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  Global death toll nears 2 million

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:21am on January 16, 2021

  The worldwide death toll from coronavirus approached two million on Friday, with Europe topping 30 million infections and World Health Organisation experts working on advice...

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  Italy PM struggles to keep govt afloat

  Agence France-Presse . Rome | Updated at 10:21pm on January 15, 2021

  Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte was battling Thursday to keep his government afloat after a junior coalition partner pulled out, sparking a political crisis in...

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  Dutch government collapses over benefits scandal

  Agence France-Presse. The Hague | Updated at 07:09pm on January 15, 2021

  Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte's government resigned on Friday over a child benefits scandal, media reported, threatening political turmoil as the country battles the coronavirus...

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  World facing ‘catastrophic’ warming: UN

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:04pm on January 15, 2021

  The world is on course for a ‘catastrophic’ temperature rise this century, the United Nations said on Thursday as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016...

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  WHO says 28m vaccine doses injected so far

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:24am on January 15, 2021

  The World Health Organisation said Wednesday that about 28 million vaccine doses have been administered so far in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic —...

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  Italy plunged into political crisis, government risks collapse

  Agence France-Presse . Rome | Updated at 10:18am on January 14, 2021

  Italy was plunged into political crisis on Wednesday after former prime minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his party from the ruling coalition, risking the collapse of...

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  Russia to start mass vaccinations next week

  Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 11:09pm on January 13, 2021

  Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday tasked officials with launching mass coronavirus vaccinations from next week, touting Russia’s homemade jab as the world’s best. ‘I...

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  New virus mutation raises vaccine questions

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:02pm on January 13, 2021

  As the British coronavirus variant occupies countries’ pandemic plans due to its increased transmissibility, other mutations to the Sars-CoV-2 are provoking concern among scientists who...

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  Pope receives COVID-19 vaccine

  Agence France-Presse. Rome | Updated at 09:38pm on January 13, 2021

  Pope Francis, 84, was given COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, according to media reports. The news was reported by America, a US-based Jesuit news website, and...

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  Daily Telegraph owner David Barclay dies

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 06:10pm on January 13, 2021

  David Barclay, the secretive British billionaire whose portfolio included The Daily Telegraph newspaper and The Ritz hotel, has died aged 86 after a short illness,...