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Gap needs to be bridged in UK-EU trade talks: Johnson
"Obviously, the UK's position is always that we want to keep talking if there's any chance of a deal," Xinhua news agency quoted Johnson as saying on Sky News on Friday.
China ready to further cooperate with WHO over Covid-19 origin tracing
Wang made the remarks at a press briefing on Friday while responding to an inquiry about a WHO official reportedly saying that a WHO-led international investigation team would visit China in early January, reports Xinhua news agency.
US Congress passes 2-day stopgap funding bill to avert govt shutdown
The Republican-majority Senate also passed the measure by a voice vote to extend the government funding deadline from December 18 to December 20.
3,500-yr-old tomb in NW China indicates sun worship
Earlier excavations by an archaeological team from the Xinjiang Regional Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology found pottery and stone tools in the tomb, which helped the researchers date it to around 3,500 years ago
UN chief welcomes release of abducted children in Nigeria
Guterres commended "the swift action" taken by the Nigerian authorities to rescue the children and called for "the immediate and unconditional release" of those who remain abducted, said the statement.
US okays Moderna Covid-19 vaccine as pandemic surge worsens
The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration okayed a shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
UN vehicle hit by 'unidentified object' on PoK side, won't confirm firing: Spokespersonv
The incident was under investigation and he did not confirm that the vehicle belonging to the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was even hit by gunfire on the Pakistan-occupied side of Kashmir.
Sensitive military equipment given to Afghan forces unaccounted: Report
The report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued on Thursday said that Washington has made training and equipping the Afghan forces a "priority of its reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan".
Afghanistan: Airtstrikes kill 30 militants in Ghazni province
"A group of Taliban insurgents had gathered in Qarsi area of Qarabagh district to storm security checkpoints but the security forces' planes attacked the gathering in the wee hours of Friday, killing 30 on the spot," provincial government spokesman Wahidullah Jumazada said,
India planning surgical strike against Pakistan, claims Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Qureshi further said that India was "trying to seek tacit approval" for this strike from "important players who they consider to be their partners". The Pakistani foreign minister made these remarks while addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, where he is presently on an official visit.
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