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Company launches ‘healthier world’ accord in Davos and speaks to other pharma firms about similar steps
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Host of November’s summit wants focus to be on ‘moving from pledges to implementation’
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Medical charity criticised for using images that ‘endanger and exploit children’ amid row over photos from DRC identifying child rape survivor
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Doctors call for international help as Ethiopia civil war leaves terminally ill being treated with paracetamol in Mekelle hospital
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After an error on a visa application form, Sarah slipped into immigration limbo
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Rumours spread online that the aircraft had crashed, but authorities said it was simply being delivered to its new owner
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Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history
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Experts say 35% rise in acreage covered by migratory insects my reflect adaptation to changing climate
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Mary Simon, first Indigenous person to hold post, attends ceremony at Kamloops school to honor thousands of children who died
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The Canadian director made the comments at a press conference for his latest body horror film Crimes of the Future
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Increase in coca plantations could give rise to a new generation of drug traffickers, and refortify the clans of old
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For 32 years he was enrolled in university but never graduated. Now a judge says his government-funded tenure may be a crime
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Sharp critique from Duncan Lewis comes as Chinese foreign minister embarks on ‘extraordinary’ Pacific island nation tour
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Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang
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As China pursues Pacific-wide security pact, foreign minister says ‘after a lost decade we’ve got a lot of work to do to regain Australia’s position’
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South Korea calls launches ‘grave provocation’ and detects experiment that suggests forthcoming nuclear test
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China is pursuing a Pacific-wide pact with 10 island nations on security, policing and data – report
Federated States of Micronesia wants deal rejected because it could spark new cold war between China and west while Australia admits ‘we’ve got a lot of work to do’ -
Wang Yi will visit eight countries in 10 days, but media access to his diplomatic push has been severely restricted
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Labor says deficit could blow out further while accusing the Coalition of failing to disclose budgetary pressures
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Some MPs argue against blocking Labor on climate, integrity and women’s issues as conservatives push to stay on ‘sensible centre right’
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Friend of the girl, who Dawson later married, tells court ‘it was molestation’ and their interactions were weird
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‘Make No Doubt’ videos aim to provide young people with tools to give and ask for consent, launched one week before NSW law change
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Residents tell of close encounters with the blood-sucking creatures which are spreading because of high rain and humidity
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Russian spokesperson says no chance Russia will accept western plan; Zelenskiy tells Davos Ukraine would have ‘huge advantage’ if west was united
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Belarusian private soldiers are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began
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Zelenskiy calls situation in Donbas ‘extremely difficult’ as Russia tries to carve up Ukrainian-held territory
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Artist and poet played leading role in cultural explosion that followed end of Franco dictatorship
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Marjan Minnesma’s legal fight forced the Dutch government to cut emissions and sparked other climate lawsuits
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Humanitarian crisis grows as Ukrainian Roma families stuck at Czech train station say they are not treated like other refugees
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Bureau says in warrant that Ohio man Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab planned assassination out of revenge for Iraq war
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Finger of blame pointed at Israel after Hassan Sayad Khodayari shot dead in Tehran
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Guards say arrests linked to Israel made after shooting of Hassan Sayad Khodayari outside his home
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Hassan Sayad Khodayari was shot five times in his unarmoured vehicle outside his home
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Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed
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Over 50 specialists skilled in delivering crude explosive working with Vladimir Putin’s forces, intelligence sources believe
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Residents of Jacobabad say loss of trees and water facilities makes record-breaking temperatures unbearable
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#FreeHerFace campaign gathers force as high-profile men rebel against crackdown on face coverings in Afghanistan
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Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nine months
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Six men arrested after Pakistani-Spanish women tricked into travelling to Gujrat where they were shot
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Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exit
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Soaring temperatures in subcontinent, which have caused widespread suffering, would be extraordinarily rare without global heating
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IFS and Resolution Foundation warn of disproportionate impact of energy prices on low-income households
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PM issues partial apology for boozy culture including wine spilled over walls and drunken staff told to leave by back entrance
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Can-do attitude and self-discipline essential for role at primary school on Foula, inhabited by 28 people
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Regulator publishes guidelines as Severn Trent launches £30m support package amid cost of living crisis
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Gray decided naming most senior officials involved was in public interest
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Several candidates who supported the ex-president’s big lie of election fraud were defeated but the Maga wing also had successes
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America tries to absorb attack on elementary school in Uvalde, the worst school shooting since Sandy Hook a decade ago
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Parents pay tribute as names of 21 victims of Robb elementary school mass shooting begin to emerge
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Shooter described as ‘complete evil person’ as further details of massacre emerge
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Nineteen children and two adults were killed on Tuesday when a gunman attacked Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas
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The 2021 total, spread over 30 states, was 52% higher than 2020 and about double each of the three previous years, the agency said
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