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Reinstated Sudanese PM Hamdok dismisses police chiefs
Medics say dozens of people have been killed as security forces sought to crush weeks of anti-coup protests.
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Omicron: Concerns grow over new coronavirus variant
Blinken calls for negotiations amid Ethiopia military escalation
US Secretary of State expresses concern over escalating fighting between gov’t forces and Tigrayan fighters.
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‘Declaration of war’: Pacific islands blast COP26 pledges
Nations most vulnerable to climate change say rich world must step up, meet goal to limit temperature rise to 1.5C.
‘Incomparable’ Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
Sondheim, renowned for musicals including West Side Story and Sweeney Todd, died at home in Connecticut.
Ethiopia’s PM pledges victory in video from front line
State media shows Abiy wearing army fatigues, saying morale is high and Tigrayan forces have been pushed back.
‘Change is possible’: Honduras prepares for critical election
Experts raise concern over potential fraud in Sunday’s vote, which could end conservative National Party’s 12-year rule.
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How worrying is the new Omicron variant?
The world faces yet another variant ‘of concern’, nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.