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The temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district was attacked on December 30 by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has shown a 95% success rate, is the first vaccine the Philippines has approved.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is to feature on a set of stamps issued by Sweden's postal service.

While the previous three impeachments -- of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump -- had taken months before a final vote, including investigations and hearings, this time it will have taken only a week.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plans to fly back to Russia on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned in August, despite the risk of being jailed on his return from Germany.

The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by proTrump loyalists (all times local):

European shares were mixed on Wednesday and the dollar rebounded, while the 10year U.S. Treasury stabilised below its 10month high as markets focused on U.S. inflation data.

Syria said Israel bombed Iranianbacked militia bases near the Iraqi border in the early hours of Wednesday, in a raid which military defectors and Western intelligence sources said was one of Israel's most extensive in recent months.

It is possible to get an extra dose out of vials of AstraZeneca's COVID19 vaccine as well as the one made by Pfizer, the head of immunisation at Public Health England (PHE) said on Wednesday.

Germany will not be able to lift all coronavirus lockdown curbs at the beginning of February, Health Minister Jens Spahn said, stressing the need to further reduce contacts to fend off a more virulent variant of the virus.

The opposition leader made the announcement on his Instagram account.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he would fly back to Russia on Jan. 17 from Germany where he has been convalescing after being poisoned.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said.

Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy sources, environmentally friendly jobs and healthier communities, participants in a Reuters Next panel said on Tuesday.

Mexican health authorities will quickly make a decision on whether to authorize Russia's Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine, Deputy Health Minister Hugo LopezGatell said on Tuesday.

The United States on Tuesday imposed counter terrorism sanctions on five people it tied to Iran, designating them each as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), according to the U.S. Treasury Department's website.