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It follows his dramatic return to Russia, five months after a nerve agent attack almost killed him.

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Rescuers say at least 12 Chinese workers are alive a week after an explosion blocked the mine's exit.

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Tennis players living under strict quarantine rules before the Australian Open will get "no special treatment", says Victorian premier Daniel Andrews.

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The city is on edge after the riots at the Congress building in which five people died.

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He coordinated with Trump supporters during the Capitol riot - but new video suggests it was part of a ploy.

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The border closure is likely to remain even with widespread vaccinations, a top official says.

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The Jewish employee had warned co-workers about the danger of Nazis during the Capitol Riots.

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Security forces block a group of thousands that could pose an early test for the Biden White House.

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A wave of testimonies from people who say they were victims of incest has surfaced on Twitter after a scandal in which a prominent French intellectual was accused of abusing his teenage stepson.

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Black artists and activists in Birmingham, England, say the city’s largest playhouse has sold out by leasing its auditoriums to the criminal justice system.

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The European Union is eager for “a political climate change” and cooperation, but if the new president is consumed with domestic problems, it won’t put its own agenda on hold.

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The head of the World Health Organization says that the promise of equitable access to the vaccines “is at serious risk.”

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What researchers have learned about the U.K. variant.

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And what else you need to know today.

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As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks to his political future, his turbulent tenure is characterized by investigations into his leadership and ethics.

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Biden’s 10-day blitz of executive orders.

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“It’s almost impossible to confidently assess the labor conditions in Xinjiang.”

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NASA found 2020 tied as the hottest on record. NOAA found it came in a close second.

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On secret communication channels and open message boards, white supremacists are rejoicing at what President Donald Trump unleashed — and planning their next moves.

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And they are moving to Signal and Telegram as a result.

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Including torpedo fuel and toast water.

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“Our healthcare infrastructure is already at a breaking point,” one expert said. “The introduction of a more transmissible strain might be enough to tip us over.”

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“We’re running out of adjectives trying to describe these extreme events,” a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said.

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By cutting doses in half or delaying second shots, some scientists say we could maximize the number of people who get vaccinated. Others argue that could be dangerous.

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The unsanctioned, illegal matches provide much-needed cash after the cancellation of the regular season due to COVID.

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About 8,000 migrants face crackdown as Biden plans to offer citizenship pathways to 11 million undocumented in the US.

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Canada plans to become the latest country to reauthorise Boeing's 737 MAX after two fatal crashes grounded the planes.

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MLK's life has been filtered through a revisionist lens, but his radical legacy is a balm in today's political climate.

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Security forces' deployment comes after mass arrests and days of violent protests in various cities across the country.

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The move comes days after rights group B’Tselem slammed Israeli rule in occupied Palestinian territories as 'apartheid'.

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Since the FARC disarmed in 2017, 253 former fighters have been killed in total - including four so far this year.

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Traders seeking clues on investor appetite for risk are scrutinising the crytpocurrency's turbulent 12 percent slide.

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The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced in a Jan. 14 notice posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website that Army is looking to buy Mk-80 series general-purpose and BLU-109 hardened penetration bomb kits.  In a notice posted on the Federal website, the Contracting Command in Rock Island said it is issuing sources sought announcement in an […]

The post U.S. Army to buy general-purpose and hardened penetration bombs first appeared on Defence Blog.

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General Atomics, a defense contractor that manufactures electromagnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems, will receive a contract for the procurement of supplies and services in support of new digital catapult systems of the Ford Class of Carriers.   The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced in a Jan. 14 notice posted to the government’s […]

The post U.S. Navy to award contract for new electromagnetic aircraft catapult first appeared on Defence Blog.

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The U.S. Marine Corps shared his experience with the use of the light, all-terrain platform as a mobile command post and communication vehicle.  According to a press release from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit released on Sunday, the use of the MRZR (Military RZR) all-terrain vehicle enhances the mobility of communication capabilities. The vehicles are agile, […]

The post U.S. Marine Corps uses MRZR tactical warfighter as mobile command vehicle first appeared on Defence Blog.

