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Brazil president to face charge of 'intentional' crimes over COVID response
While the accusations are serious, the process may be just symbolic since Bolsonaro enjoys enough congressional support to avoid the opening of impeachment...
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Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
Experts say that they were victims of ever-more unpredictable and extreme weather across South Asia in recent years caused by climate change and exacerbated by deforestation, damming and excessive development.
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Israel reports subvariant of Delta coronavirus strain
An 11-year-old boy arriving from Europe was the carrier, the ministry said, adding that the case was identified at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. The boy was quarantined and no further contacts have been discovered, the ministry said.
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Canada makes COVID vaccines mandatory in House of Commons
The new requirement will apply to members of the House and their staff, but also to office workers, journalists, contractors and consultants.
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US Capitol riot panel votes to hold Trump ally Bannon in criminal contempt
The right-wing political advisor had told the panel he would be withholding testimony and documents until Trump's claim of "executive privilege," which allows presidents to keep certain conversations with aides secret, had been resolved.
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Russia proposes non-working week to fight COVID surge
A new high of 1,015 coronavirus deaths was recorded over 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday, bringing the country's official total to 225,325 - the highest in Europe.
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Kidnappers in Haiti demand $17m for hostages
A gang known as 400 Mawozo, which for months has controlled the area where the missionaries and members of their families were abducted, wants a total of $17 million, sources told AFP.
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Turkey's Erdogan promises mutually beneficial pacts with Africa
Since taking office nearly two decades ago, first as prime minister, Erdogan has been fostering ties with Africa, presenting Turkey as a fairer player than the continent's former colonial powers and China.
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Trump sues to keep records on Capitol attack secret
The former president is claiming "executive privilege" to stop former aides giving evidence to Congress, in an escalation of his efforts to stonewall investigators looking into the deadly Capitol assault.
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Court finds Colombia responsible for rape, torture of journalist
Jineth Bedoya was working for the El Espectador newspaper, investigating a weapons smuggling ring, when she was abducted and assaulted by far-right militia members.
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Pfizer seeks green light for COVID jab for children aged 5-11 in Canada
The authorisation request is based on data from trials conducted on 2,268 children in this age group for whom the dosage was lowered to 10 micrograms per injection - three times less than the standard dose - which the company says is "the preferred dose" for 5-11 year olds.
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US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
The Justice Department filing is the latest legal manoeuvre in the fight over the controversial Texas law known as Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which bans abortions after six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile: Seoul
The 'unidentified ballistic missile' was fired from Sinpo into the sea east of the peninsula, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
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Microsoft: Gates warned in 2008 over 'inappropriate emails' to female employee
According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal that was confirmed to AFP by a Microsoft spokesperson, in 2007, Gates, then a full-time employee and president of Microsoft, flirted with a female staffer by email and invited her to meet him outside of work.
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ECB to carry out 'climate stress tests' on banks next year
ECB stress tests will gauge "how extreme weather events would affect banks" and how their business would be affected by a "sharp" rise in the price of carbon as a result of new environmental rules.
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In a letter to the Taliban, Malala calls for reversal of girls' school ban
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai called on the leaders of Muslim nations to make it clear to the Taliban that 'religion does not justify preventing girls from going to school'.
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From Harlem to Vietnam and then Washington, the journey of Colin Powell
Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first black secretary of state, died on Monday of COVID-19 complications.
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'An American hero' - Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications: family
Colin Powell served as the first black secretary of state for the United States. The retired four-star general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff served four presidents over his career.
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Latest global COVID-19 death toll in the worst-hit nations
The toll of coronavirus infections and deaths worldwide and in worst-affected countries based on AFP tallies, as of October 18 at 1000 GMT.
