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Australia steps up testing to rein in COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales state has increased COVID-19 testing to rein in a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Sydney, with other states and territories taking similar ste...
Dec 24, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes Mindoro, Philippines – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck Philippines' Mindoro region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Friday. The quake occurred at a depth of 144 km, EMSC adde...
Dec 24, 2020
S.Korea PM says highest daily coronavirus count recorded at 1,241 – Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Friday 1,241 new coronavirus cases were reported the day before, the highest daily count ever recorded, Yonhap news agency reporte...
Dec 24, 2020
Syria’s air defenses confront an “Israeli aggression” in Masyaf -state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses confronted an "Israeli aggression" after midnight on Thursday in the Masyaf area in the Hama countryside, Syrian state TV said. Explosions were heard in Syria's c...
Dec 24, 2020
With choir in hard hats, fire-ravaged Notre-Dame rings in Christmas
PARIS (Reuters) - For the first time since a fire that nearly destroyed it, the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris played host to a Christmas Eve choral concert, an annual tradition in France. In a concess...
Dec 24, 2020
Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made sombre by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the nee...
Dec 24, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. began work to set up consulate in Western Sahara
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it began the process to set up a U.S. consulate in Western Sahara, after President Donald Trump's administration this month recognized...
Dec 24, 2020
Four jailed Burundian journalists pardoned by president
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four Burundian journalists arrested in 2019 and jailed in January for offences including undermining state security have been granted a presidential pardon. "Under the terms of the...
Dec 24, 2020
Ireland breathes sigh of relief as ‘least bad’ Brexit deal clinched
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin expressed relief on Thursday after neighbouring Britain agreed a last-minute trade deal with the European Union which he said was the "least bad v...
Dec 24, 2020
Just three truckers so far test positive for COVID-19 in queue to leave England
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said only three of 2,367 lorry drivers so far tested for COVID-19 were shown to be infected under an emergency testing regime that began this week to reopen the border with ...
Dec 24, 2020