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The U.S. military flew a pair of B-52 Stratofortress long-range bombers to the Middle East Sunday for a deterrence mission against Iran. A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing were spotted on Sunday flying over Israeli airspace heading […]

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The U.S. Marine Corps announced on Friday that Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, have conducted the Utility-Terrain Vehicle Driver’s Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. According to a recent service news release, the Utility Terrain Vehicle Course teaches Marines capabilities and proper handling of off-highway vehicles during its reconnaissance missions. UTVs are […]

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On Saturday, the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment has announced that U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), together with Hellenic Armed Forces, executed Eddie’s Odyssey, a first of its kind, joint training mission on Velopoula Island and over the Aegean Sea. The unit press release said that […]

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Ukrainian manufacturer of jet engines Motor Sich has agreed to a record $800 million contract with People’s Liberation Army for turbofan AI-322 engine production, according to multiple reports. The story was first reported by Defense Express, which cited a defense industry source that stated that China is buying a batch of 400 AI-322 engines for JL-10 […]

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The Russian Navy had deployed its latest patrol vessel Dmitry Rogachev to the naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast. The Project 22160 patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev was filmed heading cruising down the Bosphorus. The video was posted on social media by Bosphorus-based naval observer Cavit Ege Tulça. The Russian Black Sea Fleet […]

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Tariq Modood talks about the relationship between secularism and multiculturalism, as well as free speech and the role of political satire.

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This second edition presents fascinating demonstrations of popular culture in action and considers popular culture beyond the representational.

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The Taiwan factor has added to the challenge to China’s claims in the South China Sea and to the bargaining process among relevant states.

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The ICC remains guilty of a ‘complacency of complementarity’, wherein the Court heralds the dispensing of distanced justice over respecting existing national processes.

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The successful resolution of ethnic conflict in Mali illustrates the role that civil society can play in creating mutually beneficial negotiations between armed groups.

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Global and local production chains increase levels of precarity and informality of labour, with little legal and social protection, especially for women and children.

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According to the rhetoric of the Puritan Fathers and Lyndon B Johnson, American power and flourishing depends on continued moral excellence.

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Understanding more about the sexuality of genocidal violence will only come from an analysis of heterosexuality as a system of logic.

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NEW DELHI, India, Jan 18 (IPS) - As a Muslim woman born and brought up in Denmark, Nadia Helmy Ahmed broke many stereotypes when she started boxing at the age of 15. “Back then it was not common for girls to take up elite boxing, let alone common for Muslim girls, I used to be the only girl in my gym, along with ten others boys,” said Nadia to IPS News.

Read the full story, “Punch Like A Muslim Woman: An Egyptian-Danish Boxer Breaking Many Stereotypes”, on globalissues.org →

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GENEVA, Jan 18 (IPS) - Ilze Brands Kehris is Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York   Addressing an online event organized by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in conjunction with the Human Rights Council’s third inter-sessional meeting on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentA year into the COVID-19 crisis, countries across the globe continue to face alarming levels of pressure on their health and social services. Education and other essential rights, such as water and sanitation, have been severely compromised.

Read the full story, “We Need a Global Coordinated Effort to Secure Equal Access to Safe & Effective Vaccines”, on globalissues.org →

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BEIJING, Jan 15 (IPS) - A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its overseas investments. If adopted, this would be a major departure from China’s usual approach of deferring to host country rules, many of them inadequate, for regulating its overseas investments.

Read the full story, “Advisors Propose New System To Regulate Chinas Overseas Investments”, on globalissues.org →

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CARACAS, Jan 15 (IPS) - Over the last four years, United States President Donald Trump has had in Twitter his main political communication tool. On this technological platform, he spread messages that were not entirely true, insulted and disqualified people, fired, or mocked his collaborators. Twitter was a stage for his sort of presidential reality show.

Read the full story, “Twitter, Donald Trump, and Incitement to Violence”, on globalissues.org →

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NEW YORK, Jan 15 (IPS) - While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic that it has not been able to control—the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue.

Read the full story, “Dengue—an Epidemic Within a Pandemic in Peru”, on globalissues.org →

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Jan 15 (IPS) - In July 1921, a French infant became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), after the mother had died from the disease. The vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the same one still used today.

Read the full story, “Tuberculosis Kills As Many People Each Year As COVID-19. It's Time We Found a Better Vaccine”, on globalissues.org →

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WASHINGTON DC, Jan 15 (IPS) - Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of central banks making substantial progress towards having an official digital currency.

Read the full story, “Legally Speaking, Is Digital Money Really Money?”, on globalissues.org →

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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (IPS) - China must end its campaign against individuals seeking redress for COVID-19 linked abuses and the human rights lawyers and activists who help them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) with reports ranging from allegedly trapping them inside their homes, to chaining alleged lock-down violators to metal posts. 

