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Police arrest over 1,500 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Navalny was arrested last weekend as he returned to Russia from Germany for the first time since being poisoned
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Don't talk on the subway, say French doctors, to limit Covi-19 spread
French National Academy of Medicine also criticised government recommendation to wear only surgical masks in public
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Saudi Arabia expects 'excellent relations' with Biden administration
Biden earlier pledged on the election campaign trail to reassess ties with Saudi Arabia
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Twitter suspends account apparently linked to Iranian supreme leader
The account was suspended after a tweet that hinted violence against former president Donald Trump
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Outrage after troops protecting US Capitol forced to sleep in garage
The troops are standing guard around the US Capitol in the wake of the January 6 insurrection
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Biden administration to review US-Taliban withdrawal deal
Washington wants to check that Taliban is 'living up to its commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups'
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Saudi-led forces thwart attack by Yemen's Houthis: Al-Hadath TV
After Houthis attack towards the Saudi capital Riyadh
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Iran to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in coming weeks: President Rouhani
Rouhani himself, in compliance with Khamenei’s ban, said at the time government would purchase safe foreign vaccines
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Pfizer offers 40m Covid shots to poorer countries at cost
Developing countries should have "the same access to vaccines as the rest of the world", Pfizer chairman
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Johnson says evidence UK virus strain more deadly
The strain has also spread to more than 60 nations according to the WHO
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Timeline to Trump's impeachment trial in US Senate
Former US president's trial to commence in the week of Feb 8
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Biden orders assessment of domestic extremism risk, White House says
In the wake of the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Trump
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Sri Lankan health minister tests positive for Covid-19 after endorsing sorcery
A junior minister who had also taken the potion made popular by Wanniarachchi tested positive for the virus earlier
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Wuhan marks a year since lockdown as Biden warns of 600,000 dead
Globally, the virus has killed more than two million people, infected millions of others and hammered economies
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New Brazil coronavirus variant found in nearly half of Amazon city cases
The Amazon’s largest city is currently suffering a brutal second wave of COVID-19 cases
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Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 shot safe, produced immune response in early human trial - The Lancet
COVAXIN is an inactivated vaccine that introduces dead virus into the body to trigger an immune response
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North Korea sees talks as way to advance nuclear program, says US intel official
The new administration planned a full review of the US approach to North Korea says Antony Blinken
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Modi says India self-reliant on Covid-19 vaccines as 1 million inoculated
India, a country of 1.35 billion people, has so far reported 10.63 million COVID-19 cases - the highest after the US
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Virus mutations down to chance, in more ways than one
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 mutates in order to maximise its survival chances
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Biden, Canada's Trudeau to meet next month, collaborate on vaccines, medical supplies
The two leaders highlighted the strategic importance of the US-Canada relationship
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Washington Post scrubs negative Kamala Harris article; restores it after backlash
WaPo adds a link to original article, admits to making an editorial mistake
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US and Mexican presidents talk migration, coronavirus after nagging tensions
Mexico has a major role to play in Biden’s plans for immigration reform
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More than 150 National Guard in Washington for inauguration test positive for coronavirus
Some 7,000 National Guard personnel are expected to stay at least through the end of the month, officials have said
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Pfizer-BioNTech, WHO strike deal on 40M vaccine doses
Chief of UN health agency says agreement will help stabilize global health systems
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Walkout in Senate over CPEC queries
Minister tells house CPEC affairs currently overseen by Ministry of Planning
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India sidesteps Pakistan’s objections to build power project on Chenab River
Indian cabinet gives nod to 850-megawatt Ratle hydroelectric power project in IIOJK despite Pakistan's objections
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UK imams mobilise to counter Covid vaccine disinformation
Imams are using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue vaccines are safe
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Canada deporting thousands even as pandemic rages
Canada counted 12,122 people as removed in 2020 - 875 more than previous year and highest number since at least 2015
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18-year-old girl injured in cross-border shelling by Indian troops
Pakistan Army responded effectively and targeted Indian posts which initiated fire, says ISPR
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Long queues as China's capital launches mass virus tests
Tens of millions under lockdown amid worries that undetected infections could spread quickly during holiday
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At least five mine workers killed in blast in southern India
Local media says the toll could be higher as trucks carrying blasting material explode
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UK keeping its borders open for now: environment minister
After speculation that the country could be completely shut to arrivals
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Top Iran leader posts Trump-like golfer image, vows revenge
Ahead of the first anniversary of the killing of top military commander General Qassem Soleimani in the attack in Iraq
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China finds coronavirus cluster in major chicken processing plant
Ten confirmed cases were found in a factory which slaughters 50 million chickens a year
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Syrian air defenses confront "Israeli aggression" in Hama: state media
After reporting that explosions were heard
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Trapped China gold miners have to wait 15 days for rescue
A total of 22 workers were trapped underground after an explosion at the Hushan mine in Qixia
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Biden seeks five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia
In a statement the Pentagon said that Americans were “much safer” with the treaty intact and extended
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Vaccine inequalities may expose world to ‘immunity gap’
Administration of vaccines against Covid has begun in 52 nations
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US recommitment 'good day for global health': WHO chief
Top infectious disease expert Fauci says US will join COVAX facility to get vaccines to those most in need
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Biden warns dark days ahead as he outlines Covid plan
'We didn't get into this mess overnight, and it is going to take months for us to turn things around,' says Biden
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EU postpones issuing ‘vaccination passports’
Bloc decides to strongly deter all non-essential travel within EU and with third countries
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UN, pope hail launch of anti-nuclear treaty
Treaty seeks to prohibit use, development, production, testing, stationing, stockpiling and threat of nuclear weapons
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At least 15 killed, 11 injured in nursing home fire in Ukraine
The fire broke out in the afternoon on the second floor of the two-storey building
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Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest yet: scientists
98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered
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Egypt and Qatar agree to resume diplomatic ties, Cairo says
Ties between Qatar & Arab world severed in 2017 over allegations Qatar supported terrorism, a charge that Doha denies
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Pope, due to visit Iraq in March, condemns Baghdad attack
In a statement issued by the Vatican, Pope condemned the attack as 'senseless act of brutality'
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Song at Biden-Harris inauguration slammed for colonial theme
Some Native American viewers say This Land Is Your Land song celebrates ‘indigenous genocide’, ‘stolen land’
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Major fire at India vaccine plant but coronavirus drug production goes on
Serum Institute of India is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine
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Still separated: Covid-19 order keeps families apart after Biden lifts 'Muslim ban'
Trump administration’s had barred people from a number of mostly Muslim-majority nations from coming to US
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New Covid-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy
It is one of several new variants discovered in recent months, including others first found in England and Brazil