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China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to one day bring the self-ruled democratic island back into the fold, by force if necessary.

Firefighters with special equipment were later called in and managed to lift the dead swan and its surviving companion away from the area.

December's figure, roughly equivalent to over 1.6 Americans lost to the virus every minute, marked a significant surge from that in the entire month of November which registered 36,964 fatalities

The Sindh Health Department took samples of 12 UK returnees for genotyping out of which six were found to be Covid-19 positive, Geo News reported.

German national daily Die Welt said that researchers at Hannover Medical School detected the new variant in samples of an elderly patient who teted positive around November and later died

I welcomed the importance of the UK/EU Agreement as a new starting point for our relationship, between sovereign equals, British Pm tweeted

The Spanish branch of Pfizer informed Madrid on Sunday night of the delay in shipments to the eight nations due to a "problem in the loading and shipment process" at its plant in Belgium, the health ministry said in a statement.

After a year of staying home, travellers look forward to embark on long-haul journeys

Human rights activists say the practice has accelerated during lockdowns, when girls are out of school and more visible, bride traffickers are more active on the Internet and families are more in debt

This is a decision that strengthened the American policy on Tibet and reaffirmed the government's steadfast support for the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration

Criminals are using email, websites, phone calls, text messages and even fax messages for their scams

The developing cocoa industry is earning better incomes for farmers

The 2,000-year-old bar frozen in Pompeii ash gives clues on Roman snacking habits

Wars and insurgencies endanger vaccinators in poor nations across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America

Besides England, lockdowns were also introduced in Scotland and Northern Ireland, while restrictions that were eased for Christmas Day in Wales were re-imposed on Saturday

Hong Kong-based Elise Ip is helping families connect through her project 'Send Flowers With You'

The first French case -- found in a citizen living in Britain who arrived from London on December 19 -- is asymptomatic and self-isolating at home

Pandemic has claimed more than 1.7 million lives and is still running rampant in much of the world, but the recent launching of innoculation campaigns has boosted hopes that 2021 could bring a respite

The “green growth strategy" urges utilities to bolster renewables and hydrogen while calling for auto industries to go carbon free by the mid-2030s

We're grateful for all the scientists, researchers, manufacturing workers, and service members, who have worked tirelessly to make this breakthrough possible. It is truly a Christmas miracle, said the US president

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica before fewer than 200 masked faithful, mostly employees of Vatican City

The cluster that has emerged in port city of Dalian in recent days has grown to 12 cases

The news comes as infections surge again in parts of the African continent

From sea sponges that can build spaceships to durians generating electricity, the year has also led to some pathbreaking innovations