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UK firms urge govt to help struggling Eurostar

Majority owned by French firm SNCF, it reports services are down 85% from the previous year

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Death toll from clashes in Sudan’s Darfur up to at least 83: medics

Violence is most significant fighting in region since October peace deal, coming just two weeks after departure of peacekeepers

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France, UK boost vaccine campaigns, Britain shuts travel corridors

Growing concerns over different strains of the virus have prompted governments to tighten curbs to stem  global death toll 

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Cargo ship sinks in Black Sea, 3 dead, 6 rescued

Bad weather leaves three other crew members stranded in rocky area, hampers search efforts

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Turkey vaccinates 700,000 healthcare personnel in 4 days

First batch of 3 million CoronaVac inoculations from China arrived on Dec 30

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FBI, Secret Service screening troops ahead of Biden inauguration

This comes after some of those involved in January 6 Capitol riots found to have current or former ties to military

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NZ sees 6 new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation

One classified as ‘historical’ and deemed not infectious, says Health Ministry

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Escaping virus lockdowns, tourists flock to Dubai

Emirates, which restored its network to about three quarters of pre-pandemic levels, is again operating A380 super-jumbos

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Biden plans swift action but Trump trial threatens unity 

President-elect promises to immediately reverse some of Trump’s more controversial moves

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Corruption scandal gets Samsung chief 2.5 years’ jail time

Lee Jae-yong found guilty of bribery, embezzlement in connection with former president Park Geun-hye’s ouster

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Japan PM vows to tackle virus as public support plunges

Government slammed for backing domestic travel despite spike in Covid-19 infections

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Indonesian medics overwhelmed by quake casualties

Only one of hardest-hit city's hospitals survived disaster relatively intact

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World’s Covid-19 cases surpass 95 mil: Johns Hopkins University

Deaths from pandemic also breach two million mark