Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive for COVID-19

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.

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New Zealand confirms 1st community spread case of COVID-19 in months

The infection in a 56-year-old woman who returned to New Zealand on Dec. 30 was of a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins said during a news conference.

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Growing number of Republican senators oppose impeachment trial of former president

A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of the dimming chances that former U.S. president Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.

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Rioting youths in Dutch village torch COVID-19 testing centre

Rioting youths protesting on the first night of a Dutch curfew torched a coronavirus testing facility and threw fireworks at police in a Dutch fishing village.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netherlands-coronavirus-curfew-protest-1.5885662?cmp=rss

Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine

Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

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Why the Queen let it be known she's had the COVID-19 vaccine

Members of the Royal Family are generally reluctant to share many details of their personal health, but a decision by Queen Elizabeth to let it be known she and Prince Philip have received vaccinations to protect them against the coronavirus is likely to be welcomed by those leading U.K. efforts to fight COVID-19.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royal-fascinator-queen-elizabeth-covid-19-vaccine-governor-general-julie-payette-resignation-1.5875617?cmp=rss