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Should COVID cancel Christmas? UK says it is a personal decision
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government thinks people should make their own personal decision about gathering for Christmas but they should also consider the COVID-19 risk...
Dec 16, 2020
German coronavirus deaths hit new high as lockdown starts
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany entered a strict lockdown on Wednesday in an effort to get soaring coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 952, the highes...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. firms up asylum deal with El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The United States and El Salvador have worked out "operational details" of an agreement in which El Salvador would take in certain migrants who had sought asylum at the U.S. b...
Dec 16, 2020
PNG opposition bid to oust PM falters
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - A bid to remove Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape fizzled out on Wednesday after more than a dozen members of parliament switched allegiances and b...
Dec 15, 2020
India records 26,355 new coronavirus cases
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded 26,355 new coronavirus cases, data from the health ministry showed on Wednesday, making it the third straight day that daily infections in the country have stayed bel...
Dec 15, 2020
Japan PM Suga under fire for year-end dinners as coronavirus cases mount
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has drawn criticism for joining end of year social gatherings after imploring residents to avoid such parties as the country see...
Dec 15, 2020
Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms this week and has been found in around a quarter of the country's 47 prefectures, with officials ordering more cullings....
Dec 15, 2020
New Zealand inquiry finds 253,000 children and adults abused in state and faith-based care
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions in the past sever...
Dec 15, 2020
In Taiwan pig country, U.S. pork decision rankles, divides families
By Ann Wang PINGTUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In southern Taiwan's pig-producing heartland, the government's contentious decision to ease restrictions on imports of U.S. pork is rankling some producers and...
Dec 15, 2020
Australia reports first local COVID-19 case in two weeks after airport worker tests positive
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest interna...
Dec 15, 2020
