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The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13,000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic privations in Tunisia that fuel migration in boats across the Mediterranean.

Indonesia has said it will take 2-5 days to inspect and download recordings. Their analysis can take much longer.

The number of patients being treated for COVID19 in intensivecare units of Irish hospitals hit a pandemic high of 158, data showed on Tuesday, days after the government warned of a serious risk that capacity would be overwhelmed.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he is considering extending a state of emergency further beyond Tokyo to include Aichi prefecture, home to Toyota Motor Corp, and other central and western areas to curb the spread of COVID19.

Greek lawmakers will vote this week on a bill opening the way for the purchase of 18 Dassaultmade Rafale fighter jets from France for a total of 2.5 billion euros ($3.04 billion).

Indonesia's transport ministry said on Tuesday a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea three days ago had passed an airworthiness inspection last month, as a search continued to recover the plane's two black box recorders.

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China will give Myanmar a batch of coronavirus vaccines for free, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, as the government's top diplomat wrapped up a twoday visit to Myanmar.

Democratic Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Bonnie Watson Coleman said they had contracted the virus and that they believed they had been exposed to it during last week’s violence.

The unidentified gunmen opened fire on the team at Latambar area in Karak district of Khyber- Pakthunkhwa province.

The study of more than 1,700 patients treated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic, shows 76% suffered at least one symptom months after they were discharged from hospital.

The Trump administration on Monday announced it was returning Cuba to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could complicate any efforts by the incoming Biden administration to revive Obamaera detente with Havana.

The Trump administration on Monday redesignated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office.

Pfizer Inc's partner BioNTech SE has boosted the 2021 delivery target for their COVID19 vaccine to 2 billion doses, up from 1.3 billion previously, as they add new production lines and as more doses can be extracted per vial.

Asked about 69,000 contraception pills found in his home by the police, 64-year-old Oktar said they were used to treat skin disorders and menstrual irregularities.

China condemned the United States on Monday for scrapping curbs on interactions with Taiwan officials, saying nobody could prevent the country's "reunification", while Taiwan's foreign minister hailed the U.S. move as a sign of "global partnership".