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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday night announced new limits on people gathering at events as well as mandatory mask wearing in crowded places.

This prompted the party's co-leader Billy Te Kahika -- who has a huge following -- to accuse Facebook of meddling in the upcoming vote.

The British side has accused Brussels of trying to force concessions by running down the clock.

Over 1,500 workers expressed their intent to support the call for additional paid time off in just an hour after the petition was launched Tuesday morning.

The financing "aims to support vaccination of up to a billion people," the bank said in a statement.

Masks and distancing are no longer mandatory in New Zealand, an achievement upon which Ardern has staked her political future in Saturday's general election.

The World Bank on Monday said the debt of the world's 73 poorest countries grew 9.5 percent last year to a record $744 billion.

Trump's medical team announced he had tested negative and was no longer contagious as he jetted to Florida.

Kim was sending the US a message that the North's capabilities were improving.

Barack Obama's former vice president is currently close to 10 points ahead in national polls with a solid lead in some key battleground states.

Both sides almost immediately accused each other of truce violations.

After intense US cajoling, the Afghan government and the Taliban last month opened peace talks in Doha.

Turkey's strong backing for Azerbaijan has sown fears in the West that the conflict could spiral into a full-blown war embroiling Ankara with Moscow.

Activity at the bogus accounts mostly involved commenting on news articles rather than posting their own content, according to Facebook.

Pelosi warned that Trump is suffering from a "disassociation from reality (that) would be funny if it weren't so deadly."

The said requirement has fetched much controversy with critics calling the change to immigration policies "discriminatory"

"Girls Takeover" is a campaign that focuses on promoting skills and opportunities for girls in an effort to encourage countries to end the gender gap.

The scandal, which erupted in 2017 forced it to postpone the 2018 prize -- a first in 70 years.

Democrat Joe Biden, who leads Trump in the latest polls ahead of the November 3 vote, attacked the president's downplaying of the risk.

The cavalcade will mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party and satellite imagery on the respected 38North website suggests it could be huge.

Harris, if elected, would make history by becoming the highest-ranking woman in US history and both the first African-American and Asian-American vice president.

It will replace key elements of an existing partnership agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.

A video recorded from the banks of Lake Victoria showed the large animal thrashing the boy around in the water.

The police informed the family of the 18-year-old that he had died in a car crash while it was his 19-year-old friend who had passed away at the scene.

This year there are 318 nominees, including 211 individuals and 107 organisations, according to the Nobel Institute.

The president and his bodyguards wore masks, but they were all in one vehicle with the windows shut, at a time when experts say he was highly infectious.

Armenia has become "the last obstacle" to Turkish expansion, Pashinyan said.

Data shows more than 800,000 people filing new claims for jobless benefits each week.

Karabakh's declaration of independence from Azerbaijan during the collapse of the Soviet Union sparked a war in the early 1990s that claimed 30,000 lives.