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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organisation

WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic

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A security guard with a hazy face shield stands near the entrance of the main media centre at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday (Jae C Hong/AP)

Beijing residents tested amid cluster of Covid cases as lockdown lifted in Xi’an

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Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg

Nato sends ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe amid Russia-Ukraine tensions

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Special representative for Afghanistan Nigel Casey, right, shakes hands with Taliban representative Amir Khan Muttaqi, centre, ahead of a meeting in Oslo, Norway

Taliban hold first talks in Europe since Afghan takeover

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A demonstrator holds a placard that reads ‘No to vaccine pass’ during a rally in Paris, France

France bars unvaccinated from restaurants and sports venues

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Manfred Thierry Mugler has died at the age of 73

Fashion icon Manfred Thierry Mugler dies at aged 73

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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan (KM Chaudary/AP)

Pakistan launches polio vaccination drive amid coronavirus surge

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A Japan Air Self-Defence Force aircraft arrives at Tonga’s Fua’amotu International Airport, near Nuku’alofa (AP)

Japan continues aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Tonga

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Thierry Mugler acknowledges applause following his 2001-2002 ready-to-wear collection presentation in Paris on March 12 2001 (Remy de la Mauviniere/AP)

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler dies aged 73

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Ukraine Russia

US orders families of Ukraine embassy staff to leave as invasion fears mount

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Mutinous soldier stand on a bridge at the Bobo interchange near the Lamizana camp in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou (Sophie Garcia/AP)

Gunfire heard near home of Burkina Faso’s president amid coup speculation

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Main China pilots prepare to fly a J-16 fighter jet (Chinatopix/AP)

China flies 39 warplanes towards Taiwan amid tensions

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Cleo Smith

Australian man admits to abducting four-year-old girl from family tent

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Boris Johnson has warned Russia of the consequences of war

Boris warns Putin that invading Ukraine will be 'painful, violent and bloody'

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The protest in Brussels turned violent.

Riot police fire water cannons and tear gas amid mass Covid protests in Brussels

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Cameroon Fire

17 dead in nightclub fire in Cameroon’s capital

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Virus Outbreak Russia

Russia sets another daily virus record amid Omicron surge

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Norway Afghanistan Taliban

Taliban begin talks in Norway as hunger stalks Afghanistan

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