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WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak

Guards block reporters waiting outside from entering the sprawling seafood market

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Ecuador president’s plane makes emergency landing in Washington

Lenin Moreno, entourage ‘all fine’, says Comms Ministry

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UK visa scheme offering Hong Kongers way out goes live today

Immigration programme a response to China’s decision last year to impose national security law on financial hub

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Navalny allies plan fresh protests despite crackdown

In anticipation of protests, Moscow police take unprecedented move of limiting pedestrian movements in the capital

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Trump impeachment lawyers leave team: US media

CNN, citing unnamed sources, says five lawyers have left former US president’s defence team over disagreements on legal strategy

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Thousands march for, against French bill to let lesbians conceive children

Proposed law due for second hearing in Senate on Tuesday

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S. Africa customs officers seize unproven Covid-19 ‘remedy’

Ivermectin mainly used to kill parasites like head lice, widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990s to treat river blindness

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Italy approves AstraZeneca jab, but cautions its use in over-55s

Age group ‘poorly represented’ in trials, says medicines agency

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Pentagon halts planned vaccination of Gitmo detainees

About-turn follows outcry by Republican lawmakers

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US health authority orders mask-wearing on public transport

It covers travel on airplanes, trains, buses, taxis, ride-sharing vehicles, subways, ferries, ships

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Germany threatens legal action over vaccine delays

It comes amid tension over AstraZeneca, which has fallen behind on promised deliveries of Covid-19 jab

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Jobless man claims trial to killing 2 women in France

Suspect’s reported links to third murder, also involving female, still under investigation

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UAE to offer citizenship to expats

Rare move aims to appreciate talents, competencies in Gulf, says ruler