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World receives 2021 in the midst of a peak for COVID-19
Different countries around the world welcomed the year 2021 with fireworks displays, but with empty streets and little celebration, in the face of restrictions imposed by states, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The celebrations were held without crowds, amid fears about the circulation of a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus, which has mainly affected the UK and Germany, but has already been detected in other countries, such as the US.
2020, a year that was marked by this new disease, ends with more than 83.1 million new cases worldwide, as well as 1.8 million deaths.
UK and EU reach historic Brexit agreement
After months of arduous negotiations, the United Kingdom and the European Union reached an agreement on the Brexit, which is beneficial to both parties, and which will serve to regulate trade and security relations in the future.
It should be noted that the deadline for the formal completion of Brexit ended on December 31st as a result of a referendum organised in 2016, where 52 percent of UK voters decided that the nation should disassociate itself from the European bloc.
This new agreement, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January, has yet to become law, and the British and European Union parliaments must ratify it, which is expected to happen in the next few days.
Earthquake in Croatia leaves material and human losses
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 left at least 7 people dead and considerable material damage in the city of Petrinja, in Croatia, a phenomenon that was also felt in the country's capital, Zagreb, as well as in other latitudes of Central Europe.
The mayor of Petrinja, Darinko Dumbovic, commented last Tuesday that the town "is in ruins. There are dead, wounded and missing. There is no house that has not been damaged. Ambulances can't reach everywhere. It is chaos.
Pierre Cardin, fashion revolutionary, passes away
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin died last Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the age of 98, in a hospital in Neuilly, near the French capital.
Cardin is considered a promoter of the revolution at the end of the 60s and 70s of the last century, due to his futuristic designs. He was also a pioneer in business, licensing his name on other products.
