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Lila Blanks reacts next to the coffin of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died from complications from COVID-19, before his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, on January 26 [File: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters]

‘Almost unbelievable’: US surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths

Country hits harrowing total as Biden administration ramps up coronavirus vaccinations amid drop in daily infections.

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As many as 156 migrants were rescued by Libyan authorities from human traffickers in the southeastern city of Kufra [Kufra Security Directorate/Facebook]

More than 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers in Libya

Security forces arrested six traffickers who kept a house-turned-prison in Kufra and referred them to prosecutors.

Attanasio, 43, represented Italy in Kinshasa since 2017 [EPA]

Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies after WFP convoy attacked

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament there was 'no credible route to a zero COVID Britain or a zero COVID world' [Ben Stansall/AFP]

UK PM sets out road map to ease England’s COVID lockdown

More than 11,300 people died across West Africa after a 2013 epidemic that originated in Guinea [File: Pascal Guyot/AFP]

Guineans sceptical as gov’t steps up fight against Ebola

EU foreign ministers met at the EU headquarters in Brussels [Johanna Geron/Pool/AFP]

EU agrees to sanctions on Myanmar military, Russian officials

Several lawmakers delivered fiery speeches in condemnation of the government’s deal with the IAEA [File: Vahid Salemi/AP]

Iran lawmakers call for president’s prosecution over IAEA deal

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar, which had been severed in 2017 [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

UAE and Qatar officials hold first meeting since Gulf detente

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, said rich countries need to ensure before they seek more vaccines that their requests do not undermine COVAX deals [File: Christopher Black/World Health Organization/Handout via Reuters]

WHO chief urges rich nations not to undermine COVAX scheme

Demonstrators shout slogans as they march to mark the second anniversary of a mass protest movement demanding political change [Ramzi Boudina/Reuters]

Algerians mark protest movement anniversary with fresh rallies


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As many as 156 migrants were rescued by Libyan authorities from human traffickers in the southeastern city of Kufra [Kufra Security Directorate/Facebook]

More than 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers in Libya

Attanasio, 43, represented Italy in Kinshasa since 2017 [EPA]

Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies after WFP convoy attacked

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament there was 'no credible route to a zero COVID Britain or a zero COVID world' [Ben Stansall/AFP]

UK PM sets out road map to ease England’s COVID lockdown

More than 11,300 people died across West Africa after a 2013 epidemic that originated in Guinea [File: Pascal Guyot/AFP]

Guineans sceptical as gov’t steps up fight against Ebola

EU foreign ministers met at the EU headquarters in Brussels [Johanna Geron/Pool/AFP]

EU agrees to sanctions on Myanmar military, Russian officials

Several lawmakers delivered fiery speeches in condemnation of the government’s deal with the IAEA [File: Vahid Salemi/AP]

Iran lawmakers call for president’s prosecution over IAEA deal

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar, which had been severed in 2017 [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

UAE and Qatar officials hold first meeting since Gulf detente

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, said rich countries need to ensure before they seek more vaccines that their requests do not undermine COVAX deals [File: Christopher Black/World Health Organization/Handout via Reuters]

WHO chief urges rich nations not to undermine COVAX scheme

Demonstrators shout slogans as they march to mark the second anniversary of a mass protest movement demanding political change [Ramzi Boudina/Reuters]

Algerians mark protest movement anniversary with fresh rallies

Iran could boost uranium enrichment to 60 percent: Khamenei

Remarks come as European powers, US in disagreement with Iran over how to restore nuclear deal.

The nuclear deal capped Iran’s uranium enrichment purity at 3.67 percent [WANA]

Spotify to launch in 85 new markets, reach over a billion people

The Swedish company’s shares rose as much as six percent to a record high of $387.44.

Higher Ground Productions, Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, announced another new show with Bruce Springsteen for Spotify called Renegades: Born in the USA [File: Jason Reed/Reuters]

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Sweden charges man with spying for Russia

Unidentified 47-year-old alleged to have handed over information to Russia for several years in return for money.

A general view of the Russian embassy in Stockholm [File: TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson via Reuters]

UN calls on Somalia to hold delayed polls ‘as soon as possible’

UN envoy to country urges Somali leaders ‘to pull back from confrontation’ and reach a compromise on elections.

Friday's violence saw a small group of protesters attempt to march down the main airport road when shots rang out, sending them ducking for cover [AFP]
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Copper rises over $9,000 as supply tightens in pandemic recovery

Copper is surging amid a rally in commodities from iron ore to nickel, while oil has gained over 20 percent this year.

Investors are piling into copper on a bet that demand will surge in the coming years as governments unleash stimulus measures targeting renewable energy and electric-vehicle infrastructure [File: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg]

China rejects Uighurs genocide charge, invites UN’s rights chief

Activists, UN experts say at least one million Muslims are detained in camps in the remote western region.

Faith leaders, activist groups and others have said crimes against humanity, including genocide, are taking place there [Lee Jin-man/AP Photo]
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