In world news headlines -
In world news headlines -
26 December 2020
> A top associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained after door-stepping an alleged security operative who has inadvertently revealed details of Mr Navalny's supposed poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent.
> France has recorded its first case of the new variant of covid-19, as the number of cases and deaths mounted there, increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
> South Korea has reported another new 1132 cases of the coronavirus as its resurgence worsened over Christmas week, putting greater pressure on the government to enforce stricter physical distancing controls.
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