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UN agency chief fears 'disaster' in Gaza as funding runs dry

UNRWA facing US$70 million funding shortfall that has jeopardised its ability to pay staff 

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Canada to resume hearings on extradition of Huawei exec

Extradition case is scheduled to wrap up in April 2021

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Finland's battery plans spark environmental fears

Prospect of increasing mining is controversial in sparsely populated Finland, whose vast forests, diverse wildlife and pristine lakes are prized national assets

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Islamabad sealed off over anti-France protest

Protest in Pakistan capital follows French President Emmanuel Macron's recent remarks on Islam

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Venezuela to buy 10 mil doses of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine

Supply will arrive in first quarter of 2021, says Nicolas Maduro

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US president alludes to election defeat in Trumpian slip

President Donald Trump appears to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory, albeit accidentally

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Macron slams media over coverage of Islamic extremism

Foreign media fail to understand ‘laicite’, or secularism, says French president

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India oil well inferno contained after 5 months

2 Oil India employees killed in June explosion

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6.0-magnitude quake jolts southern Philippines

Seismology institute says aftershocks to follow, damage expected

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Peru president quits after 5 days

Protesters celebrate announcement after days of rallies against Manuel Merino

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British PM isolating after contact with virus-positive lawmaker

Boris Johnson met MPs on Thursday, with one of them subsequently testing positive for Covid-19

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US coronavirus infections breach 11 million

Figure includes 246,006 deaths, reports Johns Hopkins University

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Covid-19 vaccine scientist hopes for return to ‘normal’ next winter

Wide roll-out of vaccine key, says Ugur Sahin