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The sanctions name top military commander Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy Soe Win, as well as four members of the State Administration Council [File: Jorge Silva/Reuters]

US slaps new sanctions on Myanmar generals for role in coup

Move will prevent Ming Aung Hlaing and other generals from accessing more than $1bn in government funds held in the US.

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House lead impeachment manager Representative Jamie Raskin concludes the impeachment managers’ case in the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting insurrection [Senate TV/Handout via Reuters]

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A file picture of Hitsats refugee camp in Ethiopia's Tigray region [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Ethiopia shuts two Tigray camps housing Eritrean refugees

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said the ban was 'unacceptable' and damaged China's global standing [File: Carl Court/Getty Images)

China bans BBC World News for content ‘violation’

A United Nations vehicle drives through Kabul [File: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP]

Five Afghan security force members killed in attack on UN convoy

US President Joe Biden speaks next to a display as NIH Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr Anthony Fauci listens during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland [Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Biden says US faces ‘national emergency’ amid vaccine shortage

Nationwide protests against police brutality were largely peaceful until the October 20 shooting, which sparked international condemnation and calls for the authorities to refrain from using excessive force [File: Akintunde Akinleye/EPA-EFE]

Nigeria gov’t warns against protest at Lagos shooting site

The FIFA Club World Cup 2020 was delayed by almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Bayern Munich win Club World Cup for sixth trophy in a year

France is home to Europe's largest Muslim minority [File: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]

‘French Muslims will suffer’ under separatism rules, critics say


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Brazil began immunisations with vaccines made by China's Sinovac Biotech and Britain's AstraZeneca about three weeks ago [File: Bruno Kelly Reuters]

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House lead impeachment manager Representative Jamie Raskin concludes the impeachment managers’ case in the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting insurrection [Senate TV/Handout via Reuters]

Dems implore senators to use ‘common sense’ in impeachment vote

A file picture of Hitsats refugee camp in Ethiopia's Tigray region [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Ethiopia shuts two Tigray camps housing Eritrean refugees

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said the ban was 'unacceptable' and damaged China's global standing [File: Carl Court/Getty Images)

China bans BBC World News for content ‘violation’

A United Nations vehicle drives through Kabul [File: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP]

Five Afghan security force members killed in attack on UN convoy

US President Joe Biden speaks next to a display as NIH Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr Anthony Fauci listens during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland [Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Biden says US faces ‘national emergency’ amid vaccine shortage

Nationwide protests against police brutality were largely peaceful until the October 20 shooting, which sparked international condemnation and calls for the authorities to refrain from using excessive force [File: Akintunde Akinleye/EPA-EFE]

Nigeria gov’t warns against protest at Lagos shooting site

The FIFA Club World Cup 2020 was delayed by almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

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France is home to Europe's largest Muslim minority [File: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]

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Kent coronavirus variant set to ‘sweep world’, says UK scientist

Strain detected in England, which may be 30 percent more lethal than other variants, has spread to more than 50 nations.

The two COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the UK developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca protect against the so-called Kent variant [File: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters]

South Africa to use J&J, Pfizer COVID vaccines, says Ramaphosa

President says country has secured 9 million Johnson & Johnson and 20 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses.

South Africa has been hit doubly hard by a second wave of COVID-19, driven by a new variant that is believed to be 50 percent more contagious than earlier versions of the coronavirus [File: Thoko Chikondi/AP]

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CBO projects $2.3 trillion US deficit before Biden stimulus plan

While it dropped by $900bn, the deficit could still increase if President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus were to pass.

The United States Congressional Budget Office expects the budget deficit to fall to about $1 trillion in 2022 as the economy heals and there is less need for government spending [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]

Charges dismissed against officers who shoved elderly protester

In the June incident, two police officers shoved Martin Gugino, 75, to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest.

Buffalo Police officers Aaron Torgalski, 39, left, and Robert McCabe, 32, who were arraigned on felony assault charges, pose in a combination of photographs provided by the Erie County District Attorney's Office in Buffalo, New York, US on June 6, 2020 [File: Erie County DA/Handout via Reuters]

Disney earnings top expectations as streaming offsets park losses

The Disney+ streaming service had reached 94.9m subscribers as of January 2 up from 86.8m in early December.

Investors have welcomed Disney's early success in the streaming video wars dominated by Netflix [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse

Prosecutors asked the judge to issue a new warrant for Rittenhouse and up his bail by $200,000.

A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors’ request to issue a new arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last year [Kenosha County Court via AP]

AstraZeneca expects COVID variant vaccine by mid to late 2021

The drug company says it expects an updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting new variants to be ready for use this year.

AstraZeneca makes a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford [File: Lee SmithReuters]

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