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A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in orbit

US billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit Earth with three others

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Dubai announced it would close all bars and pubs for the entire month of February

Dubai closes bars and clubs following New Year's spike in Covid cases

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President Joe Biden (Evan Vucci/AP)

Joe Biden warns Myanmar he will defend democracy following coup

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Alexei Navalny

More protests called in Moscow to demand Alexei Navalny’s release

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A view of Dubai's city skyline and the world tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

Dubai closes pubs and bars following New Year’s Eve spike in Covid cases

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The launch of Iran’s newest satellite-carrier rocket, called Zuljanah (Iranian defence minstry/AP)

Iran launches rocket capable of putting satellites in space

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A visitor walks down a staircase, designed by architect Giuseppe Momo in 1932, as she leaves the Vatican Museums (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Italy slowly emerges from lockdown imposed before Christmas

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Francisco Vera, well-known in Colombia for his environmental campaigns and defence of children’s rights, plays with his toys at home in Villeta, Colombia (Fernando Vergara/AP)

Colombia outraged at death threat to 11-year-old environmental activist

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A Kosovo police officer in Pristina walks by a screen displaying a virtual signing ceremony address by Israeli foreign minister Gabriel Ashkenazi (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

Kosovo and Israel formally establish diplomatic relations

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Soldiers sit inside vehicles parked on a road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar (AP)

Strongman paved way for junta’s return to power in Myanmar

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic , left, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to the media (Michel Euler/PA)

Emmanuel Macron urges EU to give vaccine support to neighbouring countries

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Hollywood star Jessica Chastain, left, who plays the main character and Teresa Zabinska-Zawadzki, the daughter of Jan and Antonina Zabinski pose prior to the gala screening of The Zookeeper’s Wife, in Warsaw, Poland (Alik Keplicz/PA)

Daughter of Warsaw Zoo couple who saved hundreds from Holocaust dies aged 77

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Wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia arrives to attend a hearing at a court in Moscow (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Wife of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny fined for breaking Russian protest rules

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Buddhist religious and military flags are waved by supporters including Buddhist monks onboard a vehicle in Rangoon (Thein Zaw/AP)

Supporters of Myanmar’s military celebrate takeover

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Bernd von Jutrczenka/AP)

Germany looking to accelerate sluggish distribution of vaccines

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A hotel security guard stands by wreckage in the aftermath of an attack on the Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)

At least five killed in rebel attack on Somalia hotel

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Stephanie Williams, acting special representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia (Walid Haddad/AP)

Libyan factions begin meeting to choose interim unity government

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Marc Wilmore, aged 57, has died following a battle with Covid-19

Simpsons writer Marc Wilmore dies after Covid-19 battle

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