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SHAGGY.... will be in the front of the line to take the COVID-19 vaccine Jamaica Observer - JAMAICAN Grammy Award-winning...

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]

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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...

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA: The EU's Michel Barnier is due to restart negotiations with the UK team on Monday.

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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...

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2016, file photo members of the Mississippi Electoral College sign certificates of vote in the process of formally casting their electoral votes in the 2016 General Election for President and Vice President of the United States at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Presidential electors are meeting across the United States Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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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...

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]

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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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US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA BBC - The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four...

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US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) WASHINGTON...

In this photo taken on June 30, 2020, Zam is seen attending his trial at Iran's Revolutionary Court in Tehran [File: Ali Shirband/Mizan News Agency/AFP)

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Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam: State TV

Zam, convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 anti-government protests, hanged early on Saturday morning. In this photo taken on...

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