Britain has completed its economic break from the European Union after the Brexit transition period expired, ending its 48-year partnership with the trading bloc and starting a new and more distant relationship with its continental neighbours.
Uncertainty persists for hundreds of migrants whose relocation from a fire-damaged tent camp in Bosnia was cancelled amid protests by residents, reflecting confusion in the Balkan country's handling of the crisis.
This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget.
Norwegian rescuers deployed drones and dogs to negotiate unstable clay soil in a search for 10 people still missing on Thursday after a landslide in southern Norway swept away more than a dozen buildings the previous day.
Hong Kong's top court has remanded media and publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under Hong Kong's new national security law, in custody until another bail hearing on Feb. 1.
