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6 more ‘Oath Keepers’ charged in assault on US Capitol

They add to probe of 3 others, as Justice Dept builds case that attack was not spontaneous, but planned

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Facebook blocks medical data shared by apps

Data fed into social media analytics tool by app makers include medical diagnoses, whether users were pregnant

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US warns China on force in disputed South China Sea

Washington reaffirms view that Beijing’s assertive campaign in waters illegal

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Biden reassures Americans Covid-19 vaccines are safe

US president takes trip to Pfizer factory

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US urges Myanmar to ‘refrain from violence’ after protester death

Washington imposes targeted sanctions, hopes international pressure will put heat on junta

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Thunberg tweets support for Indian activist held over protest ‘toolkit’

Climate campaigner Disha Ravi arrested for offering advice on joining protests

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Pfizer-BioNTech first dose 85% effective after 2-4 weeks: study

Scientists still studying whether fully vaccinated people can transmit the virus to others

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Biden says struggle between democracy and autocracy at ‘inflection point’

US leader says democracy must prevail, as Washington begins shift from isolationism

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Iran FM renews call for US to lift all Trump sanctions

Demand by Mohammad Javad Zarif comes ahead of Iran’s Sunday deadline to avoid some restrictions on UN nuclear inspectors

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Myanmar coup generals under worldwide sanctions pressure

Much of country still in open revolt since troops deposed Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 1

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Biden breaks with Trump as G7 tackles climate, pandemic recovery

Democrat to make his presidential debut on the world stage

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Badgers, rabbits may have spread Covid-19 to humans: WHO

Investigators also doubt bats carried virus to Wuhan market, suggesting there was an intermediate host

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Congress to quiz internet giants’ bosses over disinformation

Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey to take part in a remote video hearing