Read the full story, “Q&A: China Accused of Intimidating, Detaining Citizens Critical of COVID-19 Linked Abuses”, on globalissues.org →

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• Live updates: Australia's border restrictions likely to remain for most of 2021 • Why teachers are being sent to the Covid frontlines, some without PPE or even pay

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As Indonesia continues to count the number of dead from last week's earthquake on Sulawesi island, search and rescue teams are being stretched to breaking point, as they grapple with a series of disasters unfolding across the country.

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Speaking to reporters after casting her ballot in the Ugandan capital Kampala last week, one local resident was overjoyed to have voted for opposition leader Bobi Wine.

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Russia's leading Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, was detained by local police, moments after his return to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports Navalny had originally been scheduled to land at Vnukovo airport, where a crowd of hundreds of supporters and journalists waited. CNN has been unable to establish why the flight was diverted.

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When Costco opened its first store in China in 2019, it wasn't just the hot rotisserie chickens and discounted Birkin bags that lured frenzied crowds. A fiery, throat-tingling liquor called Kweichow Moutai also flew off shelves.

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The insurrection at the US Capitol has sparked a political firestorm and unnerved millions of Americans. It has also unleashed a wave of criticism over the role played by pro-Trump media outlets such as Fox News, which fed lies and conspiracy theories about the election to angry supporters of the president for weeks.

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James Murdoch, the youngest son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, assailed "media property owners" and outlets that have promoted disinformation and conspiracy theories about the results of the 2020 election.

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Workers and businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe are facing potentially dire consequences as the coronavirus crisis prompts governments to prolong strict lockdown measures.

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18 Jan 2021 at 7:49pm

China on Monday vented out its anger against outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling him "Mr. Liar" and dismissed as "conspiracies and lies" the allegations by the State Department that the Covid-19 may have emerged from Wuhan's bio-lab and had links to the Chinese military. A latest document issued by the US State department reinforcing its previous allegation that the virus may have emerged from the WIV, coinciding with the visit of a WHO inquiry team of scientists to Wuhan has further riled Beijing.

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The world is on the "brink of a catastrophic moral failure" if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said. WHO denounced the "me-first" attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries rather than submitting their data to the WHO to green-light vaccine use globally.

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US officials who have engaged in "nasty" behaviour over Chinese-claimed Taiwan will face sanctions, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, after Washington lifted curbs on exchanges between US and Taiwanese officials. ​​​​Ties have worsened as China has already condemned this month's easing, announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency.

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Rejecting the claims about the federal government's pressure on the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said it is Prime Minister Imran Khan who is under "immense pressure" from the 11-party opposition alliance to resign by January 31.

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• Authorities will ‘thoroughly vet’ national guard troops
• Pro-Trump Capitol attack on 6 January left five dead
• Kamala Harris: how will the next vice-president wield her power? Join the Guardian for a live conversation at 4pm ET

US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, prompting the FBI to vet all 25,000 national guard troops coming into Washington for the event.

Related: Biden will appeal for unity as US braces for violence by Trump supporters

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Italia Viva party’s departure deprives Conte of majority, with crunch vote on Tuesday

Italy deserves a “cohesive government”, its prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has said as he began the fight for his coalition’s survival.

Conte told the lower house of parliament on Monday that the political crisis triggered last week by the former prime minister Matteo Renzi was “unfounded” and risked severely damaging the country at a time when Italians were struggling with health and financial worries.

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Japan finds Covid variant in three people with no record of travel to UK; Portugal’s daily death toll reaches record high of 167

• WHO: just 25 Covid vaccine doses administered in low-income countries
• Bolsonaro rival says vaccine is ‘triumph of science against denialists’
• ‘An unmitigated disaster’: America’s year of Covid
• Wisconsin woman set to celebrate 109th birthday after beating Covid
• UK coronavirus updates – live

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Disneyland Paris said on Monday it was postponing its reopening by almost two months, to April 1, due to the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Due to the prevailing conditions in Europe, Disneyland Paris will not reopen on the 13th of February as initially planned. If you have a booking with us during the closing per...

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Watchdog says none of the officers who opened fire on pickup truck in Ontario in November have spoken to investigators

Two months after a one-year old boy was killed in a police shooting in rural Ontario, the officers involved have still not spoken to investigators, according to a police watchdog.

