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Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted Britain to reach a Brexit trade deal with the European Union, so Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down to securing one.

Turkey is ready to discuss U.S. concerns about the technical compatibility of Russian S400 defences and U.S.made F35 jets, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday, repeating Ankara's proposal for a joint working group with Washington on the issue.

Police detained more than 300 people after clashes with farright supporters marching through Warsaw in defiance of pandemic restrictions, the force said on Thursday.

An Australian state anticorruption watchdog said on Thursday it would not investigate media reports of money being transferred from the Vatican to Australia during the prosecution of former Vatican treasurer George Pell.

Asian shares rose toward a more than twoyear peak on Thursday, buoyed by sustained global stimulus efforts and hopes of a coronavirus vaccine, but some analysts warned of the risk of a correction lower.

Australia will appoint a special investigator to determine whether to prosecute members of the country's military for alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

Charges against three News Corp online editors were dropped on day four of a trial on allegations that media firms broke an Australiawide court suppression order on reporting exVatican treasurer George Pell's child sex abuse conviction.

The company said the trial remains blinded, so neither it nor study investigators know which participants received the vaccine or a placebo.

The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let thenGov. George W. Bush read the ultrasecret daily brief of the nations most sensitive intelligence.

Ivory Coast opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie met with President Alassane Ouattara Wednesday after contesting his reelection to a third term in an effort to start a dialogue to avoid a crisis in the West African nation.

During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the scores of election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud found among the 592 ballots challenged.

As COVID19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths surge across the United States, more signs emerged that a second wave could engulf areas of the Northeast, which managed to bring the pandemic under control after being battered last spring.

Swiss drugmaker Roche's chairman, Christoph Franz, favours requiring people to get a vaccination against COVID19 when one is available and proven safe and effective, newspaper Handelszeitung reported on Wednesday, citing an interview.

At least 5 people have died in a migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, Spanish charity Open Arms said on Wednesday, warning that the number of fatalities could grow as rescue operations continue.

One person was killed and seven others were wounded in a driveby shooting at a basketball court in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday night, local authorities said.

Myanmar's militarybacked opposition party said on Wednesday it would not recognise an election held earlier this week and urged authorities to hold another vote.