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Russia continued intense attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on New Year's Day, following a barrage of missiles fired on Saturday (31 December), with air raid sirens wailing for hours overnight.

EU countries will meet next week to discuss a joint response to travellers from China amid concern over the country's explosion of Covid cases, incoming EU presidency holder Sweden announced Saturday (31 December).

The European Union on Saturday (31 December) urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swathes of territory in North Kivu province in neighbouring DR Congo.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on NATO member states to supply more weapons to Ukraine, according to an interview published on Friday (30 December).

The United States is concerned by China's alignment with Russia as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine, the US State Department said on Friday (30 December) after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video meeting.

France, Britain and Spain on 30 December joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed Beijing to be more forthcoming on real-time data amid an explosion of cases there.

The EU should consider immediately scaling up genomic sequencing of COVID-19 infections and monitoring of wastewater, including from airports, to detect any new variants given the virus surge in China, the bloc's health chief said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (30 December) he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing amid Russia's flailing invasion of Ukraine.

Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on 29 December, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv and Odesa, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow's largest aerial assaults.

Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday (29 December) they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.

The European Commission said Thursday (29 December) it "welcomes" US guidelines on a green subsidy scheme for commercial vehicles, after officials outlined their implementation under a landmark spending bill the country passed earlier this year.

Montenegro's parliament on Thursday (29 December) declared veteran politician Miodrag Lekić as Prime Minister-designate in a vote disputed by the president and under a procedure described by European Union officials as contravening the country's constitution.

Chinese state-media said COVID-19 testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were "discriminatory", in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) indicted on Thursday (28 December) a former Croatian minister, two businessmen, and the former director of a national financial agency for "trading in influence and the abuse of office and authority".

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