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Pope appoints first woman in senior synod post

Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart one of two new undersecretaries named

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Hundreds protest Covid-19 restrictions in Denmark

Plans for a digital vaccine ‘passport’ a main target of their anger

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Tens of thousands rally in growing protests against Myanmar coup

Online calls to protest the army takeover prompting bold displays of defiance

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Freed Egyptian Al Jazeera journalist returns home after 4 years’ jail

Mahmoud Hussein release comes just over 2 weeks after Egypt and Qatar restored diplomatic ties

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Conjoined Yemeni twins flown to Jordan for surgery: Unicef

2 infants have their own heart, though position of the heart of one of them is not normal

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Singapore detects first Covid-19 re-infection case

Foreign worker tested positive in April last year and consistently until Jan 25

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Woman, 88, killed, partner hurt in French garage blast

Initial investigations suggest gas the cause of the explosion

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Iran to start Covid-19 vaccinations within a week

President says health workers will be first to get the jabs, followed by the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions

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Huge police deployment counters Indian farmers’ protests

Thousands of farmers have been camping on the outskirts of Delhi since November calling for a repeal of reforms that free up farm produce markets

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China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccine

Vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups but approval allows for its use on the general public

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Blinken presses China on Uighurs, Hong Kong in first call

US secretary of state tells official US will hold Beijing accountable for its abuses of the international system

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Brazil’s watershed ‘Car Wash’ probe ends with a whimper

AG’s office announces without fanfare that its main investigative team has been disbanded

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2 China vaccines in ‘advanced stage’ of WHO approval

Sinovac and Sinopharm have already completed multiple Phase 3 trials