Rishi Sunak’s spending review comes amid a difficult economic backdrop caused by the pandemic.
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Forces battling Ethiopia’s federal government have vowed to continue the fight in the north of the country, despite a 72-hour ultimatum to surrender from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, raising fears of further bloodshed in a conflict that threatens to destabilize the Horn of Africa.
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison responded to an incident at Doha Airport where more than 18 women were subjected to compulsory intimate medical exams after a newborn was found abandoned in a trash can. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout reports.
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Moscow says a US Navy destroyer entered its territorial waters on Tuesday.
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The president-elect describes the Trump administration’s help with the transition as not “begrudging”.
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Beijing says remarks by the Pope about the persecution of China’s Muslim Uighurs are “groundless”.
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Maria and her children were driven from their home in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the ongoing conflict.
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