Ontario’s special investigations unit (SIU) said that none of the officers who opened fire on a pickup truck on 27 November have agreed to interviews, adding that they had no legal obligation to do so.

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Poisoned Russian opposition leader was arrested on return to Moscow from Berlin on Sunday

A judge in Moscow has ordered that Alexei Navalny be held in custody for 30 days until a parole review that could imprison him for years, as Russia defied international pressure to release the Kremlin critic.

Despite an international outcry led by US and European leaders and joined by activists including Edward Snowden, a Russian resident, the Kremlin has moved forward with the legal framework it would need to send one of Vladimir Putin’s most tenacious opponents to a penal colony by the end of the month.

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British government takes extraordinary step amid claims of a climate of fear in overseas territory

Allegations of widespread political corruption, misuse of taxpayer’s money and a climate of fear on the British Virgin Islands have led the UK government to take the extraordinary step of establishing an independent judge-led inquiry into the claims.Gus Jaspert, the British-appointed BVI governor, with the personal backing of the UK prime minister, has established a commission of inquiry to investigate concerns over governance, including specific allegations that point to possible corruption and infiltration by serious organised criminal gangs. The six-month inquiry, to be led by Sir Gary Hickinbottom, follows a haul of cocaine in November f...

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Country was expanding at a faster rate than before the coronavirus pandemic at the end of 2020

China’s economy has posted its strongest growth in two years after completing a rapid recovery from the slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic at the start of 2020.

Although the 2.3% annual increase in activity for the world’s second biggest economy was its slowest since 1976, by the final three months of last year China was expanding at a faster rate than before the crisis.

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Activists will write to companies in bid to persuade them to use their influence with Chinese government

Campaigners fighting against the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China are to target private companies sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics in an attempt to persuade them to use their influence with the Chinese government ahead of the 2022 event.

Uighur campaigners in 10 different countries are coming together to write to companies asking them to use their platforms to educate and inform the world of the persecution under way in Xinjiang province. The first to be targeted is the chief executive officer of Airbnb, Brian Chesky.

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The WHO called on wealthier countries that had pre-ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines, such as the U.S., U.K. and Europe, to share a portion of those vaccines with COVAX.

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Stellantis, the product of the $52 billion merger between FCA and Peugeot, was well received by European investors on its first day of trading Monday. 

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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is widely regarded as the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin.

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China – the world's largest EV market – is critically important to Tesla and its growth plans.

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Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union party elected a new chairman at the weekend, but the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel is still open.

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Gross domestic product grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data from National Bureau of Statistics showed.

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The website of Parler — a social media platform popular with conservatives and supporters of President Donald Trump — is back online.

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More than 1.8 million people in the UAE have already received the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine — more than quadruple the per capita vaccination rate in the U.S.

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The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is set to return to service in Canada following a flight ban of almost two years, which was imposed after crashes that killed hundreds of people, the country's transport regulator said on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

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Opposition politicians in India have called for an investigation into a potential national security leak after a TV anchor’s messages showed he had prior knowledge of airstrikes launched against Pakistan in February 2019. Read Full Article at RT.com

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Iran’s most senior general has ridiculed the US after American armed forces and the national guard were brought in to protect Washington from any further violence during the week of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president. Read Full Article at RT.com

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The German government is considering the extension of the country's lockdown into February following the detection of new variants of Covid-19 and persistently high numbers of infections. Read Full Article at RT.com

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The rate of coronavirus fatalities around the globe is on the brink of surpassing 100,000 per week, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert Mike Ryan has warned as the pandemic continues to rage more than a year on. Read Full Article at RT.com

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A councillor for the District of North Vancouver has incited a flanneled Twitter mob after lecturing his fellow Canadians about a pickup truck that he found to be… the embodiment of ‘violence glorification.’ Read Full Article at RT.com

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Staggeringly, one in every hundred UK citizens believes they can communicate with the dead. Prominent figures including Celine Dion and Kesha also say they can sense the departed. Now scientists have tried to understand why. Read Full Article at RT.com

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A Covid-19 vaccine developed in China has been shown to be 20 percent more effective in a small clinical trial group when doses are given three weeks apart, a spokesperson for the manufacturer, Sinovac Biotech, said on Monday. Read Full Article at RT.com

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The answers of the German Justice Ministry on the incident with Alexey Navalny received by Russia are uninformative and do not contain answers to questions, as well as results of toxicological examinations, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Minsk will not host the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Monday.

