MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 20th 2021
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Colombian authorities seize assets from arrested drug traffickers
Colombian prosecutors have seized assets worth around US $ 37.2 believed to have been acquired by Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Úsuga, a.k.a. “Otoniel,” with money from illegal deeds.
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Corbyn's brother arrested for inciting to burn MPs offices who voted for Covid-19 restrictions
A prominent anti-vaccination protestor and brother of the former leader of the British Labour Party, Piers Corbyn was arrested in London over the weekend for urging people to burn down the offices of members of Parliament offices who supported imposing Covid-19 restrictions.
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:02 UTC
Brexit minister resignation deals yet another blow to Boris Johnson
Career diplomat David Frost handed in his resignation to his job as a British negotiator in the post-Brexit phase, citing his disagreement with the direction taken by Boris Johnson's government, thus dealing yet another blow to the Prime Minister's image.
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
German streets crowded with demonstrations against vaccines
Ordinary citizens opposing anticovid measures and mandatory vaccination were mixed with neo-nazi groups and members of the far-right “identity movement” during Sunday's protests which garnered some 12,000 demonstrators in the German city of Nuremberg against the Governments sanitary decisions which compromise individual liberties.
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
The Netherlands goes into full lockdown until Jan. 14
The Government of The Netherlands has decreed a strict lockdown until January 14 on all non-essential activities due to the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant. A daily cap of two visitors per household has also been decreed, which will be raised to four people for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
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Monday, December 20th 2021 - 08:24 UTC
Wendy Morton MP moved to the Department of Transport
The United Kingdom on Sunday made several announcements following the departure of Lord Frost as chief negotiator of Brexit. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary is to become lead negotiator with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
