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  Pandemic putting democracy under threat: study

  Agence France-Presse . Stockholm | Updated at 11:56pm on December 09, 2020

  More than six in 10 countries around the world have adopted measures during the COVID-19 pandemic that threaten democracy or human rights, a report by...

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  Global death toll rises to 15,57,814

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 11:41pm on December 09, 2020

  The novel coronavirus has killed at least 15,57,814 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled...

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  UK issues allergy warning over Pfizer vaccine

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:38pm on December 09, 2020

  British health officials on Wednesday warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID jab for the time...

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  Assange release demanded

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 10:02pm on December 09, 2020

  A UN rights expert on Tuesday urged Britain to release Julian Assange immediately following a decade of ‘arbitrary detention’, insisting the WikiLeaks founder should await...

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  Carbon capture a tool in climate fight, but at what cost?

  Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 11:31am on December 09, 2020

  Technology for capturing carbon from industrial emissions and storing it may still be in its early stages, but proponents believe it can become a major...

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  Fossil fuels still reign, but renewables make inroads

  Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 10:55am on December 09, 2020

  Five years after the signing of the Paris Climate Accord fossil fuels still dominate the energy landscape but it is renewables that are enjoying the...

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  Since Paris deal, climate catastrophes mount

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:25am on December 09, 2020

  Record-smashing Antarctic heat waves, melting glaciers, wave after wave of drought and wildfire, and an unending string of mega storms: since the 2015 Paris deal...

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  Long way apart with EU on Brexit talks: Johnson

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:46pm on December 08, 2020

  Prime minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Britain and the European Union remain far apart, as he prepares to head to Brussels to try...

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  Royal railway row over Willam, Kate’s UK COVID tour

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 09:29pm on December 08, 2020

  A royal rail tour of Britain by prince William and his wife Kate has caused controversy after criticism from politicians in Scotland and Wales because...

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  Post-pandemic stimulus packages may bring threats to environment

  Agence France-Presse . Paris, France | Updated at 01:39pm on December 08, 2020

  Enormous stimulus packages to boost post-pandemic growth could worsen global warming with huge investments in fossil fuel activities, an international group of researchers has warned...