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India's love affair with classic British motorbikes
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Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'
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Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets
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New Zealand rings in 2021 with fireworks
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Giulio Regeni: Italy condemns Egypt for ruling out charges against police
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered back to jail
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Samuel Little: America's 'most prolific' serial killer dies
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Wang Xiangjun: China's 'Glacier Bro' presumed dead
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Republican senator to dispute certification of Biden victory
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India's most uplifting social media moments in 2020
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Syria attack: At least 28 killed in ambush on bus
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Penn Station: New train hall returns beauty to New York station
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Yemen war: Video shows moment Aden airport attacked
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Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't
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Norway mudslide: Aerial footage shows devastation
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Argentina abortion: Activists celebrate Senate vote
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Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic
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Yemen war: Explosions at Aden airport as new government arrives
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Croatia earthquake: Strong aftershocks hit after quake kills seven
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Jonathan Pollard: Israel spy greeted by Netanyahu after flying to Tel Aviv
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Luke Letlow: Newly-elected US lawmaker, 41, dies from Covid
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You’re Infected With the Coronavirus. But How Infected?
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China jails Hong Kong activists for between seven months and three years
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Covid: Sydney announces new restrictions ahead of New Year
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North Korea defectors: Why it's getting harder to escape
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Tamir Rice killing: US closes investigation into 2014 shooting
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Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British
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2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'
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Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British
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Bell stolen by Nazis to be returned to Poland
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Russian Covid deaths three times the official toll
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Breonna Taylor statue smashed in California weeks after installation
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Hong Kong activist Tony Chung sentenced to four months
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Keyon Harrold: Jazz trumpeter says son assaulted after false theft accusation
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Coronavirus: India confirms six cases of new Covid variant
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Covid: Sydney beach party sparks UK backpacker deportation threats
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Covid: US House votes to boost stimulus package payments
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Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms
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Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk
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Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine
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Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year
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Australian man and child saved after friends walk 12 hours for help
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India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid
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Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for
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China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus
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Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'
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Joe Biden: 'Enormous damage' to US security agencies by Trump
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Nashville explosion: Motives still unclear in Nashville 'suicide bomb'
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Ghislaine Maxwell denied $28.5m bail in sex crime case
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Biden on Trump administration "irresponsibility"
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Covid: South Africa's Ramaphosa announces new restrictions as cases soar
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The Queen's Gambit: 'There were no women chess players'
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Hilaria Baldwin denies faking her Spanish heritage
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Rare white kiwi Manukura that inspired book and toys dies
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Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years
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Onega: Russian fishing crew missing after trawler sinks in Barents Sea
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Nashville explosion: CCTV captures moment of blast
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Hong Kong democracy activists caught at sea go on trial in China
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Félix Vásquez: Honduran environmental activist killed
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Johnny Mullagh: Australia's Cricket Hall of Fame inducts first Aboriginal player
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Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports
Zhang Zhan, who reported on China's first coronavirus outbreak, has received a fou…
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Dr Mahinder Watsa: India’s most famous ‘sexpert’ dies at 96
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Chinese games billionaire poisoned to death
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Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law
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Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour
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Covid-19: China's painful year fighting the coronavirus
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Tigray crisis: Eritrea's role in Ethiopian conflict
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'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19
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2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more'
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Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge
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Nashville explosion: Camper van blast suspect named by police
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Boy Scouts of America accuse Girl Scouts of starting 'war'
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Seven killed in knife attack in China's Liaoning province
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Rahane gives India control of Boxing Day Test
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US former wrestler Brodie Lee dies aged 41
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Dog invades football pitch in Bolivia
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US presidents' pets: Biden dogs Major and Champ to restore White House tradition
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Central African Republic election: Polls open amid fears of more violence
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Covid: EU launches mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'
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Early Vaccine Doubters Now Show a Willingness to Roll Up Their Sleeves
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Nashville explosion 'probably suicide bombing'
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Why is India denying prisoners spectacles and straws?
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How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming
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How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020
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Covid in the classroom: How the pandemic changed these three teachers' lives
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Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?
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2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'
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Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche
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Covid: Biden urges Trump to sign coronavirus bill into law
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Coronavirus: EU countries begin mass vaccination
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Gingerbread monolith appears in San Francisco's Corona Heights
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Pompeii: Ancient 'fast food' counter to open to the public
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Nashville explosion: Businesses and celebrities pledge $315,000 reward
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Chinese economy to overtake US 'by 2028' due to Covid
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South Africa raise fists before cricket match
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Coronavirus: More cases of new Covid variant found in Europe
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Several injured after shooting in Berlin
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George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia
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737 Max: Air Canada flight in unscheduled landing after engine issue
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UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic on eve of election
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Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump
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What a pandemic Christmas looked like around the world
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Letter from Africa: Somalia's Christmas birthdays and lost memories
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Boston Doctor Reports Serious Allergic Reaction After Getting Moderna’s Covid Vaccine
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Coronavirus: France finds first case of new variant
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Uganda Lake Albert boat accident leaves many dead
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Nashville hit by deliberate explosion, police in Tennessee say
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Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack
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Covid: Millions of Americans face unemployment benefits lapse
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Russian historian jailed for dismembering partner
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Australian expeditioner evacuated from Antarctica in five-day mission
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The cat was near death as it passed the conveyor belt of a waste sorting plant in Russia
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Pope urges coronavirus vaccine access for all
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Alexei Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol 'held after raid'
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Notre-Dame: Choir sings inside cathedral for first time since fire
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Ivry Gitlis: Celebrated Israeli virtuoso violinist dies at 98
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How Much Herd Immunity Is Enough?
