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EU leaders strike deal on tougher 2030 climate target
After all-night talks, EU agrees on more ambitious target to cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade.
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Activists, experts hope for justice as Salvini trial resumes
Italy’s ex-interior minister could be indicted for kidnapping refugees and dereliction of duty in two court cases.
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Coronavirus pandemic
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![Africa's 54 countries now have more than 2.3 million confirmed infections [Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1QA1CL.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A temporary ward for coronavirus patients under construction outside the Seoul Medical Center in Seoul on Tuesday [Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_56549107-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Election workers disinfect the ballots of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia [Tonggo Simangunsong/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Election-workers-disinfect-the-ballots-of-COVID-19-patients.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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Jimmy Lai charged under Hong Kong’s national security law
Media mogul is highest profile activist to be charged under new law as teenage activist is found guilty of flag insult.
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Opinion
DR Congo parliament votes to remove speaker
National Assembly voted 281 to 200 to impeach speaker Mabunda, a close Kabila ally.
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UK slaps sanctions on The Gambia’s ex-President Yahya Jammeh
Others named in the sanctions were security figures and officials from Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan.
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From: UpFront
Is New Zealand putting economic interests above human rights?
We challenge New Zealand FM Nanaia Mahuta, and ask the Thai government to defend its response to pro-democracy protests.
