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  WHO urges UNSC to back words with action on vaccines

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 12:37am on February 28, 2021

  The WHO on Friday urged the UN Security Council to back up its call for increased vaccine supply to poorer nations with concrete action to...

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  Press was ‘destroying my mental health’: Harry

  Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 11:18pm on February 27, 2021

  Britain’s Prince Harry said in a rare one-on-one interview that he left royal life because the British press was ‘destroying’ his mental health, and revealed...

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  Latest climate pledges very far from Paris goals: UN

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:20am on February 27, 2021

  Renewed promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions from countries as part of the Paris climate deal are ‘very far’ from what is required to avert...

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  Queen says COVID jab ‘didn’t hurt’ as she urges take-up

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:11pm on February 26, 2021

  Queen Elizabeth II said on Thursday that her coronavirus jab ‘didn’t hurt at all’ and urged those wary of receiving the vaccine to ‘think about...

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  Thousands rally in Georgia after opposition chief’s arrest

  Agence France-Presse . Tbilisi | Updated at 10:05pm on February 26, 2021

  Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Friday to demand early elections after the arrest of a top opposition leader. Protesters marched through...

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  Global military spending hit record levels in 2020 amid pandemic: think tank

  Agence Fance-Presse . London | Updated at 10:02pm on February 26, 2021

  Global military spending, driven in part by Chinese naval expansion, reached record levels in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic...

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  UK Supreme court rejects Shamima's legal bid to return

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 05:49pm on February 26, 2021

  Britain's highest court on Friday rejected a bid by a woman who was stripped of her UK citizenship for joining the Islamic State group to...

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  Spanish zoo worker killed by elephant

  Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 10:54am on February 26, 2021

  A zoo worker in Spain has died after he was struck by an elephant’s trunk, knocking his head against the bars of an enclosure, the...

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  Greek PM hits back at sex scandal cover-up claims

  Agence France-Presse . Athens | Updated at 10:51am on February 26, 2021

  Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday hit back at accusations that he tried to cover up a sex abuse scandal involving a top theatre...

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  UK Supreme Court to rule on return of Shamima Begum today

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:04am on February 26, 2021

  Britain’s highest court will rule on Friday whether Shamima Begum, a woman stripped of her UK citizenship for joining the Islamic State group in Syria,...