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• Germany extends lockdown until March 7  • Global COVID-19 cases declined 17% worldwide last week • Netflix acquires rights to 'Redwall' series by Brian Jacques • YouTube removes Punjabi songs related to farmers' protest • India's PM Modi invites protesting farmers for talks on farm bills • Russian company guilty of a massive arctic oil spill fined €1.6bn • One of Hungary's last independent radio stations ordered off the air • US rejects WHO findings out of Wuhan without independently verifying • Biden announces US sanctions against leaders of Myanmar military coup • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco gain new collaborative features • Wife of the jailed leader of Russian opposition Navalny arrives in Germany • New Zealand, Australia on tsunami alert after 7.7 magnitude quake in Pacific • Chinese spaceship arrives on Mars to explore the surface in search of signs of life

• Ukraine’s prisons go up for sale • Twitter may introduce a range of paid services • Bitcoin sets fresh records after Elon Musk investment • London sees the biggest fall in COVID deaths in the UK • WHO says coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab • Dozens trapped in the tunnel after Himalayan glacier's collapse • United Arab Emirates successfully inserts a probe into Mars orbit • Japanese submarine collides with the ship while surfacing in Pacific • Reddit's valuation doubles to $6 billion after new $250 million funding • China will distribute about $1.5 million to test the national cryptocurrency • Facebook bans misinformation about all vaccines after years of controversy • Cyberpunk 2077 makers CD Projekt hit by ransomware hack, hackers demand ransom • North Korea developed nuclear and ballistic missiles through 2020, violating sanctions • UK travelers from 'red list' countries will have to pay £1,750 for 10-day hotel quarantine

• Hyundai and Kia downplay Apple car rumors • US seeks to rejoin UN Human Rights Council • The UK is building the world’s first airport for flying cars • Elon Musk is writing a book about his business and career • Asus plans to release a compact smartphone Zenfone Mini • UK calls for a reset with EU and 'refinement' of Brexit deal • EU states expel three Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat move • Israeli PM Netanyahu pleads not guilty to corruption charges • Dutch freeze international adoptions after abuses uncovered • Tens of thousands join largest protests in Myanmar since 2007 • Man shot dead making 'prank' robbery YouTube video in the US • Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than concrete • Hundreds of thousands of estate workers strike for a wage rise in Sri Lanka • At least 18 deaths and 200 people are missing after glacier disaster in India • British boy wakes from a nearly year-long coma unaware of COVID pandemic • Lewis Hamilton, British Formula 1 r...

• Ecuadoreans vote for president • Anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel • Netherlands hit by 'first major snowstorm in a decade' • Internet access restored as Myanmar coup protests grow • Cuba authorizes private activity in the majority of sectors • Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes the southern Philippines • Pope Francis appoints the first woman to senior synod post • Exports from the UK to EU down 68% since Brexit trade deal • China issues new anti-monopoly rules targeting its tech giants  • Himalayan glacier breaks in India, around 125 missing in flood • iPhone 12 magnets could deactivate implantable cardiac devices • Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glass • 87 million pints of beer will be thrown away due to pub closures in the UK • Austrian Chancellor announced his readiness to be vaccinated with vaccine from Russia or China

• Indian farmers launch nationwide highway blockade  • Indonesia approves China's Sinovac vaccine for the elderly • Protests erupt in Chile after street performer shot by police • Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban • Serbia launches crackdown on one of Europe’s most violent mafias • Christopher Plummer, Oscar winner and Hollywood legend, dies at 91 • Australian researchers to turn discarded face masks into road material • Ukraine asks YouTube to shut down NewsOne, ZIK, and 112 Ukraine channels • Brazil mining giant agrees to pay $7bn for the collapse that killed 272 people • UK banned beauty influencers from using Instagram filters on cosmetics adverts • Spanish police arrest gang accused of trafficking migrants across the Mediterranean • Wuhan residents remember coronavirus 'whistleblower' doctor a year after his death

• UK expels Chinese spies posing as journalists • Nationwide strike over job insecurity in France • New Libya interim government agreed in UN talks  • Russia expels EU diplomats over Navalny protests • 'Smallest reptile on earth' discovered in Madagascar • Real Madrid actively look to sell veteran this summer • Several injured after gas explosion in southern Germany • Trump quits Screen Actors Guild amid disciplinary action • India restoring fast mobile internet in Kashmir after 18 months • Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threaten • Turkish authorities detain 65 more people over university protests • Teachers join growing protests against the military coup in Myanmar • South Korea unveils $43 billion plan for world's largest offshore wind farm

