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Israel strikes Gaza building hosting Associated Press, Al-Jazeera — AFP

Israel's army destroyed in an air strike Saturday the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and American news... Read more

Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns

The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended... Read more

Feeling the pressure, Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies his troops

Facing threats on multiple fronts, the man dubbed the "Tropical Trump" has whipped out a familiar script: energize his base with large, polarizing... Read more

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World could have prevented COVID-19 catastrophe: pandemic panel

By Robin Millard | 3 days ago

Institutions "failed to protect people" and science-denying leaders eroded public trust in health interventions, the IPPPR...

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Death penalty, hate crime charges sought in Georgia spa shootings

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The deaths of six women of Asian origin further stoked fears in an Asian-American population already alarmed by a surge in...

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China posts slowest population growth in decades

By Helen Roxburgh | 4 days ago

The growth of 5.4 percent over the past decade was the slowest since the 1960s, and comes alongside a sharp drop in the number...

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Hong Kong scraps mandatory vaccines for foreign domestic workers

By Jerome Taylor | 4 days ago

Philippine foreign affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin had previously said the initial proposal "smacked of discrimination"...

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Timeline: Jerusalem clashes

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This is a recap of the worst clashes since 2017 around the Al-Aqsa mosque in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem -- Islam's third...

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