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Europeans look to Russia and China, as well as private fraudsters, for much-needed doses

Research spanning 24 European countries finds that polling days cause dissatisfaction to rise by 16%

Former US leader hints at 2024 presidential run in first speech since leaving office

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Can phones measure our carbon footprint? Is tech more important than sporting talent? And could we turn our homes into virtual art galleries?

The window is narrowing for anyone to halt the Trump ‘juggernaut’

But experts fear drop in immunity may pave way for major influenza epidemic next winter

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Surplus jabs being handed over to up to 19 countries in effort to build international ties

Spokesperson for jailed opposition leader claims human rights group was ‘fed crap’ by Russian sources

European leaders holding emergency meeting as calls for urgent action grow

Early research into new coronavirus strain finds increase in hospitalisations and deaths

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Regional divisions and flawed reporting of deaths put EU nation at the top of the table nobody wants to lead

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Daughters of assassinated civil rights leader demand reopening of investigation

People in Germany and France are refusing to be inoculated with the UK-developed vaccine

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Row over allegations of extremism in universities stokes growing culture war

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Will new TV news channels threaten impartiality? Is space the final frontier for disability? And do we really need lessons in chit-chat?

Complex modelling and the world’s longest lockdown have paved way for return to near-normal life

Six-wheeled rover will collect samples and could pave way for humans on the planet

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PM calls on Europe to deploy its ‘collective ingenuity’ to speed up vaccine development

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Ernst August of Hanover has launched legal bid to regain control of ancestral seat from state

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Princess Latifa tried to flee emirate in 2018 but now ‘fears for her life’ after being captured

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Experts left searching for answers after dramatic - and unexplained - decline in Covid infections