Voters head to the polls in Algeria and the UK
A woman walks in the rain outside a polling station in London, during the general election in Britain, Dec. 12, 2019.
Voters in the United Kingdom and Algeria are holding general elections Thursday. And in Israel, people woke up to learn that they will vote yet again — for the third time in less 12 months — in a national election, now set for early March. In non-election-related news, the “Christmas Book Flood” is about to hit Iceland. It’s a tradition when publishers flood the shelves with new releases, setting up books as a gift-giving tradition.
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