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Israel launched an air attack against Iranianlinked targets in Syria near the main border crossing to Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday, one of the biggest strikes yet in a campaign that has escalated in the Trump administration's final weeks.

The Spanish regions of Galicia, La Rioja and Cantabria became the latest to tighten coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday amid a spiralling national infection rate that officials have blamed on lax adherence to the rules over Christmas.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday began debating legislation to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time of his presidency.

Switzerland announced tighter measures on Wednesday to tackle new variants of the COVID19 virus spreading across the country but fell short of implementing the full lockdown imposed by neighbouring countries to tackle the pandemic.

Thailand on Wednesday said it was still on track to receive and administer a coronavirus vaccine by China's Sinovac Biotech starting next month, despite data from a Brazil trial that showed 50.4% efficiency, health officials said.

While numbers remain small compared with other countries, China is trying to squash infections ahead of next month's Lunar New Year festival, when hundreds of millions of people are expected to be on the move across the country.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been recovering after being poisoned, shrugging off potential legal risks that could see him jailed.

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Several scientists and observers blasted the Butantan biomedical center for releasing partial data just days ago that generated unrealistic expectations.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a requirement that women visit a hospital or clinic to obtain a drug used for medicationinduced abortions, lifting an order by a lower court allowing the drug to be mailed or delivered as a safety measure durin...

China has recorded the biggest daily jump in COVID cases in more than five months, despite four cities in lockdown, increased testing and other measures aimed at preventing another wave of infections in the world's second biggest economy.

Mexico's health authorities will quickly conclude the approval process for Russia's Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine, Deputy Health Minister Hugo LopezGatell said on Tuesday.

Lithuania's parliament held its first sitting online on Tuesday as part of efforts to curb a sharp increase in COVID19 infections.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte faces a cabinet showdown on Tuesday with a small coalition partner that could bring down his government and unleash political chaos on Italy.

Authorities struggled to clear ice and fallen trees from the streets of Madrid on Tuesday, and temperatures in parts of Spain hit record lows after a snowstorm wrought havoc across the country at the weekend.

Egypt reopened its airspace to Qatari flights on Tuesday and will allow the resumption of flights between the two countries, aviation sources and state media said.