- France extends weekend lockdown to northern Pas-de-Calais region
- Pope Francis preaches tolerance on visit to Ur in Iraq
- Brazil's daily Covid-19 deaths reach record highs amid brutal second wave
- Indian farmers mark 100th day of protests with road blockade
- UN envoy urges Security Council to take action against Myanmar's junta
- Death toll rises after vehicle explodes in Somalia's capital
- France shifts policy on aid to Africa to counter rising Chinese influence
- Ivory Coast votes in parliamentary elections five months after widespread unrest
- Renewed calls for protest in Senegal after days of clashes
- Senate passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill
- Top Shiite cleric Sistani tells Pope Francis that Iraqi Christians should live in ‘peace’
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