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Italy PM set to quit and seek new govt as pandemic rages

Conte will reportedly seek mandate for a new government to replace fragile ruling coalition

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10 trapped in coal mine hit by landslides in South Kalimantan

Mudflow submerges underground site, victims hoped to have moved to higher areas for survival

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AstraZeneca rejects ‘incorrect’ reports on Covid-19 jab efficacy in elderly

Firm asserts vaccine safe for over-65s, cites data published in The Lancet

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Canadian Parliament calls Proud Boys ‘terrorist entity’

Several group members among those arrested in violent Capitol Hill assault

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Speciality syringe supply crunch strains US vaccination efforts

Production ramp-up for niche product with typically low market demand will take time

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Spanish health minister to quit amid virus resurgence

Salvador Illa facing criticism, questions on responsibility to nation, people

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Trump impeachment article to be sent to Senate, triggering trial

House of Representatives impeached the outgoing US President, for a historic second time, just one week before he left office

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S. Korean left-wing party chief sacked for sexual harassment

Kim Jong-cheol admits harassing MP Jang Hye-yeong after a dinner last month

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Borders tightened as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

The United States is set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals

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21.7 mil birds culled in S. Korea’s fight against avian flu

‘Destruction’ drive at poultry farms sends egg, meat prices soaring

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Xi opens virtual Davos forum as virus-hit West struggles

Biden absent from week-long online gathering to tackle urgent challenges at home

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Cyclone Eloise leaves hundreds homeless in Mozambique

Unicef preliminary figures show 142,000 hectares of farmland, 26 health centres and 76 classrooms have been swamped.

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19 charred bodies found in Mexico cartel hotspot

Preliminary probe suggests victims first shot, likely in different location, before corpses set ablaze