#UPDATE WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was alarmed over the rapid spread of the novel #coronavirus in #Brazil and #Mexico, urging them to be "very serious" about halting the spread, as some lucky Americans may soon be getting vaccinated u.afp.com/3te9
#UPDATE#Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government was preparing to spend another Can$70 billion to Can$100 billion over three years to jolt the economy once the #coronavirus pandemic is over
#BREAKING US Treasury nominee #Yellen decries 'tragedy' of economic crisis
#UPDATE "I know times are tough, but I want you to know that help is on the way," said #PresidentelectJoeBiden, as Treasury secretary nominee Janet #Yellen warns that the country faces a "historic" crisis hitting the most vulnerable the hardest u.afp.com/3tRo
#BREAKING Car drives into pedestrians in German city of Trier, several people hurt: police
#BREAKING Two dead after car drives into pedestrians in German city of Trier: police
#UPDATE At least two people were killed and several injured when a car drove through a shopping street in the southwestern German city of #Trier on Tuesday, police said, adding that the driver had been arrested u.afp.com/3tbY
#BREAKING Germany's BioNTech, US partner Pfizer file for EU approval of Covid-19 vaccine
#UPDATE#Pfizer and #BioNTech on Tuesday filed for European approval for their coronavirus #vaccine, following in the footsteps of competitor Moderna, while the OECD predicted the world economy would bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by late 2021 u.afp.com/3t2R
#BREAKING EU health agency to meet December 29 "at the latest" to consider BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine approval: statement
#BREAKING French Vendee Globe yachtsman Escoffier rescued by rival: organisers
#UPDATES French Vendee Globe yachtsman Kevin Escoffier is reported "safe and sound" after being rescued from the Atlantic off the Cape of Good Hope by rival skipper Jean Le Cam in his monohull Hubert @AFPsportsu.afp.com/3thQ
VIDEO: Lachin is the last of three districts that Armenia is surrendering to Azerbaijan under a Russian-brokered peace deal that ended weeks of heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Residents are rushing to take their livestock across the border u.afp.com/3teX
#UPDATE Azerbaijani soldiers on Tuesday hoisted their country's flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-#Karabakh region u.afp.com/3t2w#Lachin
#UPDATE Azerbaijani soldiers on Tuesday hoisted their country's flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-#Karabakh region u.afp.com/3t2w#Lachin
Debate rages in Iran over how and when to respond to a top nuclear scientist's assassination, blamed on arch-foe Israel, as his body is honoured at Shiite shrines to prepare it for burial u.afp.com/3txC
#BREAKING Top Iran official blames People's Mujahedeen, Israel for nuclear scientist's killing
#BREAKING Top Iran official says nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh was killed in new type of 'complex operation', blames arch-foe Israel, exiled opposition group