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Climate ‘overwhelming’ driver of Australian bushfires: study

Contradicts government stance that bushfires are normal, forest management to blame

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Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial today for sex crimes

She faces effective life sentence if convicted of trafficking minors for late financier

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Venezuela’s Maduro lashes out at EU vote monitors

‘Delegation of spies’ had no evidence for criticisms of electoral system, says president

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Canada confirms first Omicron infections

New Covid-19 strain detected in two travellers from Nigeria, one of the African countries not on Ottawa’s red list

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7.5-magnitude quake shakes north Peru, parts of Amazon

Lima hit hours before with 5.2-magnitude tremor; neighbouring Ecuador also affected

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Malawi blasts ‘Afrophobic’ virus travel bans

Western panic over new Covid-19 variant seems to run deeper than health concerns, suggests President Lazarus Chakwera

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First look at Omicron shows many more mutations than Delta

Italian researches say new Covid-19 strain not necessarily more dangerous, but more studies needed to determine risk level

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Laos hopes for economic boost from Chinese-built railway

Experts question benefits of development that has caused eviction of thousands of farmers from their lands

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The Netherlands detects 13 air passengers with new Omicron variant

New cases raise fears that strain has spread further in country

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Countries meet tomorrow for pandemic treaty talks

World Health Assembly’s special session to contemplate developing new accord on emergency preparedness

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5-year-old shot dead in Minnesota by teen making video

Festive holiday turns series of tragedies as another 5-year-old in Atlanta, man in Philadelphia die in gun incidents

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French far-right presidential hopeful shows finger to critic as campaign woes mount

Tensions increasing as recent polls suggest support of Eric Zemmour beginning to wane

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Australia detects first Covid-19 Omicron infections

New South Wales’ health authority confirms it after conducting urgent genomic testing