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EU nations unanimously back post-Brexit trade deal with UK 28 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
This file photograph taken on December 10, 2020, shows the flags of the United Kingdom and the European Union next to the
Britain to restrict promotion of unhealthy food from April 2022 28 Dec 2020 - 02:05 pm
Chips are seen at Hawksmoor, Seven Dials on the opening day of
Approval of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot could help relax COVID restrictions, British minister says 28 Dec 2020 - 11:32 am
AstraZeneca's logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Thousands without power, planes delayed as storm Bella lashes France 27 Dec 2020 - 08:23 pm
High waves and strong winds hit the coast of Le Becquet, northwestern France on December 27, 2020, as storm Bella strikes the coast of Britanny and Normandy. / AFP / Sameer Al-DOUMY
Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases 27 Dec 2020 - 06:26 pm
Members of the public enjoy a stroll on Hampstead Heath in London on December 27, 2020, as Londoners continue to live under Tier 4 lockdown restrictions. (AFP / Tolga Akmen)
Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine: Kremlin 27 Dec 2020 - 04:20 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year news conference, held online in a video conference mode, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 17, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky 27 Dec 2020 - 03:26 pm
A flightradar24.com handout photo received on December 27, 2020 shows the flight track for a D-ENIG plane that traced a syringe on the maps in Germany to celebrate the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. The flight between Friedrichshafen and Ulm took place on
96-year-old is first Spaniard vaccinated for Covid-19 27 Dec 2020 - 12:36 pm
Los Olmos nursing home resident Araceli, 96, receives the first injection nationwide, with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guadalajara, Spain, December 27, 2020. Pepe Zamora/Pool via
Italy kicks off vaccinations against COVID-19 in Rome 27 Dec 2020 - 11:24 am
A member of the medical staff shows a pin reading
Czech Republic starts rollout of coronavirus vaccine 27 Dec 2020 - 10:14 am
World War II veteran Emilie Repikova sits next to PM Andrej Babis as she receives the second injection nationwide with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Military University Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in
101-year-old woman first German to be vaccinated against coronavirus: MDR 27 Dec 2020 - 09:18 am
Edith Kwoizalla, 101 years old, receives the first vaccination against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 by Pfizer and BioNTech from Doctor Bernhard Ellendt (R) in a senior care facility in Halberstadt (Seniorenzentrum Krueger), central northern Germany, on
France says third lockdown possible if Covid cases keep rising 27 Dec 2020 - 09:10 am
People gather near a merry-go-round on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville in Paris, where the city has set up a christmas village, on December 26, 2020. / AFP / Thomas SAMSON
Manila extends UK flight ban; China urges controls: virus update 27 Dec 2020 - 08:57 am
A person walks near of a COVID-19 test area at Fiumicino airport after the Italian government announced flights to and from the UK will be resumed following an order by the Health Ministry, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, I
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii 26 Dec 2020 - 07:46 pm
A Thermopolis, a sort of street
Sweden confirms first case of variant coronavirus in visitor from UK 26 Dec 2020 - 04:44 pm
Control patrols and vehicles at the border crossing on the Oresund Bridge, which connects Denmark and Sweden (Copenhagen and Malm?).  AFP  / Johan NILSSON
British cold war double agent George Blake dies in Moscow 26 Dec 2020 - 03:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Soviet secret agent George Blake gestures as he speaks at a presentation of a book of letters written by other spies from a British prison, in Moscow June 28, 2001.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive across EU before rollout 26 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
Hungarian soldiers carry the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at the Del-Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak/Pool via REUTERS
First confirmed cases in Spain of British virus variant: regional govt 26 Dec 2020 - 02:08 pm
A man walks past a new work by Italian street artist TvBoy depicting Santa Claus carrying the Covid-19 vaccine in his sack, in Barcelona on December 24, 2020.   / AFP / Josep LAGO