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FBI screens troops ahead of US inauguration
Agencies on lookout for Trump sympathisers after revelations some Capitol rioters had military ties.
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Twitter suspends QAnon-linked Republican lawmaker’s account
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump and similarly claims the election was 'rigged'.
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Australia unlikely to fully open borders this year, says official
The health department secretary says it is still unknown if mass vaccination will prevent transmission.
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Indonesian medics overwhelmed by quake casualties
Doctors treating wounded in open-air makeshift medical centre, after hospital flattened in quake.
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French Muslim council agrees accord on ‘principles’ sought by Macron
Charter rejects politicisation of Islam, forced marriage, while embracing gender equality.
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China GDP grows 2.3% in 2020, slowest in more than four decades
It is however slightly better than analysts expected.
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Miners trapped underground in China send note up to rescuers
More than 20 men underground for 8 days after blast 600m from surface.
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Harris shatters highest glass ceilings
First woman veep helps bring Donald Trump’s turbulent rule to an end.
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Biden team outlines crisis plans
Donald Trump impeachment trial overshadows inauguration week.
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Global vaccine campaign gains pace
Brazil approves first jabs for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, China’s CoronaVac.
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France urges Russia to release Kremlin critic
Alexei Navalny detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport yesterday less than an hour after flying in from Germany.
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Pop producer Phil Spector dies in jail at 81
King of rock ‘n’ roll producers convicted of 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.
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Kremlin critic arrested at airport
Alexei Navalny flew in from Germany, where he had been recovering from poisoning.
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25 more players in Australian Open quarantine
This follows a non-player passenger from Dubai to Melbourne testing positive for Covid-19.
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Britain presses China to grant UN access to Xinjiang
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab decries slave labour, forced sterilisation, appalling human rights abuses.
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Dozens arrested in night disturbances in Tunisia
Govt says teenagers looted, vandalised shopfronts and cars despite a coronavirus lockdown.
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Thailand logs 374 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths
National caseload stands at 12,054, total fatalities at 70.
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Britain mulls enforced hotel quarantine for all travellers
All new arrivals to the UK to quarantine, show negative Covid-19 tests results starting tomorrow.
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Rescuers detect signs of life from 22 trapped Chinese miners
Knocking sounds heard after drill down into mine near Qixia city.
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Greek official axed after Olympian’s sex abuse claim
Federation shocked over allegation made by Sofia Bekatorou.
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Death toll in Darfur clashes rises to 48
Violence that erupted yesterday also leaves 97 wounded.
20 hours ago

2 female Afghan judges assassinated in Kabul
Both shot dead by gunmen in early morning ambush, their driver wounded.
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Five shot dead in rare Mexico City attack
Attack likely linked to organised crime, local media say.
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