• Prominent Hezbollah critic shot dead in south Lebanon • Snowmelt, rain causing widespread flooding in Germany • Chinese scientists announce second successful cat cloning • The Italian mafia banned ambulance crews from using sirens • South Korea PM orders revamp of COVID-19 social distancing rules  • Myanmar military blocks Facebook, social media as pressure grows • Brazil's new Senate leader aims for tax reform within eight months • Ugandan rebel commander found guilty of war crimes against humanity • Denmark to construct the world’s first wind energy hub as an artificial island • Student protests grow as Turkey's young people turn against President Erdogan • Doctor who treated opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia after poisoning dies suddenly • Indian Police file a police case on Greta Thunberg for speaking up for Farmers in India • Xiaomi patents a Smartphone design with a surround display and an iPhone-like notch

• Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO • Denmark to launch digital 'vaccination passport' • Bushfire in Australia threatens the locked-down city • Seine river floods in Paris as France faces further storms • SpaceX’s Starship prototype again explodes while landing • Dubai creates ‘space court’ for out-of-this-world disputes • Singapore approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in Asia first • Russia to ship COVID-19 vaccine to rebel-held eastern Ukraine • UN dismayed at Navalny sentence, calls for release of protesters • Ethereum cryptocurrency hits all-time high and shots above $1500 • Indian farmers to scale up protests as US pop star Rihanna weighs in • Ukraine bans 3 TV channels for spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda • WHO team in Wuhan does not rule out coronavirus escaped from a lab  • Thousands protest Myanmar coup in Tokyo, demand Japan take tougher action • India becomes the fastest country to reach 4 million COVID-19 vaccination mark • Twelve Mexican police arrested o...

• Elon Musk leaves Twitter for a while • Myanmar shuts down all flights in-country • Instagram now lets users recover deleted posts • Russian Fabergé exhibition contains 'at least 20 fakes’ • Ancient mummies with golden tongues unearthed in Egypt • Wikipedia launches new global rules to combat site abuses • Google stops Stadia game development and closes its studios • Marilyn Manson dropped by record label over abuse allegations • Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 103.44 million, death toll at 2,236,895 • Court sentences Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 3.5 years in the colony, West demands his release  • UK’s fundraiser, Captain Tom Moore, who collected almost £33m for charity, dies aged 100

• South Africa gets first vaccine doses • Elon Musk chipped monkey, taught it to play videogames • Chinese Hyperbola-1 rocket fails during its second launch • ‘Simpsons’ writer Marc Wilmore dead at 57 from COVID-19 • Netflix announces new Sonic the Hedgehog 3D animated series • Italians flock back to coffee bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased • Sony PlayStation ‘to launch an XBOX game for the first time ever • Britain raises order to 100 million Valneva COVID-19 vaccine doses • Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic relations in a virtual ceremony • Twitter blocks dozens of accounts on India's demand amid farm protests • Red light district in Amsterdam to be closed and sex workers to be moved out of city center • Myanmar's army seizes power in a coup against the democratically elected government

• Queen Elizabeth to host Biden before G7 summit in June • Trump's top impeachment lawyers leave team days before trial • Nearly 50 million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed in the US • Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize • Shell ordered to compensate Nigerian farmers affected by oil spills • Girl discovers 220 million-year-old dinosaur footprint at Wales beach • WHO team visits Wuhan market where first COVID infections detected • Spain set to pilot four-day week as a response to coronavirus pandemic • UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens • Russia detains more than 5,000 at protests backing jailed Kremlin critic Navalny • Philippines protests China green light for its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels

• US airstrike in Iraq kills top ISIS leader • Bomb blast kills at least five people in Syria • France closes borders to most non-EU travel • Germany is already ordering vaccines for 2022 • Xiaomi presents over-the-air contactless charging • Italy permanently halts arms sales to Saudi Arabia • Tourists in Amsterdam face a ban from cannabis cafes • Egypt announces new archaeological discovery in Alexandria • Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travelers from Europe • India cuts off internet near Delhi as farmers begin hunger strike • Database leak exposes data of almost the entire population of Brazil • India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create an official digital currency • Scientist invented a new fusion rocket thruster concept which could power humans to Mars and beyond

• China finance official executed in bribery case • Ukraine bans use of Russian COVID-19 vaccines • Small blast outside Israel’s embassy in New Delhi • UK offers Hong Kong residents route to citizenship • Israeli archaeologists find "Biblical royal purple dye" • Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills five patients • Portuguese parliament approves law to legalize euthanasia • WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID patients • Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize • European regulator gives green light for Astra-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine • Global shark and ray population crashed more than 70% in past 50 years • GameStop’s three largest shareholders earn over $2bn amid a stock surge • Kremlin foe Navalny's 'Putin palace' film pushes past 100 million YouTube views • Apple's Tim Cook criticizes social media practices, intensifying Facebook conflict

• Botticelli portrait has sold for over $92 million • Telegram can now import WhatsApp chat history  • Russian court keeps Kremlin critic Navalny in jail • China warns Taiwan that independence 'means war' • Dubai police catch murderer with brain fingerprint tech • India donates first 500,000 doses of vaccine to Sri Lanka • Protests erupt as Poland adopts near-total ban on abortion • Thousands of Brazilians take to streets protesting Bolsonaro • WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study • German authorities block use of AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s • Russia to fine social media giants for keeping up pro-Navalny videos • Game of Thrones animated series in early development for HBO Max • Tens of thousands of voters drop Republican affiliation after Capital riot • Toyota group tops global auto sales in 2020 for the first time in five years • Protesting Indian farmers locked in a stand-off with police near the capital • Coventry (UK) to get the world’s first a...

