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EU leaders sign post-Brexit trade deal
Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 10:40pm on December 30, 2020
EU leaders signed their post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and dispatched it to London on an RAF jet Wednesday, setting their seal on a drawn-out...
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Harry, Meghan’s son Archie speaks in ‘American accent’ on podcast
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:14pm on December 30, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s toddler son Archie was heard speaking for the first time Tuesday, as the couple released their first podcast, with British...
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At least seven people killed, dozens hurt in Croatia earthquake
Agence France-Presse . Petrinja | Updated at 10:27am on December 30, 2020
A search for survivors in Croatia stretched into the night on Tuesday after a powerful earthquake killed at least seven people in the country’s interior,...
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More COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals than April peak
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 01:31am on December 30, 2020
England is ‘back in the eye’ of the coronavirus storm, health chiefs warned Tuesday, with as many patients in hospital as during the initial peak...
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Wind powers more than half of UK electricity
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 09:25pm on December 29, 2020
Wind power accounted for more than half of Britain’s daily generated electricity on Saturday in the wake of Storm Bella, according to energy giant Drax....
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Croatia rocked by 6.4 earthquake
Agence France-Presse . Zagreb | Updated at 07:18pm on December 29, 2020
A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings in central Croatia on Tuesday, striking near the town of Petrinja where rescue teams raced to comb through...
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UK virus strain has been in Germany since November
Agence France-Presse. Berlin | Updated at 07:01pm on December 29, 2020
The new coronavirus strain sweeping Britain has been in Germany since November, health officials said Tuesday, after detecting the variant in a patient who died...
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Brexit trade deal gets EU green light
Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 11:07am on December 29, 2020
The European Union gave the green light on Monday to its post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, clearing the way for it to come into...
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Spain to keep registry of people who refuse COVID vaccine
Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 10:58am on December 29, 2020
Agence France-Presse . MadridSpain will set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus and share it with other...
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Russia admits to world’s third-worst coronavirus death toll
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 10:30am on December 29, 2020
Russia on Monday said that its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with...