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Britain holds crisis meeting over virus travel ban
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to chair a crisis meeting Monday as a growing number of countries from France to Argentina blocked flights to Britain over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain the UK said was "out of control".
Reports of martial-law talk in Trump meeting draw outrage
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: With one month to go until Joe Biden takes office, Donald Trump remains fixated on his failed bid to overturn the 2020 election -- with his advisors reportedly floating the idea of invoking martial law, triggering outrage and disbelief in Washington.
Nigeria jihadists kill five soldiers, kidnap dozens of civilians
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» KANO (NIGERIA) - Five Nigerian soldiers were killed by Islamic State-aligned jihadists and dozens of civilians were kidnapped in a separate attack, military sources said Sunday, in the latest violence to grip the north of the country.