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Hard-hit Central America in crosshairs of another hurricane

Region hit by ‘catastrophic floods, extreme droughts and great poverty’, says Guatemala president

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Typhoon leaves 53 dead, 22 missing in Philippines

Death toll likely to rise as rescuers continue searching

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Trudeau calls for redoubling of efforts in Covid-19 fight

How bad it gets in the coming months depends on all of us, says Canadian PM

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Top US Democrat says FB ‘part of the problem’

Social media giant accused of allowing disinformation, hate speech to spread

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Trust in vaccines vital to halting pandemic: WHO

Director of WHO immunisation dept voices concerns over growing signs of vaccine hesitancy

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OECD urges quadrupling of virus aid for emerging countries

This will require act of ‘generosity’ and ‘wisdom’, says sec-gen

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US registers nearly 200,000 new Covid-19 cases

More than 244,100 related deaths as of Friday evening

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US extends TikTok sale deadline to Nov 27

Social media app and its parent company have filed suit over ban pushed by Donald Trump’s administration

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US Secret Service struck by Covid-19 outbreak

More than 130 agents infected, reports The Washington Post

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Libyans at UN talks agree to hold elections in December 2021

Momentum is against ‘status quo’ actors ‘trying to maintain their current privileges’, says acting UN envoy

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Biden takes White House with 306 electoral votes

Donald Trump gets 232, far below the 270-vote threshold

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Two Libya shipwrecks in a day cost almost 100 lives

So far this year, more than 900 people have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach European shores

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Tesla’s founder tests positive – and negative – for virus

Musk’s Covid-19 tests offer sceptical view of validity of procedures