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We will not get back to our normal lives until the virus is eradicated in all countries, Italy’s economy minister said.
Germany
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Court ruling is the first in the world related to the brutal repression of protesters by the Syrian government.
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EU countries need to triple vaccination rate to catch up with UK and US, says German database firm Statista.
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Wealthy countries’ deals with vaccine manufacturers led to reduction in vaccines allocated to COVAX, WHO head says.
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US president says he is ‘determined to re-engage’, in reversal of Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy.
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US President Joe Biden pledged $4bn in US aid to the COVAX fund to buy coronavirus vaccines for global distribution.
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Report expected to list small number of Russia-linked entities involved in gas pipeline that will supply to Europe.
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German leader calls for diplomatic solution in call with Iran’s president, who insists on ending of US sanctions.
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Seifert criticises the clubs believed to be behind an effort to establish a breakaway European Super League.
Football chants, rock music and anti-establishment flair – St Pauli fans go beyond sport to focus on political activism.
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Strasbourg-based court rejects complaint by Afghan citizen over Germany’s handling of investigation into 2009 incident.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her G7 peers that Washington was committed to multilateralism.
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Iran is undermining the chance for renewed diplomacy to fully realise the 2015 nuclear deal objectives, the trio says.
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Pavard scored the only goal in Bayern’s win that led them to their sixth title in less than nine months.