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Supporters of jailed opposition leader scuffle with police as Moscow cracks down on protests in dozens of cities.
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WHO experts in Wuhan to investigate source of the virus say too early to conclude if COVID-19 actually started there.
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Canadian prime minister was the first foreign leader to speak with new US president since Biden’s...
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Carbon emissions blamed for Australia’s hotter and drier condition, increasing the risk of more...
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Rural Indigenous and Black communities continue to live in fear as armed groups vie for control of territory.
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Legislation allows demolition of other countries’ structures built on Chinese-claimed reefs.
![Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Tribunal in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, January 22, 2021 [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21022669024684.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Alex Saab carried a letter from Maduro asking for Iranian petrol and medicines when he was arrested on a US warrant.
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Canada already requires those entering the country to self-isolate for 14 days and to present a negative COVID-19 test.
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Top law enforcement and intelligence officials will look into the threats weeks after a riot at the US Capitol.
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President Biden directs federal agencies to require international travellers to quarantine upon arrival in the US.
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Texas, which shares a long border with Mexico, claims freeze will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to the state.
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The movie’s global release has been pushed back from April to October as the pandemic keeps many theatres shuttered.
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says US should probe case against former minister Salvador Cienfuegos.
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Hungary FM says Budapest is buying two million doses of the Russian jab hoping to lift lockdown restrictions sooner.
