We look at the Arab Spring through the eyes of some of the people who lived through it.
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Biden gets vaccine on live TV while WHO says new variant of coronavirus can be curbed like other known strains.
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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared set for regulatory authorisation this week, to become second after Pfizer’s.
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Mays Abu Ghosh, a journalism student, says she faced psychological and physical torture by Israeli forces.
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Israeli military and judiciary work hand in hand on dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, activists say.
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Several protests are targeting Macron, who is accused of economic failures, discrimination, and fanning Islamophobia.
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The Biden team has started a transition website and Twitter account, and is set to appoint a coronavirus working group.
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Palestinians eye restoration of US relations but scepticism abounds that Biden’s election win marks a strategic change.
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Joe Biden has narrow leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia, as Donald Trump doubles down on election ‘fraud’ allegations.
Joe Biden breaks Barack Obama’s vote record, as Trump campaign challenges count in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.