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The Japanese government said on Monday it was considering declaring a state of emergency in and around Tokyo as coronavirus cases climb, casting fresh doubt over whether it can push ahead with the summer Olympics and keep economic damage to a minimum.

The United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations, an information exchange overseen by the British royal navy in the region, acknowledged an interaction between a merchant vessel and Iranian authorities.

When Netanyahu’s dispensation sends out batches of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine deep inside the Bank, they have their set takers: only Jewish settlers. The rest of the roughly 2.7 million Palestinians living around them are pushed to the wall.

Singapore will consider relaxing travel restrictions for people who have been vaccinated against COVID19, the cohead of the government's virus taskforce said on Monday.

Oil prices rose on Monday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February at a meeting later in the day as the coronavirus pandemic keeps worries about firsthalf demand elevated.

Warner’s writings also indicate he believed reptilians and lizard people controlled the earth and had altered human DNA.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID19 cases keep rising, but that schools were safe and children should continue to attend.

According to the tally posted on Dec. 30, the agency had administered 2,794,588 first doses of the vaccines and distributed 12,409,050 doses.

The merchandise featured in Sen. Kelly Loefflers online campaign store includes Tshirts and bumper stickers bearing Donald Trumps name and the message: Still my president.

Presidentelect Joe Bidens choice to be treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, collected more than $7 million in speaking fees over the past two years from major financial firms and tech giants including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Google, according to disclos...

Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being "young and free" amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest continued civilization in the world.

Banned from setting off fireworks in much of their city, some Berliners instead tried to launch them from their homes on New Year's Eve, leading to dozens of fires across the German capital.

Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was 16, a Western rights group said, drawing condemnation from the U.N. rights office which said it was prohibited under international law.

His plans to seek a French passport had already been revealed by his daughter Rachel in a book published in March.

New coronavirus infections in Japan's capital hit a record high of 1,337 on Thursday, Tokyo's Metropolitan Government said, and New Year's Eve celebrations were curtailed as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic.

Lai, a vocal Beijing critic, is one of the highest-profile figures charged under a sweeping security law that China imposed on the financial hub in late June in a bid to stamp out dissent.