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  CO2 emissions set to surge, IEA warns

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 01:21am on April 21, 2021

  Climate-changing CO2 emissions are set to surge by the second-biggest amount in history this year as the global economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the...

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  WHO says against proof of vaccination for travel

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 01:19am on April 21, 2021

  The World Health Organisation’s emergency committee said Monday it was against international travellers being required to have proof of vaccination, partly on grounds such a...

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  NGOs call for $5.5b to save 34m from famine

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 01:17am on April 21, 2021

  More than 260 non-governmental organisations signed an open letter Tuesday urging governments to donate $5.5 billion to prevent famine from reaching 34 million people in...

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  Extreme melt reduced Greenland ice sheet storage: study

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:07am on April 21, 2021

  The vast melting of Greenland’s ice sheet caused by unusually high temperatures in 2012 had a lasting impact on its ability to absorb and store...

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  Doctors denied access to jailed Navalny as health concerns grow

  Agence France-Presse . Vladimir | Updated at 12:04am on April 21, 2021

  Alexei Navalny’s doctors were again denied access Tuesday to the jailed Kremlin critic despite growing concern over the hunger-striking Russian opposition figure’s failing health. A...

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  Greta backs Covid vaccine inequity fight

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:01am on April 21, 2021

  Greta Thunberg slammed the ‘tragedy’ of vaccine inequity as the Swedish climate campaigner called Monday for the world’s most vulnerable to be prioritised for Covid-19...

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  Chemical weapons watchdog to decide sanctions on Syria

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 01:44pm on April 20, 2021

  The world’s chemical weapons watchdog will decide this week whether to impose unprecedented sanctions on Syria for its alleged use of toxic arms and failure...

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  EU to assess J&J shot safety as India battles rising cases

  Agence France-Presse . Amsterdam | Updated at 10:58am on April 20, 2021

  Europe’s drug regulator was expected to rule Tuesday on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after fears it could be linked to...

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  UK impose travel curbs on India for Covid-19

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:06am on April 20, 2021

  Britain on Monday imposed its strictest travel curbs on India after an explosion of coronavirus cases there, hours after prime minister Boris Johnson called off...

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  Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital under Western pressure

  Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 10:10pm on April 19, 2021

  Russia’s penitentiary service on Monday said it was transferring ailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to prison hospital, as the EU warned it would hold Moscow...