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Germany to impose stricter lockdown from Wednesday
The tighter restrictive measures, which will be effective until January 10, 2021, were in response to the "exponential growth" in the number of fresh confirmed cases reported across the country, Xinhua news agency quoted Merkel as saying to journalists on Sunday.
Azerbaijan, Armenia blame each other breaching ceasefire
Armed clashes between the two South Caucasus countries in Nagorno-Karabakh came to a halt on November 10 after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement agreeing to the complete ceasefire.
25 injured in Rawalpindi blast
According to city police officer Mohammad Ahsan Younas, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted under a cart, which exploded on Sunday in the busy Ganj Mandi market near a police station, roughly 2 km away from the military headquarters, reports Xinhua news agency.
5M Yemenis one step away from famine in 2021: UN
In a statement posted on its official Twitter account on Sunday, the UN agency said that more than half of Yemen's overall population could head further into famine in 2021, reports Xinhua news agency. An estimated 50,000 people will be living in famine-like conditions in the war-ravaged Arab country during 2021, the statement added.
Next round of Afghan peace talks to begin on Jan 5
Saturday's announceme came after the two negotiating teams earlier this month agreed on procedural rules for the talks, which were formally launched on September 12 in the Qatari capital.
EU, UK agree to continue Brexit trade talks
Sunday had been slated as a cut-off point to reach an agreement before the end of the UK's Brexit transition period, Xinhua news agency reported. But in a surprise move, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that negotiations between both sides should continue beyond the deadline.
Next four to six months could be the worst phase of Covid-19 pandemic: Bill Gates
“If we would follow the rules, in terms of wearing masks, not mixing and practice social distancing, we could avoid a large percentage of those deaths,"said Gates, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
25 injured in Rawalpindi blast
According to city police officer Mohammad Ahsan Younas, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted under a cart, which exploded on Sunday in the busy Ganj Mandi market near a police station, roughly 2 km away from the military headquarters.
US CDC director signs recommendation to use Pfizer-BioNTech's vax
Initial Covid-19 vaccination is set to start as early as Monday, he said, adding it is the next step in the efforts to protect Americans, reduce the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and help restore some normalcy to the lives of the American people and the country.
'I will veto': Trump vows to block $740 million defence bill, says 'China biggest winner'
Congress has approved the bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, for nearly 60 years in a row. The current version affirms 3% pay raises for U.S. troops and authorizes more than $740 billion in military programs and construction.
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