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The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government forces.

South Korean authorities will consider tighter social distancing restrictions on Sunday to clamp down on economic activities after last week saw the fastest spread of infections since the early days of the COVID19 pandemic.

England needs tough restrictions after its current lockdown ends if hospitals are not to become overwhelmed, a senior minister said, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to lawmakers to say the measures would end in February to try to quell opposition.

Police in London said on Saturday that they had made 155 arrests as they tried to break up antilockdown and antivaccine protests.

Sent by the government to support the hardpressed Swiss healthcare system, members of the civil defence corps are on the frontline of the battle against COVID19, helping out in emergency rooms and handling bodies.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that images showing Paris police beating up a Black music producer were shameful for France, and that government would have to find a way to restore public confidence in the force.

Ireland will allow shops, restaurants, gyms and pubs serving food to reopen next week, and permit travel between counties from Dec. 18, to facilitate a "different but special" Christmas, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Friday.

The number of COVID19 patients being treated in hospitals across the United States reached 90,000 on Friday after nearly doubling in the last month, just as holiday gatherings are expected to propel the next wave of infections.

Over four decades, Mary Nichols has been the regulator behind some of the nations most ambitious climate policies and, in recent years, shes been their staunchest defender against President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle them.

Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, the head of the country's army said on Friday.

France will mourn the brutal loss of former star wing Christophe Dominici amid a cathedrallike quiet then focus on beating Italy with a makeshift side in the Autumn Nations Cup on Saturday night.

Instead of adding the trial arm to an ongoing US process, a new study would be run to evaluate a lower dosage that performed better than a full amount in AstraZeneca’s studies, Soriot was quoted as saying in a Bloomberg News report.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Dan Rosenfield, a business consultant and former treasury official, as his new chief of staff on Thursday.

Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic, Kylie MooreGilbert, with three Iranians who had been detained abroad, Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will continue to hear arguments by telephone through at least January because of the coronavirus pandemic.

With every gathering, every shopping trip and every travel plan increasing the chances of spreading the virus, the safest option for everyone is to stay at home, Barbosa said.