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London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday, after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous 'no deal' exit for Britain from the European Union's orbit on Dec. 31 looking more likely than not.

Austrian police seized a huge cache of automatic weapons, explosives and hand grenades intended to arm rightwing extremist groups in Germany, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Saturday.

Poland should be able to administer 3.4 million doses of COVID19 vaccine a month, the prime minister's top aide said on Saturday, as the country's health service gears up for what is likely to be its biggest logistical challenge ever.

Switzerland has frozen the financial assets of the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, following the violent aftermath of the elections in the east European country.

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare and non-contagious disorder that affects the movement of the arms and legs.

Democrat Joe Biden's journey to the White House is set to cross a key threshold on Monday when the U.S. Electoral College formally picks the winner of November's presidential election amid an effort by President Donald Trump to reverse his loss.

The U.S. Senate on Friday threw its weight behind the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, passing the bill with a margin large enough to overcome President Donald Trump's p...

A Rohingya woman is seeking $2 million in compensation for the death of her husband who was killed by government soldiers during a 2017 military crackdown in western Myanmar, lawyers said.

A mounting U.S. death toll has tempered enthusiasm about a coming COVID19 vaccine with 9/11like fatalities projected every day for the months ahead, even with a rapid rollout of inoculations, which could start as soon as Monday.

Ethiopia's government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps in the northern Tigray region, a move that prompted concerns from the United Nations refugee agency, which does not have access to the camps.

Australia cancelled the production of a locally made vaccine against COVID19 after trials showed it could interfere with HIV diagnosis, with the government instead securing additional doses of rival vaccines.

Russia reported its highest COVID19 daily death tally on Friday, a day after official data revealed a surge in excess deaths in October that made it the most deadly month in a decade.

Penal Reform International said 741,000 women were in prison worldwide, with up to 80% having an identifiable mental illness, a problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

All eyes now are turning to one of the final major cabinet posts to be filled: US attorney general. The job came up at Tuesday's meeting with Biden.

Overseers of two programs to compensate victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme have announced $679 million of new payouts, ahead of Friday's 12th anniversary of the nowimprisoned swindler's arrest.

There is about a 95% chance of La Niña conditions prevailing through the Northern Hemisphere winter from January to March, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.