Only a few dozen people attended the lighting of the Christmas tree in the city of Bethlehem on Saturday night, as coronavirus restrictions scaled back the annual event that is normally attended by thousands.
President Donald Trump will be in Valdosta, Ga., Saturday night for his first political rally since the U.S. election was called in favour of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden. The question remains: Will he try to help Republicans in next month's Senate races or use the event to reiterate his debunked claims of voter fraud?
The Indian government and protesting farmers were unable to break their deadlock in talks on Saturday, with the farmers saying they will intensify their demonstrations against new agriculture laws and continue blocking key highways on the outskirts of the capital.
Italian police on Saturday arrested 19 suspects, dismantling what authorities say was a criminal organization that moved migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan to Italy and then into northern Europe.
Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia's first mass vaccination against the disease, the city's coronavirus task force said.
