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Amid shortage, Canada taps into emergency maple syrup reserves

Pregnant woman in India beheaded by her mother and brother for getting married to a man without the consent of her family. After the killing they displayed the head to the woman’s neighbors and took selfies.

Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide | Facebook

Putin calls India ‘great power’, Modi says friendship with Russia is a ‘constant’ despite challenges

US officially announces that diplomats to boycott Beijing Olympics

Omicron: Why is Nigeria on the travel red list?

‘Women pilots in India 10% higher than world average’: Ministry of Civil Aviation tells Parliament

Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics

The tech helping shops - and Santa - deliver this Christmas

Covid in Uganda: The man whose children may never return to school

Far-right French presidential candidate put in headlock by protester at rally | France

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will enter Earth’s orbit next week, NASA says

Violence escalates in India's northeast after forces mistakenly fire on civilians, killing 14

The Palestinian jailbreak that rocked Israel

James Webb Space Telescope scientist: 'It's the future of astrophysics'

How Lebanon's economic problems could leave Sara blind

Sony VP fired after appearing in paedophile sting video

Gang members are circumventing New Zealand’s strict gun laws by 3D printing weapons.

Gambia elections: Adama Barrow declared presidential election winner

Omicron outbreak at Norway Christmas party is biggest outside S. Africa, authorities say

Over 50% of adult population in India now fully vaccinated |

Bob Dole: Biden leads tributes to a 'dear friend'

Indonesia volcano: Villages buried under hot ash

Trump social media firm says it has raised $1bn

Ukraine’s defence minister urges military support from Canada, U.S. and Britain - even if it’s outside NATO

Arctic sea ice extent 2021 is among the highest in recent years, thanks to a cool summer and autumn, particularly in the western Arctic Ocean.

Initial Hospital Data in Omicron Epicenter Shows Milder Disease

China Developer Sunshine 100 Defaults on $170 Million of Bonds

Myanmar: five dead after troops use car to ram anti-coup protest

Several injured after military truck rams into group of Myanmar protesters in Yangon

PepsiCo loses rights to special Lays variety potato in India

Chris Cuomo: CNN fires presenter over help he gave politician brother

South Africa: The rape survivor who convicts rapists

Bolsonaro to face probe after claiming COVID vaccines increase chance of contracting AIDS

El Salvador ‘responsible for death of woman jailed after miscarriage’

Israel’s Mossad recruited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to carry out a covert operation which blew up one of the regime’s most secure nuclear facilities earlier this year. Up to 10 scientists were approached by Israeli agents and agreed to destroy the underground centrifuge hall at Natanz

Biden to Hold Talks With Putin Over Ukraine Tensions

Omicron Cases From Oslo Christmas Party May Surge to 100

Xiomara Castro, who will make history as Honduras' first female president when she takes office on January 27, plans to ask the UN for help in fighting the corruption plaguing the Central American nation, and will urge Congress to repeal so-called "impunity" laws

Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns

Brazil's Rio cancels New Year celebrations as the country accounts to second-highest COVID death toll. "We respect science", says Rio mayor

'Huge explosion' heard near Iran's Natanz nuclear facility as 'bright light' is seen in the sky and an 'unknown drone is shot down'

Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem, Palestinian assailant shot dead

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday, the Kremlin said, as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border that’s seen as a sign of a potential invasion.

Chinese media declaring Evergrande in Default

U.S. warns of possible Russian invasion of Ukraine with 175,000 troops as soon as January

More than 40,000 march in Vienna against coronavirus lockdown

Biden and Putin to hold call amid Ukraine invasion fears

A corporate Christmas party in Norway turns into an Omicron 'super spreader event' with up to 60 people infected

White House: NATO Members Decide Who is a Member of NATO, Not Russia

India has more women than men for first time, survey finds

Bus carrying choir members plunges into Kenya river

Anti-Vaxxer Jailed For Sending Hoax Bomb To COVID Vaccine Plant

Almost 1000 teachers have left Hong Kong in the past year due to China's national security law

Parag Agrawal: Why Indian-born CEOs dominate Silicon Valley

Ros Atkins on… America’s abortion divide

Hippos with runny noses test positive for COVID-19 at Belgian zoo

Lewis Hamilton condemns ‘terrifying’ LGBTQ+ laws before Saudi Arabian GP

Russia's Covid death toll hits 578,000 after deadliest month — is third highest in the world

Five far-right extremists suspected of planning a terrorist bomb and gun attack have been remanded in custody in Finland. The five men from Kankaanpaa in the southwest were aged "around 25" and were arrested on Tuesday morning after being under surveillance for two years

Dozens of dogs kept in "inhumane conditions" seized from illegal puppy farm

Majority of Canadians want to ditch the British monarchy

Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort

The last two people of the uncontacted Indigenous Piripkura community are on the brink as satellite images show cattle ranches expanding on their land in the Brazilian Amazon

Covid-19: Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules

Italian man tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm

Lewis Hamilton condemns Saudi Arabia's 'terrifying' LGBTQ+ laws ahead of race and says it is 'not my choice to be here'

The Norwegian wolf is extinct

Indigenous groups unveil plan to protect 80% of the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador