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Standoff puts EU-UK trade deal on a knife edge

07-12-2020 LONDON: The United Kingdom and European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic divorce at the end of the year. Micheal Martin, the prime minister of Ireland, which would face more economic …

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‘Famous Australian beach is disappearing’

07-12-2020 Bureau Report + ABC News SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Storms or tropical cyclones usually get the blame when Australia’s beaches suffer severe erosion. But on the New South Wales north coast at Byron Bay, another force is at play. Over the past six months, tourists and locals have been shocked to …

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‘Saudi Arabia normalizes ties with Israel’

06-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said his country remains open to fully normalizing ties with Israel and joining the Abraham Accords, telling the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue Conference over the weekend in Bahrain …

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Protests turn violent again in France

06-12-2020 PARIS: Dozens of protesters have clashed with police in the French capital Paris in fresh demonstrations against a controversial draft security law. Police fired tear gas after hooded protesters smashed shop windows and set several vehicles alight. Nearly 100 rallies were planned nationwide on Saturday over the draft bill …

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Trump repeats allegations of fraud in Georgia rally

06-12-2020 TBILISI (GEORGIA): US President Donald Trump repeated unfounded allegations of voter fraud on Saturday as he campaigned for two Republican senators, marking his first public rally after the US election loss to Joe Biden. Trump reminded the chanting crowd that he came to southern Georgia to persuade them to …

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Vaccines do not equal zero coronavirus cases: WHO

05-12-2020 GENEVA: The World Health Organization has warned governments and citizens against dropping their guards over the coronavirus pandemic now that vaccination was close, stressing the healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure. “Progress on vaccines gives us all a lift and we can now start to see the light …

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