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Rescuers say at least two more weeks to free Chinese miners
The blast at the Hushan mine in Shandong province sealed 22 workers hundreds of metres underground on 10 January.
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No computer, no heat: UK's poorest struggle with homeschooling
More than 93,000 people have died in Britain in the outbreak, and the country has been in a new lockdown since early this month, as a new variant of the virus has caused a worrying surge in cases.
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Biden orders masks, travel clampdown in new war on Covid
Signing 10 executive orders in the White House, Biden told the nation that the COVID-19 death toll would likely rise from 400,000 to half a million next month - and that drastic action was needed.
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UK pledges $55 million in aid during Raab visit to Sudan
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrived in Khartoum late Wednesday on the first visit by a British foreign secretary to the East African country in over a decade.
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Inside Covax: The global plan to share COVID vaccines
In Covax, funding for vaccines is covered for the 92 lower- and lower-middle income economies involved, while for richer countries, it operates as a back-up insurance policy.
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Twin suicide bombing in Baghdad kill 32, wound 110
The attack was the bloodiest in Baghdad since January 2018, when a suicide bomber killed more than 30 people in the same square.
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OPINION: US President Joe Biden, empathiser-in-chief after Trump storm
With the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant economic downturn, the man who has endured unspeakable personal tragedy of his own has been reiterating the message he gave shortly after the election: help is on the way.
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US mending ties with WHO a major boost for global health, says WHO Africa
Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden has halted a process started by his predecessor Donald Trump last year to withdraw from the WHO.
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US virus deaths top WWII fatalities as Biden warns worst yet to come
The United States remains the worst-hit country, with around a fifth of the two million global COVID-19 deaths, and new President Joe Biden has made the fight against the pandemic his administration's top priority.
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China calls for 'better angels' to prevail in reset with Biden's US
Beijing also welcomed news that the US would rejoin the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accord, as Biden tried to immediately pivot his office back to a key role in global leadership.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: 17 reasons why it's all go for Joe
In just his first few hours as leader of the United States, Joe Biden has signed a number of executive orders that should change the country.
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Google signs deal on copyright payments to French press
The accord signed with the APIG alliance of French dailies involves "neighbouring rights," which call for payment for showing news content with internet searches, a joint statement said.
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Rescuers scramble to free Chinese miners trapped underground
Twenty-two workers were entombed hundreds of metres underground at the Hushan mine near Qixia city in east China's Shandong province after a 10 January explosion sealed the entrance and cut off communications.
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French Muslim groups deal blow to Macron's anti-extremism charter
The charter rejects "instrumentalising" Islam for political ends and affirms equality between men and women, while denouncing practices such as female circumcisions, forced marriages or "virginity certificates" for brides.
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'America is back' - South Korea's President Moon
The relationship between treaty allies Seoul and Washington was at times deeply strained under former president Donald Trump.
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'Democracy has prevailed': Biden begins U-turn from Trump
President Biden pushed through a flurry of orders the moment he entered the White House, starting with rejoining the 2015 Paris climate accord, from which the US withdrew under Trump, an ally of the fossil fuel industry.
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Who is Biden inauguration poet Amanda Gorman?
The 22-year-old became the youngest inaugural poet in US history.
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'Democracy has prevailed', says Biden in inauguration speech
Biden appealed to Trump's supporters, pledging to listen to all sides after four years of deep polarization in which Trump belittled minority groups and tried to cast doubts on basic facts.
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LIVE BLOG: 'I will be a president for all Americans' - Biden
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are both being sworn-in on 20th January in Washington DC, US.
