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‘One very small step for mankind, one giant ego trip for Jeff Bezos’

The former school teacher is promising new constitution for pandemic-ravaged country

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

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Scientists say nuclear power is essential to efforts to tackle climate change

Beijing blasts US intervention in Afghanistan as officials meet to signal warming ties

A slew of recent releases claim Trump prepared to desecrate the constitution to stay in power

Shortages trigger nationwide protests as ‘political and economic apocalypse’ looms

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Ministers reportedly feared that Covid-19 measure was hobbling the economy

Cop tells inquiry he thought he was ‘going to die’ during deadly demonstration

Man aged 24 found guilty of secession and terrorism in landmark trial ruling

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Oxford University hopes to protect remote communities against the disease through a new vaccine

President strikes deal with Iraqi PM to end two decades of fighting

Hospitals struggle as senior paediatrician says cases rising rapidly among minors

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Deaths rise 47% year-on-year as Taliban exploits departure of foreign troops

Hichem Mechichi dismissed amid violent Covid-19 demonstrations

Experts believe climate change is increasing frequency of floods, storms, heatwaves and other catastrophic weather phenomena

What started as a stereotype of Japan by western media has turned into a process of nation branding

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Angela Merkel urges population to get vaccinated as Emmanuel Macron’s latest move sparks protests

The report, released last month, examines mysterious phenomena in the skies. What does it tell us?

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Nearly 200 people died in Germany and Belgium; hundreds are still unaccounted for

Death toll mounts as tens of thousands flee homes following ‘worst rainfall in a millennium’

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Hunter has embarked on new career as an artist and is preparing to hold first solo exhibition in October

The stripped-back event looks set to be ‘an utterly joyless affair’

Joe Biden accused of ‘total surrender to Putin’ over controversial gas pipeline

New legislation includes fines of up to €150,000 for ‘glorifying’ the dictator and Spanish Civil War