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![Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, representing CREO, sits across from Yaku Perez, with the Pachakutik party, outside the National Electoral Committee, which they are asking for a recount of Sunday's election, in Quito, Ecuador, February 12, 2021 [Dolores Ochoa/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21043689509376.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![Catalonia's MP Marta Rovira of the pro-independence party ERC speaks with Catalonia's MP Xavier Garcia Albiol of the PPC at the Parliament of Catalonia on January 17, 2018, in Barcelona, Spain. [File: David Ramos/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/025415150a454229852efa252c4b8386_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![The vaccine programme is seen as one of few successes in the government's handling of a pandemic that has left the country with a higher death toll and worse economic damage than its peers [File: Steve Reigate/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_92P2K8.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The deaths are the first in Guinea since a 2013-2016 epidemic which left 11,300 dead across West Africa [File: Cellou Binani/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_Par8116428.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![People shine their mobile phone torches in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, Moscow. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21045651794737.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
People shine their mobile phone torches in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square, Moscow. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]
![The weekend protests in many cities during the last month against Navalny’s detention represented the largest outpouring of popular discontent in years. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21045541178498.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The weekend protests in many cities during the last month against Navalny’s detention represented the largest outpouring of popular discontent in years. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]
![Supporters of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny pose for a picture while shining their mobile phone torches in a residential courtyard during a gathering on Valentine's Day outside Saint Petersburg. [Anton Vaganov/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-14T173218Z_971110445_RC2HSL9TB7NU_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-POLITICS-NAVALNY-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Supporters of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny pose for a picture while shining their mobile phone torches in a residential courtyard during a gathering on Valentine's Day outside Saint Petersburg. [Anton Vaganov/Reuters]
![Supporters of Navalny arrange candles in the shape of a heart in a residential courtyard during a gathering on Valentine's Day in Omsk. [Alexey Malgavko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-14T151127Z_276509175_RC2FSL9I1GNY_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-POLITICS-NAVALNY-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Supporters of Navalny arrange candles in the shape of a heart in a residential courtyard during a gathering on Valentine's Day in Omsk. [Alexey Malgavko/Reuters]
![Russian law enforcement agencies on Thursday said that people taking part in unsanctioned rallies could face criminal charges. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21045545455514.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Russian law enforcement agencies on Thursday said that people taking part in unsanctioned rallies could face criminal charges. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]
![Rights groups have accused police of using disproportionate force against protesters in recent weeks. The Kremlin has denied repression by police and says the protests were illegal because they were not approved and risked spreading the coronavirus. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21045544469363.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Rights groups have accused police of using disproportionate force against protesters in recent weeks. The Kremlin has denied repression by police and says the protests were illegal because they were not approved and risked spreading the coronavirus. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]
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Supporters of Navalny urged Russians to show solidarity with the opposition leader by gathering outside their homes for 15 minutes on Valentine's Day evening, shining their mobile phone torches. [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]
![The weekend protests in scores of cities last month over Navalny’s detention appeared to have rattled the Kremlin. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21045420777711.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The weekend protests in scores of cities last month over Navalny’s detention appeared to have rattled the Kremlin. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]
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Navalny's allies urged people to flood social media with pictures of Sunday's gatherings. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]
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Carlos Menem, former president of Argentina, dies aged 90
Menem, who served as president from 1989 to 1999, had been hospitalised for pneumonia several times in recent months.
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Lebanon kicks off vaccination against COVID-19
Healthcare workers and those aged above 75 first in line for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines under government roll-out plan.
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After acquittal, Trump says ‘our movement has only just begun’
Trump slams ‘witch hunt’ impeachment trial, pledges to continue journey to achieve ‘American greatness’.
Biden calls for ‘commonsense’ gun laws on Parkland anniversary
US president says gun law reforms should include mandatory background checks and ban on assault weapons.
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Bitcoin nears $50,000 as it reaches record
Bitcoin has been buoyed in recent months by endorsements from the likes of Paul Tudor Jones and Stan Druckenmiller.
![Bitcoin is up about 70 percent this year [Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cc63930fbe5e4431931ea4fe97b13b95_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Huge rallies in Myanmar for ninth day as army steps up arrests
Tens of thousands take to streets as the military hunts protest backers and steps up arrests.
![Protesters hold up signs supporting the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) at a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 14, 2021 [Ye Aung Thu/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_92Y2ZU.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
