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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the COVID-19 jab on Monday morning…
Just hours before the country starting the vaccination drive for at-risk groups…
It's hoped that this will quell vaccine hesitancy in the country, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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The 78th Golden Globe Awards — presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — have named "Nomadland" best drama film and "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" best comedy film. The Globes are watched closely as a bellwether for the Academy Awards. Rachel Silverman report has this report from San Francisco.
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Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside a court in Hong Kong where
47 pro-democracy activists are facing charges of subverting the state.
They're accused of trying to "paralyse the government" by holding primaries ahead of the city's legislative election last year.
Their arrests are facing international condemnation.
Richard Kimber reports from outside the courthouse in Hong Kong.
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Japan's state of emergency has been lifted in all but the greater Tokyo area ahead of its scheduled end on March 7th. It comes as new infection numbers throughout the country continue to slow down - Grace Lee has more from Tokyo.
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South African football Club Mamelodi Sundowns are in Tanzania for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League Group B match against CR Belouizdad in Dar es Salaam on 28th February.
Isaac Lukando reports
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The Biden administration has slapped a so-called “ Khashoggi Ban” on 76 Saudi nationals believed to have been involved in threatening Saudi dissidents overseas, including (but not limited to) the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
The visa ban follows the release of a declassified intelligence report which directly blames Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, for the capture and brutal killing of Mr. Khashoggi in 2018.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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The U.S. has released a declassified report on the brutal murder of Jamal Khasoggi, which says Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman approved the operation.
The outspoken critic of the Saudi government, and Washington Post journalist, was captured when he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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'Please don't wreck this now' is the warning to the British public from the UK government and its medical advisors.
The rate of cases in the UK has now dipped to one in every 145 people, that's a decline of 40% over the past fortnight.
But as Chris Jones reports - there are fears the public may lower its guard.
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Russian Prisons' Chief confirmed the Kremlin's leading critic Alexei Navalny was transferred to a penal colony where he will serve his 2,6 years sentence. He was charged over breaching parole terms while recovering abroad from a nerve agent poisoning last year. The opposition activist accused Russia's President Vladimir Putin of ordering the attack. Navalny's arrest upon his return to Moscow in mid-January has sparked a wave of protests across the country followed by a brutal police crackdown on the opposition. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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Another red alert on climate change came Friday from the United Nations.
A new UN assessment has found that climate pledges from countries to curb global warming are not enough to meet targets under the Paris Climate Deal.
UN correspondent Liling Tan reports.
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