• Calm returns to Dutch cities after riots • English lockdown set to last until at least March • Global number of COVID cases surpasses 100 million • Romania criminalizes creating fake social media accounts • Air France and Airbus face Paris trial call over deadly crash  • COVID-19 linked to risk of mental illness and brain disorder • Nissan to electrify all new cars in key markets by early 2030s • Biden presses Putin on Navalny in the first call with Russian leader • Biden administration restores aid to Palestinians, reversing Trump policy • 16-year-old Singaporean detained for planning terrorist attacks on two mosques  • Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz remembers victims with digital memorial

• Explosion in the Saudi capital Riyadh  • Scientists in Greece find 20 million-year-old tree • US renews plans to put a Black woman on $20 bill • India farmers clash with police in a massive protest • G7 calls for Navalny protesters to be released by Russia • Scotland is heading towards independence from the UK • Thousands march in Australia for Indigenous recognition • Harry Potter TV series is in early development at HBO Max • Dozens of smuggled chameleons found in a suitcase in Austria • Puerto Rico declares emergency over violence against women • Germany considers cutting international air traffic 'to almost zero' • Netherlands shaken by the third night of riots over COVID-19 curfew • Colombia, Estonia upload the bitcoin white paper to their official websites • Pirates kidnap 15 Turkish sailors in an attack on a container ship off Nigeria • The names of private crew paying $55 million for a trip in Crew Dragon capsule announced • World's richest ten people 'are hal...

• Global ice loss is speeding up • Putin calls pro-Navalny marches illegal • Dutch police detain 240 people nationwide • Kaja Kallas becomes Estonia's first female PM • Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19 • Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa re-elected • UK students create 3D-printed coral structures • Italy PM to resign on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting • Over 5,000-year-old crystal dagger uncovered In Spain • US rejoins fight against climate change at a high-level summit • Facebook blocks from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's page • Greece, Turkey launch Mediterranean crisis talks after 5 years • EU states no longer recognize Guaido as Venezuela's interim president • Germany makes respiratory masks mandatory in shops and on transport • Renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels for European electricity in 2020 • Thirteen dead, thousands homeless in southern Africa after storm Eloise • Britain records 22,195 new COVID-19 cases, has given 6.6 million vaccine doses

• Egypt begins COVID-19 vaccination drive • Dutch police arrest Asia's 'most-wanted' drug boss • SpaceX launches world record number of satellites • WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update • Man gets world's first double arm-and-shoulder transplant • Israel bans international flights to curb coronavirus spread • FBI investigates explosion at anti-LGBTQ church in California • Rioters destroy coronavirus testing facility in the Dutch village • Bangladesh to buy Myanmar rice, putting aside Rohingya crisis • 11 trapped miners rescued in China after 14 days underground • India to give the home-grown vaccine in seven more states this week • Navalny escalates battle with Putin as EU officials demand his release • Conor McGregor is knocked out by Dustin Poirier in the second round at UFC 257 • Portugal votes in the socially distanced presidential election at height of the pandemic • Scotland will hold an independence referendum if the Scottish National party wins in...

• Netherlands imposes curfew • Britain to discuss tighter travel restrictions • Capcom held a Resident Evil Village presentation • Legendary TV and radio host Larry King died at 87 • Taiwan reports large incursion by the Chinese air force • Portugal holds presidential election as COVID-19 cases spiral • Italy orders TikTok to block underage users after 10-year-old girl death • Zimbabwe loses three ministers to COVID-19 complications in one week • SpaceX delays launch of 143 satellites on a single rocket due to bad weather • Police arrest over 1,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny • Scottish nationalists lay the groundwork for a second independence referendum • Brazilian president Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest • Germany expects AstraZeneca to deliver 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February

• Archaeologists unearth Egyptian queen’s tomb • Bill Gates gets the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine • Elon Musk to offer $100 million prizes for innovation • Rio de Janeiro carnival 2021 canceled due to COVID-19   • At least five mineworkers killed in blast in southern India • Google threatens to shut down search engine in Australia • Man sets himself on fire in Minsk outside Belarus government HQ • British musicians attack British government over ‘shameful’ EU deal • Lengthy jail terms given to men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths • Canada ramps up deportations of thousands amid COVID-19 pandemic • Russia threatens arrests, prosecutions for promoting Navalny protests • Nuclear weapons ban begins without the world's nuclear superpowers  • Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat • Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announces articles of impeachment against Biden