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Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m'
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Covid: Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination
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Brexit: EU diplomats to get trade deal briefing
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In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world
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A scene in The Pianist changed Arson Fahim's life
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Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space
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How delivery drivers became vital in the pandemic
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Georgia climbers who risk their lives for Christmas trees
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Brexit: What you need to know about the UK leaving the EU
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Portugal outrage after Spanish hunters massacre 500 wild animals
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Ethiopia military 'kills 40' after Benishangul-Gumuz massacre
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Karima Baloch: Activist's family mourns a 'mountain of courage'
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'Balloon boy hoax' parents pardoned in Colorado
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The 101-year-old veteran with thousands of Christmas cards
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California man 'kills fellow Covid patient with oxygen tank'
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Chrissy Teigen 'sad she will never be pregnant again'
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Coronavirus mutes Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem
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Pete Evans: Facebook removes celebrity chef's page over conspiracies
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Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics
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Brexit: UK-EU trade talks continue ahead of likely deal
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Saumitra Khan: India MP threatens to divorce wife who switched party
Indian MP Saumitra Khan sent a divorce notice to wife Sujata Mondal Khan after she joi…
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Airline fires pilot blamed for Taiwan's first Covid case in months
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Coronavirus: New York City orders international visitors to quarantine
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NBA game off as Covid depletes Houston Rockets
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EU to allow post-Brexit UK farm produce exports
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Muslim-Canadian's 'first Christmas' goes viral
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India farmer protests: How rural incomes have struggled to keep up
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Trump pardons: Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner granted clemency
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Brexit: UK and EU 'haggling', as hopes for trade deal rise
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Over half of Chinese adults overweight, study finds
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Covid: France rewards frontline immigrant workers with citizenship
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Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handover
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Trump pardons Blackwater security contractors over 2007 Iraq killings
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Italy seeks engineer to build new Colosseum floor
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Octopuses filmed punching fish in the Red Sea
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Erdogan attacks Europe court's order for Demirtas's release
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Macron's dog Nemo in video plea to be kind to pets
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Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai granted bail
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Elon Musk says Apple's boss snubbed takeover deal
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Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' coronavirus aid bill
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Covid: Thailand tests thousands after virus outbreak in seafood market
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US charges ex-Zoom employee with shutting down Tiananmen Square events
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Deb Haaland: Historic Native American 'pick for Biden cabinet'
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Russia's Putin calls Navalny poisoning inquiry 'a trick'
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Bitcoin hits all-time high rising above $20,000
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Google ad practices under fire in new lawsuit
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China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis'
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China's drinkers develop taste for home-grown wines
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Dozens of Armenian soldiers 'captured in raid'
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Iraq anti-government activist 'killed by gunmen in Baghdad'
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Paris mayor mocks 'absurd' fine for hiring too many women
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Brexit: 'Narrow path' in view for trade deal - EU chief
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Covid-19: Singapore migrant workers infections were three times higher
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Struggling Air India could be taken over by workers
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Australia launches WTO appeal against China's barley tariff
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Germany starts Christmas lockdown amid Covid surge
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French culture takes centre stage in Covid protest
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Pakistan anti-rape ordinance signed into law by president
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Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein associate seeks $28.5m bail deal
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Japan 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death
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EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants
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Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic 'jailed in Iran'
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US treasury and commerce departments targeted in cyber attack
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China warns of interference over Bloomberg journalist arrest
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New Zealand sex worker wins six-figure sum in sexual harassment case
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Indonesia courts SpaceX as new rocket launch site
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New Zealand and Australia agree on quarantine-free travel bubble
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Australia storms: Wild weather lashes vast stretch of east coast
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Ambrose Dlamini: Eswatini's PM dies after testing positive for Covid-19
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Fear and mistrust stalk Kashmir polls
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Canada 'Sixties Scoop': Indigenous survivors map out their stories
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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict flares despite ceasefire
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Motjeka Madisha: South Africa footballer dies in car crash
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Von der Leyen: 'It is responsible to go the extra mile and continue talks'
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Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown over Christmas
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US election: Pro-Trump rallies see scuffles in US cities
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Charley Pride: Country music singer dies of Covid-19
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Paolo Rossi: Italian World Cup hero's home burgled during funeral
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Covid vaccines: Will drug companies make bumper profits?
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No pickers, no coffee: How Covid threatens Colombia's harvest
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Electoral College: The people who ultimately pick the US president
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Interior Chinatown: The novel taking on Hollywood’s Asian tropes
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India farmers: Misleading claims about high-profile support
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Earth Photo winners announced
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Astronomy: 'Odd radio circles' in the sky a ‘genuine mystery’
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Abortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations
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