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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: PM declares assault on regional capital Mekelle
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the "final phase" of the army's operation in Tigray with an attack on the regional capital, Mekelle.
He said the military would try not to harm civilians and urged people in the!-->!-->!-->…
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Cyclone Nivar: Heavy rain lashes India as storm approaches
Heavy rains have been lashing the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu as it braces for Cyclone Nivar.
Officials said it is expected to make landfall on the south-eastern coast shortly after midnight, intensifying into a "very severe!-->!-->!-->…
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Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality
The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out 25 years of increasing gender equality, new global data from UN Women suggests.
Women are doing significantly more domestic chores and family care, because of the impact of the pandemic.
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Biden Thanksgiving speech: We’re at war with the virus, not each other
US President-elect Joe Biden has called for an end to the "grim season of division", as the country faces a long, hard winter with Covid-19.
In a speech for the Thanksgiving holiday, he said Americans were at war with coronavirus, not!-->!-->!-->…
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WWF vows to ‘do more’ after human rights abuse reports
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has vowed to "do more" after an internal investigation prompted by human rights abuse reports.
The probe comes after a series of articles published last year by BuzzFeed News.
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Thailand’s ‘largest ketamine bust’ turns out to be cleaning agent
Thailand's claim to have seized almost $1bn worth of the drug ketamine has turned out to be a "misunderstanding", its justice minister has said.
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Meghan Markle: Duchess of Sussex tells of miscarriage ‘pain and grief’
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of feeling "an almost unbearable grief".
"I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," Meghan said in a!-->!-->!-->…
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Russia ‘threatened to ram’ US ship in Sea of Japan
Russia says one of its warships caught and chased off a US Navy destroyer after it entered territorial waters in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday.
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Most Black Friday products ‘were same price or cheaper’ beforehand
Nearly nine in 10 products sold on Black Friday are available for the same price or cheaper earlier in the year, according to consumer group Which?.
It urged consumers to "do some research" in order to spot genuine bargains during the!-->!-->!-->…
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Coronavirus: Millions travel for Thanksgiving despite warnings
Millions of Americans are already travelling home to celebrate Thanksgiving, despite warnings from health officials amid a significant wave of coronavirus cases and deaths.
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