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Varavara Rao: Court orders jailed ideologue be shifted to hospital
A jailed 80-year-old Maoist ideologue and activist will be shifted to a hospital for 15 days for medical treatment following a court order.
His lawyers told the court that Varavara Rao was denied proper medical treatment in jail in!-->!-->!-->…
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Covid vaccine: Pfizer says it’s ‘94% effective in over 65s’
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to protect 94% of adults over 65 years old.
More data released from their ongoing phase three trial suggests it works equally well in people of all ages, races and!-->!-->!-->…
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Nissan warns on its UK future without a Brexit deal
With a Brexit deadline just days away, Britain's biggest car plant "will not be sustainable" if there is no deal, Nissan has warned.
The company employs 7,000 workers at its Sunderland factory but said that increased tariffs would raise!-->!-->!-->…
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US troops in Afghanistan: Allies and Republicans alarmed at withdrawal plan
Senior Republicans and US allies have voiced alarm at the announcement that a large number of American troops will be removed from Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US is to withdraw 2,500 troops from both countries by mid-January, the US!-->!-->!-->…
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India tiger awaits mate after ‘longest’ 3,000 km journey
He has completed the longest walk by a tiger ever recorded in India and "settled" in a sanctuary, where he is the only big cat.
Fondly called Walker by wildlife officials, the now three-and-a-half-year-old male left its home in a!-->!-->!-->…
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Covid-19: South Australia to enter ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown
The state of South Australia will enter an immediate six-day lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus outbreak discovered days ago.
The state has detected 36 cases since infections were found in Adelaide on Sunday, the first!-->!-->!-->…
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Covid-19: Chinese vaccine ‘successful in mid-stage trials’
A Covid-19 vaccine developed in China has shown success in mid-stage trials, researchers say.
There are several vaccines being developed in China, some of which are already being administered.
According to the researchers, the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Government forces ‘march on capital’
Ethiopia's prime minister has said that his army is advancing on the capital of the northern region of Tigray where soldiers from the region are fighting the central government.
The government accused Tigray's forces of destroying!-->!-->!-->…
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Russia moves to protect Putin from prosecution
The Russian parliament's lower house - the Duma - has backed a bill granting Russian presidents and their families immunity from criminal prosecution after they leave office.
It is among constitutional amendments approved in a!-->!-->!-->…
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British Airways to launch Covid testing trial for arrivals
British Airways is to launch a voluntary Covid-19 test for passengers travelling to the UK from three US airports.
The airline wants to persuade governments that testing travellers will make quarantining unnecessary.
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