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Trump refuses to testify in his impeachment trial, says it’s unconstitutional

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Oil giant Shell posts massive loss as pandemic hits demand and prices

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Consumer goods group Unilever posts annual profit of 5.6 bn euros

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Tokyo Olympics boss refuses to step down following his sexist remarks

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Pop culture icon Dolly Parton just won’t slow down

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A different FLOTUS: Melania didn’t ‘care,’ but Jill Biden wants to show she does

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Myanmar generals block Facebook as UN chief calls for world mobilization

Africa

Nine Malian troops killed in suspected jihadist attack

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China to offer 10 mn vaccine doses to Covax

South Africa’s wine industry reels from alcohol bans

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Rights groups urge world leaders to boycott Beijing Olympics

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Rihanna, Greta Thunberg anger India by backing protesting farmers

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WHO team visits Chinese virus lab in Wuhan

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Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

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Trump ‘singularly responsible’ for riot, impeachment trial brief claims

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China coronavirus probe going ‘very well’ – WHO expert

Africa

Zimbabwean journalist arrested over tweets, now sings graft out

Africa

Uganda to reopen schools, acquire Covid-19 vaccines

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Pfizer estimates $15 bn in 2021 sales for Covid-19 vaccine

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he’s off Twitter ‘for a while’

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Japan extends virus emergency, months before delayed Olympics

Africa

Zimbabwe politician dies from Covid-19, leaving behind 79 children, 12 wives

World

Japan says EU export curbs delaying its Covid-19 vaccination plan

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Google deals with trio of US lawsuits over ad prowess

Africa

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine files election challenge in court

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EU secures extra vaccines; Republicans to meet Biden over Covid relief plan

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Governments around the world condemn Myanmar’s military coup

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Myanmar’s military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

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Trump names defense lawyers as historic trial looms

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French President Emmanuel Macron gambles by saying ‘non’ to lockdown

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Israel to send 5,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to doctors in Palestine

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Thousands detained as Russian police clamp down on Navalny protests

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Mexico identifies four of 19 bodies found burned near US border

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WHO experts probe ground-zero China market as nations tighten virus curbs

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Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott shakes up philanthropy with Amazon billions

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Navalny allies plan fresh protests despite crackdown

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Biden, Democrats seek ambitious hike in US minimum wage

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Several of Trump’s impeachment lawyers ditch team – reports

Africa

Deadly 2019 French army air crash in Mali blamed on human error

Africa

Egypt to receive first AstraZeneca vaccines on Sunday

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Child among five killed in pro-Turkey north Syria car bomb

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Hundreds protest Amazon expansion in small French town

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Black Lives Matter movement proposed for Nobel Peace Prize

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Japanese woman arrested for allegedly hiding mother’s body in home freezer

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Five Covid-19 patients die in Romania hospital fire (video)

World

Johnson & Johnson vaccine moderately effective, less against SA Covid-19 variant

Africa

Virunga park elephants kill two farmers in DR Congo

Africa

More than 200,000 displaced by Central African Republic unrest – UN

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After Trump bromance, Biden quickly shifts cold on Putin

Celebs And Viral

Trailblazing Black US actress Cicely Tyson dies aged 96

Opinion

US is on trend with Harris

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EU could ban vaccine exports under new checks

Africa

AU secures additional 400 million vaccine doses

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Governments must win ‘vaccination race’ amid record debt – IMF

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German jabs board recommends AstraZeneca for under-65s only

Africa

Senegal detects first case of British virus variant

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Man prises crocodile’s jaws off his head to survive attack

Opinion

Say no to that breakfast…

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With Trump conviction unlikely, some senators eye censure

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Singapore teen planned mosque attacks on Christchurch anniversary, say police

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Five or six doses? Controversy over Pfizer vaccine vials

Africa

DR Congo parliament debates move on govt resignation

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Billionaires have recouped Covid-19 losses, Oxfam reports reveals

Africa

The nine lives of Rwanda genocide survivor Albertine

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Senator presiding over Trump impeachment trial released from hospital

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One year after lockdown, Wuhan clubbers hit the dancefloor

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UK passes 100,000 Covid deaths as European states eye tighter borders

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Changes to tongue, hands or feet may flag virus – study

Africa

Nigerian president replaces top military chiefs in sudden reshuffle

Africa

Top Zimbabwe official apologises over ‘medical assassins’ comment

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Positive results for Lilly and Regeneron Covid antibodies

Africa

Uganda withdraws troops from opposition leader’s house

Africa

Mauritius begins Covid-19 vaccination programme

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Why scientists think UK variant could be more deadly

Africa

Curfew declared in Nigeria’s Orlu after clashes