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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the discovery of a new form of Covid Travellers from the UK face strict travel bans into the New Year due to Covid-19 Some countries have said they will accept negative Covid tests to allow travel  Britons hoping for a Christmas or New Year getaway were facing more travel misery yesterday after the number of countries banning flights from the UK rose above 50. The Caribbean destinations of Jamaica, Grenada and the Dominican Republic were among the latest...

Dec 16, 2020 HAMBURG, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has ruled the 71-year-old Federal Republic for a total of 50 years. When she steps down next fall after 16 years in office, it is safe to assume that another Christian Democrat will succeed her. Who will it be? Within the next few weeks, the CDU will hold its 33rd party convention, and choose a new leader. Whoever it is will most likely be anointed as the CDU’s candidate for chancel...

Germany is to shut schools and shops as part of a strict new lockdown from Wednesday after recording an “exponential growth” in coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel made the announcement in Berlin yesterday after a consultation with state leaders, saying: “We are forced to act, and we are acting now.” From Wednesday, private gatherings will be restricted to five people from a maximum of two households. From December 24-26, the two-household restriction will be lifted, but me...