Joe Biden will reverse Donald Trump’s latest decree on Covid travel, as Wednesday’s inauguration looms.
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The Mexican president spoke out as thousands gathered in Guatemala en route to Mexico and the US.
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After arguably the most challenging year of his near-decade rule of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is sticking to his guns.
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It accuses richer nations of a “me-first” approach to Covid vaccine, and hoarding precious supplies.
Read More »Russian opposition leader to be held in custody for 30 days
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was ordered to remain in custody for 30 days during a surprise hearing in Russia on Monday, less than 24 hours after he returned to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.
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China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching speeds of 620 kilometers (385 miles) per hour.
Read More »Series of disasters unfolding across Indonesia
As Indonesia continues to count the number of dead from last week’s earthquake on Sulawesi island, search and rescue teams are being stretched to breaking point, as they grapple with a series of disasters unfolding across the country.
Read More »Navalny arrested on his return to Moscow
Russia’s leading Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, was detained by local police, moments after his return to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reports Navalny had originally been scheduled to land at Vnukovo airport, where a crowd of hundreds of …
Read More »Ghana president warns of health system overload
Ghana’s Covid-19 infection rates are skyrocketing and include new strains of the virus not before seen in the country, filling treatment centres and threatening to overwhelm the health system, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Sunday.
Read More »Alexei Navalny: EU and US demand release of poisoned Putin critic
Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow from Germany months after a nerve agent attack nearly killed him.
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