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Security tight at India’s historic Red Fort after clashes with farmers
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Global Covid-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
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Vietnam’s Communist Party chief nominated for re-election
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S.Korea reports big jump in Covid-19 cases on outbreaks in Christian schools
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Thailand reports 819 new virus cases, 1 additional death
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Japan PM apologises after lawmakers’ night club outings
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Mexican president felt unwell before commercial flight, took Covid-19 test later, says spokesman
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Dutch government says won’t bow to curfew riot ‘scum’
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Taliban backs vaccine drive as Afghan government receives US$112m funding pledge
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Virus-plagued Italy in political turmoil after PM quits
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China reports lowest daily rise in Covid-19 cases in more than two weeks
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Australia set for 10th day of no local Covid-19 cases
SYDNEY, Jan 27 — Australia recorded a 10th straight day of no new local Covid-19 cases today, allowing its most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) to relax coronavirus...
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UK to announce hotel quarantine for Britons returning from 30 high-risk countries, says report
LONDON, Jan 27 — The British government will today announce plans for limited hotel quarantine for Britons returning from 30 high-risk countries covered by a travel ban, the...
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Yellen makes history again as US Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — In selecting Janet Yellen to be the first woman to lead the US Treasury Department, President Joe Biden chose a progressive economist focused on...
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Biden takes steps to narrow racial divide, saying America is ‘ready to change’
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — President Joe Biden yesterday issued a firm call to heal America’s racial divide, taking several steps and promising more to confront racism and...
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White House: Biden speaks to Putin for first time since taking power
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — US President Joe Biden spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday for the first time since taking office and raised concerns about Russian...
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Senate Republicans unite behind failed effort to challenge Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — Forty-five Senate Republicans backed a failed effort yesterday to halt former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, in a show of party unity that...
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Four Jamaican homeless men hacked to death, person of interest detained
KINGSTON, Jan 27 — Jamaican police said yesterday they had detained a person of interest as part of their investigation into an attack over the weekend on six homeless men in...
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Two men extradited from Australia face US charges for US$50m text messaging fraud
NEW YORK, Jan 27 — Two men have been extradited to the United States from Australia to face charges over their alleged roles in a scheme to swindle hundreds of thousands of...
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More than 150 charged over US Capitol rampage
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — More than 150 people have been charged with federal crimes so far over the January 6 rampage at the US Capitol by supporters of then president Donald Trump,...
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YouTube temporarily suspends Trump lawyer Giuliani from partner programme
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 27 — YouTube temporarily suspended former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani from its partner programme last week, the Alphabet Inc unit said...
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AstraZeneca ‘not selling EU doses to other countries’, says CEO
PARIS, Jan 27 — AstraZeneca’s CEO insisted yesterday that the company was not selling vaccines ordered by the European Union to other countries at a profit, after delayed...
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Enough Covid-19 vaccine for 300 million Americans by end of summer/early fall, says Biden
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — The US government is buying an additional 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine and will have enough to inoculate 300 million Americans — virtually the...
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Calm returns to Dutch cities after riots, with police out in force
AMSTERDAM, Jan 27 — With shops boarded up and riot police out in force, it was relatively calm in Dutch cities yesterday night after three days of violence during which around...
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Turkey bans parties at ski resorts after Covid curfew backlash
ANKARA, Jan 26 — Turkey has banned music and parties at ski resorts after footage of crowded party scenes provoked anger in a country which has endured two months of strict...
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Hungary says to target tech giants over alleged manipulation of social media platforms
BUDAPEST, Jan 26 — Hungary’s nationalist government said today it would place restrictions on social media giants to prevent “deliberate, ideological” misuse of digital...
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Germany’s far-right AfD braces for surveillance
BERLIN, Jan 26 — Germany’s domestic security agency is on the verge of announcing whether it will place the far-right AfD under surveillance for posing a threat to democracy,...
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Russia to mass produce second Covid vaccine next month
MOSCOW, Jan 26 — Russian authorities today said mass production of its second coronavirus vaccine would begin next month and that a third homemade jab is currently in...
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Merkel urges ‘fair’ distribution of coronavirus jabs
BERLIN, Jan 26 — German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged a “fair” distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the world today, warning that the memories of countries left out...
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Russia says US must first return to nuclear deal for Iran to comply
MOSCOW, Jan 26 — Russia said today that the United States must lift sanctions against Tehran and comply with the Iran nuclear deal as a condition for the Islamic republic to...