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Scandal-hit Zambia health minister sacked

Chitalu Chilufya arrested for alleged corruption last year, but cleared of charges

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5.8-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia’s Flores Sea

Temblor poses no tsunami threat to Malaysia

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Jong-un’s party title changed from chairman to general secretary

Analysts say move intended to shore up his authority, with the North’s economy struggling due to self-imposed Covid-19 isolation

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Southern Thailand floods claim three lives

High tide phenomenon, water released from Bang Lang dam to retain safe levels, contributes to worsening flood situation

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Silence, division between old allies Trump and Pence

Vice-president refuses intervention to reverse Republican election defeat, now public enemy number one in president’s books

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Brisbane finds zero cases, lifts virus lockdown

Queesland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says move was to ensure city acted quickly, strongly, decisively against Covid-19 transmission

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US recognises Moroccan sovereignty, starts work on consulate in disputed Western Sahara

Move in exchange for Rabat normalising ties with Israel under American-brokered deal

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Spain races to clear snow before cold snap freezes roads

Weather forecasters expect temperatures drop below -10 celsius, predict heavy frost overnight today and tomorrow

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Support for Olympics hits new low in Japan: poll

80% of those asked by Kyodo news agency say the global event should be cancelled or postponed again

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Germany’s coronavirus death toll tops 40,000

Robert Koch Institute says country recorded 465 deaths over the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 40,343

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Belgium – country of 11.5 mil – logs 20,000 virus deaths

It has one of the world's highest fatality rates with 1,725 per 100,000 people

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Pence to attend Biden inauguration

Vice-president becomes latest long-time loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump

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Bomb kills three in Afghan capital

Spokesman for Afghanistan’s public protection force among those killed