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China is targeted as the government outlines plans for reduced overseas spending

Ireland’s health minister confirms that Brussels is considering a possible lawsuit over delivery shortfall

Everything you need to know about the world’s coronavirus vaccines

Centennial show of strength to include ‘patriotic films’ and ‘mass weddings’

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

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Nomadland tipped to dominate this year’s Academy Awards

‘Historic’ verdict prompts jubilant celebrations and promise of ‘significant change’

Kamala Harris calls on Congress to ‘reform the system’ following Derek Chauvin guilty verdict

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Investigation finds that Paris ‘did nothing to stop’ slaughter of 800,000 people in 1994 mass killings

Polls put the left-wing party just behind Angela Merkel’s CDU

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Army of volunteers inoculate more than half of population in just seven days

Russia facing EU sanctions as 450,000 Alexei Navalny supporters prepare to hit nation’s streets

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Are human rights going backwards? Is Russia squaring up to Ukraine again? And why are we censoring maps?

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Reprimanding senior Republicans and taking on corporations have been top of the former president’s agenda

Copenhagen orders refugees back to Damascus claiming security has ‘improved significantly’

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Troops to leave on 11 September, prompting Taliban to declare victory

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Family members say they ‘can’t accept’ that shooting was an accident

Region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as patients in ICU hits new high

Tehran vows revenge as attack sets back nuclear programme ‘by at least nine months’

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Drinkers brave icy weather to celebrate amid hope that vaccine success means ‘no going back’ to Covid restrictions

Super-wealthy eye up Florida as some Big Apple residents ‘bid them good riddance’

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Senior official raises fear over effectiveness of vaccines in wide use across Asia and Africa

Upcoming documentary claims Louvre was urged to lie about world’s most expensive painting

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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?