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His Helping Hands opens for winter season with new commercial kitchen
EPHRATA — What started as a one-day Christmas coat giveaway for 35 people has grown into a community effort servin…
Guinea uses Russian COVID-19 vaccine on some officials
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said Thursday.
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As transfer window opens, struggles of EPL summer signings
With the January transfer window opening, Premier League clubs have the chance to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season. But the high expectations from new recruits aren't always reflected in th…
Turkey to clamp down on New Year's parties amid virus curfew
ISTANBUL (AP) — A four-day lockdown is set to begin in Turkey at 9 p.m. Thursday — New Year’s Eve — in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19, and measures against New Year’s gatherings are to be enforced.
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The Latest: Turkey set to begin four-day holiday lockdown
ISTANBUL — A four-day lockdown is set to begin in Turkey at 9:00 p.m. Thursday in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19 over the New Year’s holiday.
Auld lang syne: New Year brings final UK-EU Brexit split
LONDON (AP) — Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends.
Pakistan arrests 24 people over demolishing of Hindu temple
PESHAWAR, pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police arrested 24 people in overnight raids after a Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said Thursday.
Liverpool defender Matip out 3 weeks with muscle injury
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp expects defender Joel Matip to miss the Premier League leader's next three matches because of an adductor strain.
The Latest: UAE again posts record new daily virus cases
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — For the second consecutive day, the United Arab Emirates has shattered its single-day record of new coronavirus infections, with 1,730 cases recorded ahead of New Year’s Eve celebratio…
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Polish city funds LGBT shelter despite government hostility
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have become the first to include financial support for an LGBT shelter in a country where the community has faced hostility from the government.
For U.K.'s Gibraltar, which way will the Brexit dice roll?
MADRID (AP) — Negotiators from Spain and the United Kingdom are in a race against the clock to clinch a deal on the post-Brexit future of Gibraltar, a speck of British territory on the southern tip of the Spanish m…
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed after bail revoked
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's highest court on Thursday revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention.
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