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What has Greenland’s general election got to do with China? Why has Jordan’s royal family split? And who has been stripped of their honours in secret?

The longest reigning consort in British history has died at the age of 99

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150 years ago, a socialist-inspired uprising briefly transformed the French capital, before it was ruthlessly crushed

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Alliances with local militants offer lifeline after collapse of self-declared caliphate

Kiev calls on UK and Nato for support as Moscow builds up its military on border

Almost 200 civilians killed by Ethiopia and Eritrean military forces in latest human rights abuse in region

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US joins EU Vienna talks as president seeks to deliver on key campaign pledge

String of lawmakers hit by allegations amid renewed surge of #MeToo anger

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Easy-to-produce jab hailed as potential pandemic ‘game-changer’

Lockdown measures reimposed as coronavirus cases hit record high despite world-leading inoculation campaign

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Are the Democrats falling into a hypocrisy trap? How did Cuba develop such a strong biotech industry? And will anything reverse religious decline?

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Brazilian president is battling for political survival amid surging Covid death toll

Billions of dollars at stake as experts try to explain who or what is to blame for the cargo ship’s grounding

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Islamists defiant as Joe Biden offers power-sharing deal with Afghan government

Everything you need to know about the world’s Covid-19 vaccines

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No. 10 insists PM ‘acts with integrity’ after US entrepreneur’s ‘kiss and tell’

World leaders make joint plea for global cooperation to tackle next major health crisis

The communist nation aims to be ‘pharmacist’ to other US enemies after developing multiple Covid jabs

Figures suggest that quicker vaccine rollouts are pay to play

Failure to secure main conviction could see other accused officers walk free

Hopes of herd immunity extinguished as wave of new strain sweeps across the country

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Children among the dead in ‘bloodiest’ crackdown since military coup

EU’s Covid jabs crisis claims first major political scalp

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