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LRA commander Dominic Ongwen sentenced to 25 years in prison
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier who became one of the top commanders…
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US expected to authorise Pfizer COVID jabs for 12 to 15 year olds
The United States’s regulator is expected to authorise Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 by next week,…
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Unions in Chile lead demands for emergency aid as pandemic bites
Wearing obligatory facemasks and holding permits that allow them to circulate under lockdown, more than 20 representatives from Chile’s most…
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Russian finance watchdog adds Navalny network to ‘extremist’ list
Russia’s financial monitoring agency has added Alexey Navalny’s network of regional campaign offices to a list of organisations involved in…
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Glaciers melting at a faster rate, new study finds
Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass – and at an accelerated pace, according to a new study…
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Belarus leader to amend emergency power transfer to empower son
Belarus’s longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko has said he will change the law on presidential succession so that the national security…
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For Erdogan’s Istanbul Canal project, critics see few winners
Some 500 years ago, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent pondered building a ship canal to bypass the Bosphorus. Now that dream…
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For Erdogan’s Istanbul Canal project, critics see few winners
Some 500 years ago, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent pondered building a ship canal to bypass the Bosphorus. Now that dream…
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Vaccine tourism: Why are people crossing borders for a jab?
One Saturday morning in late March, Milicia Praca and her roommate grabbed their passports and a bag of crisps and…
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Amid COVID surge, India fast-tracks approval for foreign vaccines
India will fast-track emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorised by Western countries and Japan, paving the way…
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