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Britain said it will pledge $227 million in annual civilian and food aid for Afghanistan at a conference on Tuesday in Geneva where officials from about 70 countries and humanitarian organisations will pledge billions of dollars for the wartorn nation.

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only African American mayor during the 1990s, died on Monday. He was 93.

Pressure is increasing on a Trump administration official to authorize a formal transition process for Presidentelect Joe Biden.

Russia has opened a case against U.S. tech giant Google for failing to remove banned content from its search engine, communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Monday.

Ethiopia has rebuffed attempts at international mediation since conflict erupted in its northern Tigray region on Nov. 4.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Monday he hoped that the outline of a Brexit free trade deal will have emerged by the end of the week and urged unprepared smaller Irish exporters to get ready for change, whether there is a deal or no deal.

Turkey prevented German forces belonging to a European Union military mission carrying out a full search of a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya, both countries confirmed on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met the Saudi crown prince in Saudi Arabia, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed trip to the kingdom by an Israeli leader amid a diplomatic flurry prompted by regional fears of Iran.

China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon early this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.

U.S. COVID19 vaccine program head Moncef Slaoui said the first Americans to receive a coronavirus vaccine could get it as soon as Dec. 11, CNN reported on Sunday.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 330 new daily coronavirus cases as of midnight on Saturday, a drop from 386 reported the day before, but the fifth straight day of more than 300 new cases.

Japan may reimpose attendance limits for sports and other large events to curb a spike in COVID19 infections, economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Sunday.

Australia's top military official said on Sunday the country's defence force must 'own' a recent report on soldiers committing crimes in Afghanistan and pledged changes to ensure that atrocities do not happen again.

Beijing Guoan moved to the top of Group E of the Asian Champions League on Saturday with a 21 win over FC Seoul in Doha as the Chinese Super League side impressed upon their return to the rescheduled continental club championship.

Relatives and supporters of 12 Hongkongers, detained in China after trying to flee the city by speedboat, protested on Saturday on an island near the Chinese prison where they have been held virtually incommunicado for nearly three months.

South Korea's third wave of COVID19 continued on Saturday after medical groups called for stricter socialdistancing curbs and the government warned of tougher measures if infections are not quickly contained.