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Boko Haram claims kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students
Armed group claims responsibility for abduction of more than 300 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria, AFP reports. A joint rescue operation...
Read moreDetails![Protests and political tensions were the cause of many arrests, with the most made in China, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia [File: Isaac Lawrence/AFP]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_563,h_375/https://villagevoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/china-protest.jpg)
Record number of journalists imprisoned in 2020: CPJ
At least 274 journalists were in jail as of December 1, up from at least 250 last year, media watchdog...
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‘I Trust Science,’ Says Nurse Who Is First to Get Vaccine in U.S.
New York Times - Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at a Queens hospital, was the first person in the United States...
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Trinidad and Tobago: Coast Guard denies intercepting Venezuelans
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian - The T&T Coast Guard has denied any interaction with a group of Venezuelan adults and...
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‘Front a di line’ | Grammy winner Shaggy ready for COVID-19 vaccine
SHAGGY.... will be in the front of the line to take the COVID-19 vaccine Jamaica Observer - JAMAICAN Grammy Award-winning...
Read moreDetails![US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, with Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan's ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum in this August 25, 2020 photo [Sudanese Cabinet via AP]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_563,h_375/https://villagevoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mike-Pompeo.jpg)
US removes Sudan from ‘state sponsors of terror’ list: Embassy
Washington’s decision to remove Sudan from a list of ‘state sponsors of terrorism’ comes into effect on Monday. US Secretary...
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Brexit: Negotiators to enter ‘extra mile’ Brexit talks
IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA: The EU's Michel Barnier is due to restart negotiations with the UK team on Monday. BBC - Negotiators...
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Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2016, file photo members of the Mississippi Electoral College sign certificates of vote in...
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant...
Read moreDetails![A saleswoman adjusts the suit of a dressed-up doll representing baby Jesus and wearing a face mask to promote the use of masks ahead of Christmas celebrations, inside a store in Mexico City [Edgard Garrido/Reuters]](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_563,h_375/https://villagevoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/saleswoman.jpg)
Mexico approves emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
The country is the first in Latin America and fourth in the world to allow emergency use of the...
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