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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split

Friday, 1 January 2021, 12:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on either side of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year’s Day after a seismic overnight shift in relations between the European...

EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year

Friday, 1 January 2021, 09:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Between the specter of Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and a new leadership team facing a budget battle, the European Union looked set to remember 2020 as an “annus...

Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU

Friday, 1 January 2021, 07:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Britain’s long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the U.K. freer but more isolated in a turbulent...

New Year's revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020

Friday, 1 January 2021, 07:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with many bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget. From the South Pacific to New York City,...

2020 finally ending, but New Year's revelries muted by virus

Thursday, 31 December 2020, 10:44 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget. Australia will be among the...

Abortion legalised in Argentina

Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 13:15 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalising abortion in Pope Francis' homeland early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting...

UK approves use of Astra Zeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine

Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 09:45 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Britain on Wednesday authorised emergency use of a second Covid-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to green light an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for...

UK hospitals struggle; tougher rules eyed to fight variant

Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 17:15 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. Authorities are blaming...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia; 1 death reported

Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 14:44 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. A girl was killed in the quake and a man and a boy were pulled...

Famed French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 13:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

France’s Academy of Fine Arts says Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose Space Age style was among the iconic looks of 20th-century fashion, has died at 98. A licensing maverick,...

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