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December 23, 2020

Unity government of Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz collapsed after failing to meet a deadline to pass the budget. The...

Opposition Leader of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell

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Grenada to impose curfew to curb COVID-19 spread

Prime Minister of Grenada Keith Mitchell CMC – The Government of Grenada on Monday announced that it will be imposing...

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Jamaica bans UK flights

Barbados Today - Effective immediately, Jamaica has banned all flights from the United Kingdom for a period of two weeks,...

Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine (grabbed from ABC.net video)

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Covid: US President-elect Joe Biden gets vaccine live on TV

Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine (grabbed from ABC.net video) BBC - President-elect Joe Biden has received his first dose of...

Dusk falls over the Capitol, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump

Dusk falls over the Capitol, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Washington. Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall...

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA: Much of Europe has banned UK travellers along with others around the world

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Covid-19 pandemic: International alarm grows over new variant

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA: Much of Europe has banned UK travellers along with others around the world BBC - There is growing...

UK PM Boris Johnson is under immense pressure as his country battles a new coronavirus strain days before leaving the EU single market [File: Toby Melville/Reuters]

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UK, ‘sick man of Europe’, to hold crisis talks amid mutant virus

France closes borders and several countries ban UK passengers in a bid to limit mutant coronavirus infection gripping nation. UK...

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are moved to the loading dock for shipping at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

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Panel: People over 75, essential workers next for vaccines

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are moved to the loading dock for shipping at the McKesson distribution center...

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES: The US poverty rate has spiked is the last five months

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Covid: US reaches long-awaited deal for coronavirus aid

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES: The US poverty rate has spiked is the last five months BBC - After months of wrangling,...

People undergo coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at a coronavirus testing site which is temporarily set up in front of a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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Australia detects new UK strain, Hong Kong cancels Britain flights