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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Facebook and Instagram will comply with Turkey's new social networks law and open offices in the country, Deputy Transport and Infrastructure Minister Omer Fatih Sayan said Monday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Outgoing US President Donald Trump is expected to issue between 50-100 commutations and pardons before leaving office this week, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not among them, Fox News reported on Monday, citing sources.

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The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, which is worth $120,000, was stolen on 15 January from the National Guard Armoury in Bell, California. The news prompted great concern among the public as it comes in the wake of deadly protests at the Capitol and ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration.

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Increased security measures have been introduced on Capitol Hill in the wake of the 6 January riots, during which some protesters from the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" rally stormed the Congress to stop the certification of the election results.

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Unlike the previous administration, which deployed American forces in several regions of the world over the course of eight years, Trump's Cabinet opted to gradually reduce the US’ military presence around the globe. POTUS also pledged to end deployments for good in several countries, but stopped short of fulfilling that promise.

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The US remains the worst-hit nation regarding the continuing coronavirus pandemic, with almost 24 million people infected, and more than 397,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Police in Amsterdam turned a water cannon on hundreds of demonstrators who were taking part in an authorised protest against the Dutch government and its coronavirus measures.

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The WHO director-general said rich countries buying up all the doses of COVID vaccines was a "catastrophic moral failure".

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The events of January 6 were not a one-off. They were the culmination of various pro-Trump factions coming together "under his banner" for a common cause, experts tell Euronews.

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Here's a look at some of the key Cabinet members nominated to work in Joe Biden's incoming administration.

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Starting next week, Austria will introduce a similar rule nationwide.

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Posts on social media show tennis players hitting balls across the walls of their hotel rooms in a bid to stay in shape ahead of the tournament.

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With vaccinations underway in the majority of Europe, who is making the fastest progress?

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France is expanding the eligibility for people to get their COVID-19 vaccines. Around 6 million people can now have the jab. Those over 75 can have their first dose along with anyone in a high-risk group, such as those with serious health conditions.

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Star economist Nouriel Roubini believes that President-elect Joseph Biden's first term will be overshadowed by civil unrest at home and cyberattacks from abroad. He believes social media platforms must be more strictly regulated.

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The raid on the Capitol in Washington, D.C., has shown clearly just how dangerous online radicalization can be. By promoting hate and inciting violence, social media platforms represent a danger to democracy.

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Internet propaganda is becoming an industrialized commodity, warns Phil Howard, the director of the Oxford Internet Institute and author of many books on disinformation. In an interview, he calls for greater transparency and regulation of the industry.

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Few other issues are as hotly debated as school closures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. New data from Austria now provides further evidence of the risk posed by children. The virus mutant B.1.1.7 could make the situation even worse.

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Thousands of people every year leave Central America for the U.S. to escape poverty and a lack of prospects. But some young entrepreneurs are demonstrating that it is possible to find a future at home.

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The fight against rhino poachers in South Africa is a lucrative business. Well-armed units patrol the parks and reserves – and have been accused of murdering innocent people.

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They clean, walk dogs and take care of children, day in and day out, for years at a time. A photography project shows how women from the Philippines work in poor conditions in Europe so that their families back home can have better lives.

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Those wanting to enter a store or board public transportation in Bavaria will be required to wear an FFP2 mask starting next week. Even though they offer better protection against the coronavirus, the masks are expensive, and not everyone can afford them. But relief could be coming soon.

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A Russian judge remanded Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in pre-trial detention for 30 days on Monday for violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence, ignoring calls from Western countries to free the opposition politician immediately.

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Markets boosted by tax cuts and years of low interest rates have made the rich richer and the U.S. more divided than ever, something the Biden presidency will have trouble reversing.

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Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reached space for the first time on Sunday with a successful test of its air-launched rocket, delivering 10 NASA satellites to orbit and achieving a key milestone after aborting the rocket's first test launch last year.

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Hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants huddled overnight on a highway in eastern Guatemala after domestic security forces used sticks and tear gas to halt the passage of a United States-bound caravan just days before U.S. president-elect Joe Biden takes office.

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U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.

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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday acknowledged errors in fighting the unprecedented pandemic, but in a speech aimed at preserving his second mandate, he told lawmakers his government can "hold its head high."

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Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington, D.C., rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting claims the event was the brainchild of the president's grassroots supporters.

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U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday. 

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