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Offical Twitter account encourages patrons to ‘grab a drink’, but tone accused of being in poor taste given UK’s Covid-19 death toll -
Sex workers welcome the chance to earn again but with strict rules about face-to-face contact, hygiene and making clients check for symptoms
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Chinese ambassador says UK offer breaches international law, after UK foreign secretary admits it cannot force Beijing to let citizens leave -
Troops on Addis Ababa streets as political tensions erupt over Haacaaluu death and wider Oromo claims
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Middle East records 1m cases amid easing and return of visitors; NZ health minister resigns after Covid controversies; California rolls back reopening of bars. Follow all the latest updates -
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Dr Clare Wenham was speaking to BBC news when girl appeared with picture of unicorn
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As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out
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Language is used routinely only by a diminishing number of elderly islanders -
Russians back amendments including constitutional mention of ‘faith in God’, pension and minimum wage boosts and a ban on gay marriage -
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Campaigners target statues of slave owners and roads named after imperial armies as protests spread to Africa -
Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis -
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Legislation will allow Foreign Office to confront countries over human rights, but who it will target remains to be seen -
We ‘Quarantinis’ have felt vilified for returning to New Zealand but everyone I’ve spoken to has been forced to return due to hardship -
Beijing’s new rules appear tailored to cover the actions of protesters and their supporters -
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Speaking to Fox Business, the president said he 'thinks masks are good' and that when he wore one, he liked the way he looked 'like the Lone Ranger'
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Demonstrators have clashed with police during protests over a national security law imposed by China on the 23rd anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain -
Police in Italy have seized more than 84m fenethylline tablets, weighing 14 tonnes, at the port of Salerno, in what they say is the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world
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Up to 3 million people in Hong Kong could be eligible to live, work or study in the UK under a bespoke immigration system announced by Dominic Raab in response to the imposition of national security legislation on Hong Kong by China
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Hong Kong police have arrested more than 300 protesters on the first day of life under the controversial national security laws imposed by Beijing, as China confirmed that some suspects could be extradited to the mainland under the new rules.
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The White House chief of infectious diseases Anthony Fauci has warned numbers of Covid-19 cases in the US 'speak for themselves' and the virus is not under control
Australia Coronavirus Australia live updates: national Covid-19 cases pass 8,000 as Victoria suburbs in lockdown