![A patient suffering from COVID-19 is transported at a field hospital in Santo Andre, Brazil, April 7, 2021 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-07T213340Z_455970782_RC29RM9NW7ZE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BRAZIL-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Brazil’s South American neighbours worry a COVID-19 variant will spread quickly and lead to another wave of deaths.
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Prince Philip has done the world an extraordinary service by exposing the racist hypocrisy of “Western civilisation”.
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Turkish president says tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over Donbas conflict have to be resolved through dialogue.
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In the face of military violence, solidarity between minority ethnic groups and Baram-majority forces is growing.
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Micheal Martin issues warning after 14 police officers injured in another night of clashes in Northern Ireland.
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Iran says products from its cascades will have civilian uses, bashes Western powers for suggesting otherwise.
As Muslims around the world prepare to observe a second Ramadan in a pandemic, Al Jazeera rounds-up the holy month.
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Defence ministry says soldiers were sentenced to death by a specialist court after a fair trial.
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New coronavirus measures are taken across the world as the number of cases increases despite vaccination efforts.
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Caribbean nations have offered help by either shipping emergency supplies or temporarily opening their borders.
