- Italy imposes lockdown over Christmas and New Year to curb spread of Covid-19
- 'Bankable' athletes from the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine
- Four placed under formal investigation in France for suspected links to Paris cleaver attack
- pkg Moderna vaccine emergency use
- PKG Sweden's volte face
- Pompeo blames Russia for ‘significant’ cyber attack on US government agencies, companies
- Central African Republic rebel groups announce coalition after UN chief calls for peaceful elections
- Trump approves stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
- Trump downplays severity of cyber attack and avoids blaming Russia
- France places former Jeffrey Epstein associate under formal investigation for rape, sexual harassment
- Boris Johnson warns about new virus strain, announces new rules
- Johnson imposes tougher Covid-19 rules for England over Christmas as more contagious strain spreads
- UN Security Council extends DR Congo peacekeeping mission for one year
- Macron in ‘stable’ condition after positive Covid-19 test, Élysée Palace says
- US authorises Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use