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To misquote Shakespeare, our Brexit negotiating revels now are ended.
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Just a week before the deadline, Britain and the European Union struck a free-trade deal.
Dictators are outwitting a fatally divided West
OPINION: Autocrats used the pandemic to build power. It won't be easy to rein them in.
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New York Times: Frontline workers are already girding themselves for the next surge.
Experts sceptical travel bans can stop spread of new coronavirus variants
New York Times: Latest moves by countries to bar travellers may be too little, too late.
Discount pharmacy chain Chemist Warehouse's European expansion
Australian retailer is expanding its store footprint.
Alleged Russian agent confesses to poisoning
An alleged Russian agent has been caught on tape detailing his role in an assassination.
New Covid-19 strain: UK cut off by travel bans
Food trucks from Europe halted as new strain 'out of control' around London and southeast,
Virus mutation: Europe bars travel from UK
A growing list of European Union nations are barring travel from the UK.
Mutant Covid strain: Europe closes its borders to UK
Germany the latest to halt all incoming passengers as UK infections increase.
Explainer: What is the new Covid mutation strain in the UK?
Key points about the Covid-19 mutation that has put south-east England into lockdown.
Once a slogan of unity, 'Je Suis Charlie' now divides France
New York Times: The slogan's evolution exposes a deepening polarisation in France.
Covid: Sweden finally backs use of masks
Sweden's state epidemiologist has long resisted recommending face masks to the public.
Britain never was a European country
OPINION: Independence has always been the watchword of the United Kingdom.
Brexit deal will be made on Europe's terms
For all Johnson's bravado, he knows no deal would be disastrous, writes Gideon Rachman.
Covid-19: Sweden running out of intensive care beds
ICUs in Stockholm hit 99% capacity this week. Malmo, Gothenburg are close to their limits.
EU leaders commit to reducing emissions after night-long talks
They committed to cut the bloc's net emissions by 55 per cent by the end of the decade.
Cecilia Robinson: Sweden passes a morbid Covid milestone
Let's put to bed once and for all the myth of Sweden's successful herd immunity.
Calls for calm after allergic reactions to Covid vaccine
Health experts are attempting to stamp out public panic about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The Kremlin is offering Russians free vaccines, but will they take them?
New York Times: A lack of trust is hobbling Russia's rollout of their Covid-19 vaccine.
Leaders' theatrics show the stakes in last-ditch bid for Brexit deal
New York Times: As crunch time approaches, both sides put on a bombastic show.
Experts defuse WWII-era bomb in Frankfurt
Even 75 years after the end of World War II, such finds are relatively common in Germany.
Brexit: 'Final throw of the dice'
Boris Johnson has sent his negotiator to Brussels for 48 hours of 'intensive' talks.
Dutch wrestle (again) with the tradition of Black Pete
THE CONVERSATION: Unease about function and significance of blackface is growing globally.
Sweden closes schools as second Covid wave surges
"I fully understand that this isn't easy, but ... it is necessary," PM Stefan Lofven says.
Did UK approve Covid vaccine too soon? The US and EU think so
A war of words has broken out between Western allies over the UK's vaccine approval.
'Wave of terror': Former MI6 spy's chilling Isis terror warning
A former spy has issued a warning to Europe and the UK over lifting of Xmas lockdowns.
Ultra-conservative MP leaps from window as Belgian police raid orgy
Hungarian politician and EU diplomats arrested at orgy that broke coronavirus rules.
'Sight of horror': Young child one of four people killed in German city of Trier
According to German media a suspect has been taken into custody.
Opinion: Why a 'working from home tax' is a terrible idea
A suggestion from a major European has left Ben Thompson scratching his head.
Pay more tax to work from home, says Deutsche Bank
A major European bank has made a controversial suggestion.
Macron's rightward push sows alarm in France
New York Times: New laws in France signal a drift toward repression in government policy.