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Top 10 world news: Brexit talks to continue, Aussie MP wants Trump to pardon Assange, and more

WION Web Team
New DelhiUpdated: Dec 13, 2020, 08:45 PM IST
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen assured everyone that Brexit trade deal talks were to continue. Sunday was the deadline agreed by UK an EU. Meanwhile, German Chancelloe Angela Merkel has announced another Covid-19 lockdown. Want to know about a Taliban terrorist who purchased a 'life insurance policy'? Scroll through our list of top 10 world news!

Brexit deal

European Union and UK have been locked in frantic rounds of discussions in the past week. Britain is set leave the economic bloc at the end of this month

Germany lockdown

In addition to schools, all companies, too, have been suggested to shift to 'work-from-home' or offer extended company holidays

Iran
Germany currently holds European Union's rotating presidency. Iranian Foreign Ministry also plans to summon French ambassador on Sunday

Assange
Alleging the Democrats, especially the Barack Obama administration, of targetting Assange for 'exposing' Hillary Clinton

Meth

Coastguard chief Zubil Mat Som said that the shipment may have meant to be sent to other countries where it would fetch more price than in Malaysia.

Taliban
The interesting, even bizarre bit came to light during a terror funding case against the terrorist in a Pakistan court.

Taliban

Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in five districts surrounding the city of Kandahar.

Greece

The two were arrested after a secret investigation that was 'conducted in close cooperation with the Greek National Intelligence Service, EYP'

Google maps
This incident has also given a boost to the debate of whether Google Maps can be trusted, or should Russians rely on the locally-based mapping service called Yandex

Zodiac killer
The authorities had hoped they will be able to identify the infamous Zodiac Killer after decoding this message