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South Korea records new Covid-19 daily high

President calls situation ‘an emergency’

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Child infected with Covid-19 months before Italy’s first case reported

4-year-old had no reported travel history

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Mexico regulator okays Pfizer vaccine for emergency use

It becomes the 5th country, after Britain, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, to do so

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Austria’s primary school headscarf ban overturned

Country’s constitutional court says law passed last year contravenes religious freedoms

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One civilian killed as multiple rockets hit Kabul

Country's Interior Ministry confirms one other civilian was wounded

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Canada-US border to remain shut till Jan 21

Border initially closed in March to slow spread of Covid-19

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US to begin Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in under 24hrs: Trump

Outgoing US president says vaccine shipments have begun

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Russia probes into mass seal die-off

272 dead Caspian seals found washed up between Sunday and Thursday

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Global coronavirus cases breach 70 million

US continues to be world No. 1 in both infections and deaths

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US buys 100 million more doses of Moderna jab

New order to be delivered by second quarter of 2021

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Brazil virus fatalities top 180,000

S. American country is second to pass grim milestone after US

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EU chief tells leaders chances of Brexit deal low

Time ticks down to a Sunday deadline to make a call on prolonging talks or giving up

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Turkey says EU sanctions plan ‘biased, unlawful’ 

After the European Union moves to penalise Turkey for drilling activities in the Mediterranean