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Israel to inoculate quarter of population within a month

Benjamin Netanyahu was first in country to get coronavirus jab on December 19

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Nashville home searched in probe into Xmas Day blast

US media reports say 63-year-old ‘person of interest’ has been identified

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Canada logs first cases of UK virus strain

Particularly infectious Covid-19 variant has led Ottawa to prolong suspension of passenger flights from UK

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207 killed in Ethiopia: rights commission

New death toll more than doubles the initial count of 100 men, women, and children, killed by gunmen on Wednesday

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China hails its ‘extraordinary’ success in curbing Covid-19

This is as the World Health Organisation is set to begin a probe into the origins of the virus

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France gets first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Jab to be administered first to residents of 2 elderly care homes tomorrow

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Algeria seeks tougher jail term for prominent anti-govt activist

Prosecutors are requesting that gynaecologist Amira Bouraoui be sentenced to two years in jail, according to a prisoners’ rights group

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Russian historian gets 12.5 years’ jail for butchering lover

Students claim he exhibits inappropriate behaviour, demand university to investigate

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3 UN peacekeepers killed in C. Africa Republic ahead of polls

Rebel coalition calls off ceasefire, resumes march on capital

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Aussie golf ace Greg Norman in hospital with Covid-19 symptoms

65-year-old experiencing mild fever, cough, aches and pains despite negative test

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20 Nigerian doctors dead of Covid-19 in one week

Local media reports many frontliners do not have access to personal protective equipment before treating patients

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Japan confirms first cases of new coronavirus variant 

Five people have tested positive at airports between December 18 and Monday, according to health authorities

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Journo’s jailing harms ties with EU, Turkey warned

Can Dundar’s case adds to acrimony in relations between Brussels and Ankara