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German foreign minister Heiko Maas believes that COVID-19 restrictions must be eased for citizens who have already been vaccinated against the virus. What do you think?

Within hours of being sworn in, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to sign a dozen executive orders relating to the pandemic, the economy, climate change and racial injustice.

The first-ever winter ascent to the summit of K2 — Pakistan's "savage mountain" and the world's second-highest peak — has been claimed by 10 Nepalese mountaineers.

The migrant caravan is heading towards the US to escape an economy battered by the pandemic and hurricanes.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard test-fired anti-warship ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day military exercise.

State authorities have beefed up security this weekend ahead of Democrat Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony on January 20 and out of concern over potential armed protests.

At least 34,000 protesters took to the streets in France to denounce a controversial security bill that's awaiting scrutiny in the Senate.

People calling for agriculture policy reform drove tractors through Berlin and renewed their rejection of Germany's ecologically ruinous farm and food sectors.

Authorities allowed staff and passengers back into Frankfurt Airport's Terminal 1 and the airport's regional train station following an investigation into an abandoned piece of luggage that was later deemed harmless.

Germany's government handed transcripts of interviews with Alexei Navalny to Russia, as part of the Kremlin's probe into the poisoning of the activist.

Don't forget the lockdown rules even if you are in an igloo.

Donald Trump's legacy — perhaps more than any other US president — will be viewed through two starkly different lenses.

Pfizer and BioNTech will temporarily cut shipments of its coronavirus vaccine to Europe, as Pfizer tries to amp up its production capacity.

JUST IN: The sitting president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has a lead over his opposition candidate Bobi Wine with almost 90% of the votes counted.

China has built a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients in just five days after a spike of infections in a city south of Beijing.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp will delay the rollout of a change to its data-sharing practice after a worldwide backlash against the new policy.

#BREAKING: Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel loyalist, has been chosen as the new CDU leader.

Most countries in the world require you to wear masks in public spaces but what’s the difference between a cloth mask, FFP2, N95, KN95, and a face shield?

CDU delegates are about to elect a new leader - who may replace Chancellor Angela Merkel this fall.

Between 1933 and 1945, the German Red Cross was closely complicit in Hitler's Nazi regime, according to historians and medics.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching the "world's largest" coronavirus vaccination campaign via video conference.

Most countries in the world require you to wear masks in public spaces but what’s the difference between a cloth mask, FFP2, N95, KN95, and a face shield?

A Russian circus has sparked outrage for featuring a monkey and goats dressed in clothes with Nazi symbols on them.

Hackers have altered and leaked stolen documents about the BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines, possibly in a bid to damage public trust in the jabs.

Germany’s coronavirus deaths are increasing rapidly. Experts attribute it to people refusing to restrict their movement and reduce contact.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the coronavirus pandemic was a "once-in-a-century" threat but added that the country would only grow stronger because of it.

President Mahmud Abbas has announced the first Palestinian elections in over 15 years. Three separate elections between May and August this year.

The German Red Cross was closely complicit in Hitler's murderous regime between 1933 and 1945, historians and medics have said.

When lockdown rules say you can’t meet friends at home…🤦

WhatsApp will delay changes to its data-sharing practices after people around the world criticized the new policy. The Facebook-owned company said it will do more "to clear up misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp."

The "ZeroCovid" petition to impose a hard lockdown across Europe is gaining momentum in Germany and Austria.

The global death toll from COVID-19 has passed 2 million. It took the world eight months to reach 1 million dead but less than four months after that to hit the next million.

Riyadh has urged Bangladesh to take some 54,000 Rohingya that are currently in Saudi Arabia. But agreeing to this would complicate Bangladesh's Rohingya repatriation talks with Myanmar.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has elected Fiji's ambassador as its 2021 president in an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic standoff blocked the usual consensus decision.

Several European governments have now confirmed that Pfizer will temporarily cut shipments of its coronavirus vaccine to Europe. Germany said the US company is making changes to its Belgian plant, which will affect deliveries over the next month.

Officials in Brazil's Amazonas state said doctors were choosing which COVID-19 patients to treat as overloaded hospitals waited for fresh supplies of oxygen cylinders.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government has stepped down after it emerged that officials had wrongly pursued thousands of people over welfare fraud.

Norwegian health authorities said Pfizer temporarily cut shipments of its COVID-19 vaccine to Europe next week while it ramps up production capacity.

A German court has dropped charges of market manipulation against ex-Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn as part of the automaker's emissions cheating scandal.

Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency said construction on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline can restart immediately. Whether or not that will actually happen remains unclear.

Hundreds of nationals of Central American countries have departed the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula as part of a migrant caravan planning to walk to the United States.

Indonesian investigators say they have recovered data from a crashed passenger jet's flight recorder, days after the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the Java Sea.

An earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island early this morning, killing at least six people and injuring more than 600 others.

"New evidence emerged that crimes against humanity — and possibly genocide — are occurring" in Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the US Congress said in a new report.

An earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island early this morning, killing at least six people and injuring more than 600 others.

North Korea has displayed what appears to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile at a parade marking the end of a rare congress in Pyongyang.

With nationwide curbs having had little impact on stemming the spread of the coronavirus, German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants "significant additional measures" to stop the virus.

India is facing a new health crisis with cases of bird flu being reported across several states over the past few weeks.

The "ZeroCovid" petition to impose a hard lockdown across Europe has gained rapid momentum in Germany and Austria.

US President-elect Joe Biden has announced a $1.9 trillion stimulus package to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus. It includes stimulus payment checks for $1,400.