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Europe begins vaccine roll-out as new virus strain spreads fears

First doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab arrived in hard-hit Italy, Spain and France yesterday, ready for distribution to retirement homes and care staff

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Niger stages historic elections despite jihadist attacks

Current frontrunner Mohamed Bazoum is the designated successor of the former president, who stepped down voluntarily after two terms        

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Argentine Catholics, evangelicals join forces against abortion bill

Proposed legislation will be debated and voted on in Senate on Tuesday

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US wants vaccine payments routed through its banks, says Iran

Hassan Rouhani fears money could be seized

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Central African Republic goes to the polls amid unrest

Militia groups active in two-thirds of the country spark fears of voter obstruction and intimidation efforts

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4 die in Pakistan military copter crash

Aircraft goes down in mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region ‘due to technical reasons’

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Biden election throws spanner into post-Brexit hopes

Brexiteers’ hopes for special US-UK relationship looking shaky without Donald Trump in White House

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Covid-19 won’t be last pandemic, WHO chief warns

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus raps ‘dangerously short-sighted’ cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks, but not making preparations for the next one

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3 killed, 3 injured in Illinois shooting

Local police say they have a person of interest in custody. 

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8 climbers die in Iran avalanches

7 other mountaineers remain missing

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France not ruling out 3rd nationwide virus lockdown

Nation braces for possible post-Christmas spike in cases

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Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after ‘altercation’

UN confirms blaze, says some injured have been taken to hospital

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‘Day of hope’: Germany sees first Covid-19 jabs administered

101-year-old care-home resident is No. 1 in the country to be inoculated against disease