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In Christmas blessing, Pope Francis warns against nationalism in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Friday, December 25 by ABC News

By LOUIS MILMAN, ABC News (VATICAN CITY) -- In his annual Christmas blessing, Pope Francis urged the nations of the world not to let any form of nationalism to interfere with the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.He... Read More.

European Union and United Kingdom reach post-Brexit trade deal

Thursday, December 24 by ABC News

BY LOUIS MILMAN, IBTISSEM GUENFOUD(BRUSSELS, Belgium) -- The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached a trade and cooperation agreement days before the next Brexit deadline. The UK is set to leave the European single market and customs unions... Read More.

See Prince Harry and Meghan’s 2020 family Christmas card

Thursday, December 24 by ABC News

By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are no longer senior members of Britain's royal family, but they are still partaking in a royal holiday tradition, a Christmas card.The Sussexes released... Read More.

Family members of Iraqis killed by Blackwater contractors condemn pardons

Wednesday, December 23 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES and BADER KATY, ABC News(LONDON and BAGHDAD) -- When news broke that Mohammed Kinani's son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was... Read More.

Independent election watchdog shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kabul

Wednesday, December 23 by ABC News

By JULIA MACFARLANE, ABC News(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, the executive director of the non-governmental organization Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Wednesday morning in Kabul.Rasheed’s brother told Afghan news... Read More.

57,000-year-old mummified wolf puppy discovered in Canada gives peek into past

Wednesday, December 23 by ABC News

By IBTISSEM GUENFOUD, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A study published Monday revealed that a 57,000 year-old mummified wolf puppy was discovered in thawing permafrost near Dawson City, Yukon, in Canada, signifying the presence of mammal populations in an interglacial period many millennia... Read More.

Top US general continues to see ‘heightened risk’ from Iran

Wednesday, December 23 by ABC News

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- With the anniversary of the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general approaching, there remains a "heightened risk" of an Iranian threat to American interests in the Middle East, the top U.S. general in... Read More.

Number of journalists murdered for their work more than doubled in 2020

Tuesday, December 22 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News(LONDON) -- The number of journalists murdered in 2020 more than doubled this year, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The report follows

Navalny says Russian agent accidentally admitted to poisoning him

Tuesday, December 22 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said he has duped a Russian intelligence officer into accidentally admitting his and other officers’ roles in Navalny’s poisoning with a nerve agent this summer.Navalny on Monday posted... Read More.

New coronavirus variant in UK prompts lockdown, travel bans — but evidence so far is thin

Monday, December 21 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News(LONDON) -- Fears that a new variant of the novel coronavirus is behind a rise in infections in London and parts of southeast England has caused dozens of countries around the world to suspend travel to... Read More.

Gripped by coronavirus 2nd wave, Europe faces grim Christmas

Saturday, December 19 by ABC News

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News(LONDON) -- Europe's second wave of coronavirus infections remains in full swing, but in some countries, the Christmas holidays may grant a reprieve to allow people to gather with their families again.While the worst-affected... Read More.

Tech executive accused of working with Chinese government to disrupt Tiananmen Square video chats

Friday, December 18 by ABC News

By AARON KATERSKY and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A China-based executive of an American telecommunications company was charged Friday with disrupting video conferences meant to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre.Xinjiang Jin's alleged conduct is part of... Read More.

In Christmas blessing, Pope Francis warns against nationalism in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

European Union and United Kingdom reach post-Brexit trade deal

See Prince Harry and Meghan’s 2020 family Christmas card

Family members of Iraqis killed by Blackwater contractors condemn pardons

Independent election watchdog shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kabul

57,000-year-old mummified wolf puppy discovered in Canada gives peek into past

Top US general continues to see ‘heightened risk’ from Iran

Number of journalists murdered for their work more than doubled in 2020

Navalny says Russian agent accidentally admitted to poisoning him

New coronavirus variant in UK prompts lockdown, travel bans — but evidence so far is thin

Gripped by coronavirus 2nd wave, Europe faces grim Christmas

Tech executive accused of working with Chinese government to disrupt Tiananmen Square video chats

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