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Macron pledges no ‘unjustifiable delays’ in Covid-19 jabs

Criticism grows over slow pace of France's inoculation campaign

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Crowds throng Wuhan, where pandemic began, to celebrate New Year

Large turnout of mainly young people at Customs House clock tower

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WHO grants ‘emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

This paves the way for regulators in different countries to approve import, distribution

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World to mark locked-down New Year’s Eve

Fresh infection waves force would-be revellers to extend 2020 tradition of watching events from the sofa

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More aid for Croatia earthquake relief: European Commission

The Eastern European country was struck by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday

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China’s first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3 bil speeds up

Vaccine has 79.34% efficacy rate, a game-changer for the nation

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Colombia sets new record in eradicating coca production

Nation manually eradicated 130,000ha of coca crops in 2020, says president

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Singapore beginning to stabilise amid pandemic: Hsien Loong

Republic looks forward to rebound in 2021, says its prime minister

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Algeria to roll out contentious Russia vaccine next month

Authorities will receive initial shipment of 500,000 doses of Sputnik V

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Iraq tensions boil a year after US killing of Iran general

Iraq PM faces pro-Tehran forces accusing him of complicity in the strike

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37 Syria soldiers killed in IS ambush

It’s one of the deadliest attacks since fall of jihadists’ ‘caliphate’ in March last year, says war monitor

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China registers first case of UK coronavirus strain

Patient is a 23-year-old woman from Shanghai who arrived from UK on December 14

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Italy targets 15 mil vaccinated against Covid-19 by April

First group to be inoculated will be 1.8 million doctors, nurses, and nursing home residents and staff