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4985 - Covid: Travel misery continues as 1,300 more flights cancelled

4899 - Covid: US airlines scrap hundreds of flights amid Omicron surge

4895 - SA urges halt to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell key auction

4886 - Sudan coup: Military cuts internet services ahead of planned protests

4884 - In pictures: World celebrates Christmas

4879 - Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi address: World ignoring huge tragedies

4877 - Myanmar: Charity staff missing after deadly 'army attack'

4875 - Deadly bombing at restaurant packed for Christmas

4870 - South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90

4869 - In pictures: The life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

4866 - Desmond Tutu: Obama joins tributes to South Africa anti-apartheid hero

4863 - 'A dark day': South Africans remember Tutu

4860 - Desmond Tutu: South Africa mourns anti-apartheid hero

4855 - Covid: Travel chaos spills into new week

4853 - Afghanistan's Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women

4831 - Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls

4821 - Covid-19: Extra vaccine mandates come into force in New York City

4817 - France announces tighter Covid restrictions amid Omicron surge

4816 - Covid: US halves isolation time for asymptomatic infection

4815 - India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity

4658 - Russian court orders oldest civil rights group Memorial to shut

4655 - Covid: Europe sees record virus case rise

4652 - Ghislaine Maxwell jury faces longer hours because of Covid

4648 - Stand News: Police arrest six from Hong Kong independent news outlet

4642 - Covid: US and France report record daily case rises

4294 - Valentina Orellana-Peralta: US teen shot dead by police 'died in mother's arms'

4277 - Covid: Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases - WHO

4274 - Alaska 'Icemageddon' warning follows heat record

4264 - Hong Kong: Legco voting underway after electoral overhaul

4222 - Ghislaine Maxwell: How accusers' testimony brought her down

4187 - Ghislaine Maxwell: Victims speak of relief after guilty verdict

4164 - Ukraine tensions: Biden and Putin phone call seeks 'diplomatic path'

4161 - Ukraine tensions: Putin tells Biden new sanctions could rupture ties

4046 - Tortured to death: Myanmar mass killings revealed

3951 - Russia-Ukraine crisis: Putin says ball in West's court

3812 - Omicron: What can we learn from South Africa's experience so far?

3811 - Covid: France to drastically restrict travel from UK

3809 - Haiti kidnappers release remaining missionaries

3807 - RAF Typhoon jet shoots down 'small hostile drone' in Syria

3806 - Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users

3805 - Biden grants Medal of Honor to first black soldier since Vietnam

3803 - Kim Jong-un: N Korean defectors reflect on last decade

3802 - Japan: 27 feared dead in Osaka building fire

3801 - Bouncy castle fall: Australia mourns 'terrible tragedy' after children killed

3784 - Russia Ukraine: Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions

3781 - Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive

3780 - Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Epstein's ex testifies for the defence

3779 - Covid-19: Omicron spreading at lightning speed - French PM

3778 - Explosion at Pakistan bank kills at least 14

3777 - Dutch to enter tight lockdown over Omicron wave

3776 - UK troops will not be deployed to Ukraine to defend against Russia

3775 - Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave

3774 - Covid: Germany tightens restrictions on UK travellers

3773 - Philippines Super Typhoon Rai death toll passes 100

3772 - Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns

3771 - Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile presidential election

3770 - Australia bouncy castle fall: Sixth child dies in hospital

3767 - Ethiopia war: World heritage site Lalibela back in government hands

3763 - Prosecutors call Ghislaine Maxwell 'sophisticated predator' in closing arguments

3762 - WHO urges cancelling some holiday events over Omicron fears

3761 - Abducted Haiti missionaries describe daring escape

3760 - Super Typhoon Rai: Philippines faces aftermath

3759 - UK Supreme Court denies Maduro claim to Venezuelan gold

3758 - Boeing and Airbus warn US over 5G safety concerns

3757 - 'Biggest divorce case in British legal history'

3756 - Covid Omicron: Biden buys 500m test kits to tackle surge

3752 - Covid Omicron: Variant will push Europe hospitals towards brink, says WHO

3746 - Myanmar: At least 70 feared missing in jade mine landslide

3745 - Covid-19: Israel could become the first country to give four vaccine doses

3744 - Haridwar: Police case after outrage over anti-Muslim hate speech

3739 - Bangladesh ferry fire: Dozens killed near Jhalakathi

3738 - Omicron wave appears milder, but concern remains

3737 - Spain to require masks outdoors amid Covid surge

3736 - Omicron: Biden denies failure in Omicron testing response

3735 - Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed

3734 - Daunte Wright death: US 'Taser mixup' ex-officer guilty of manslaughter

3733 - Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-president granted government pardon

3732 - Rare pink handfish spotted in Australia for first time in decades

3731 - Hong Kong universities remove more monuments marking Tiananmen

3730 - Omicron: Curfew in Delhi as India Covid cases surge

3729 - Covid: President Macron warns he will 'hassle' France's unvaccinated

3728 - Covid: US reports record 1m cases with peak still to come

3727 - Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder convicted of fraud

3726 - The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes

3725 - South Africa parliament fire flares up again

3724 - Prince Andrew accuser’s deal with Epstein released

3723 - Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew accuser's deal with Jeffrey Epstein to be released

3722 - Covid: Israel Omicron spike could bring herd immunity but with risks - health boss

3721 - Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid mass protests

3720 - Cape Town: Major blaze rips through South Africa parliament building

3719 - South Korean crosses DMZ in rare defection to North Korea

3718 - US flight cancellations hit new holiday peak amid Covid and bad weather

3717 - New law allowing assisted suicide takes effect Austria

3716 - Colorado: Residents return following devastating fire

3715 - South Africa prepares to bury Archbishop Desmond Tutu

3714 - Desmond Tutu: Body of South African hero to be aquamated

3713 - Covid-19: WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022

3712 - Xi'an: Cries for help and food in quarantined Chinese city

3711 - Colorado wildfires: Tens of thousands evacuated as blazes spread