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  Last update: 14:14 GMT 01.03.2021

  14:14 GMT 01.03.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  China Seeks 'to Build Up Survivability' of Nuclear Arsenal to Counter US Threat, Analyst Claims

  Last year, a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute claimed that "China is in the middle of a significant modernisation and expansion" of its nuclear arsenal.

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  Last update: 15:39 GMT 01.03.2021

  15:39 GMT 01.03.2021

  US

  Cuomo Branded Creep After Video Emerges Where He Tells Female Reporter to 'Eat the Whole Sausage'

  The news raises the pressure on the New York governor, who has recently been accused of sexual harassment by former aides. The official is also under fire for allegedly hiding the true number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes in his state.

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  Last update: 16:58 GMT 01.03.2021

  16:58 GMT 01.03.2021

  US

  Shooting Reported at Arkansas School on First Day of In-Person Learning

  According to school district officials, as quoted by the local KLRT-TV broadcaster, all campuses have been locked down, while police have arrived at the site to control the situation.

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  Last update: 16:31 GMT 01.03.2021

  16:31 GMT 01.03.2021

  UK

  ‘No 10 Psychodrama’: Row Over Carrie Symonds’ Leverage Reportedly Sees Officials Used as ‘Collateral Damage’

  Last night, Carrie Symonds’ allies in Downing Street struck back over a weekend media story that accused her of trying to block the career aspirations of at least two senior female officials.

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  Last update: 16:27 GMT 01.03.2021

  16:27 GMT 01.03.2021

  Europe

  Greece Refuses to Give in to Left-Wing Hunger Striker on 40th Anniversary of Bobby Sands’ Protest

  Hunger strikes have been used by political dissidents for more than 100 years. But the Greek government is refusing to bow to the demands of a prisoner despite him being on the verge of death.

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  Last update: 15:18 GMT 01.03.2021

  15:18 GMT 01.03.2021

  World

  Russia 'Responsible for Navalny's Poisoning', UN Special Rapporteur Claims

  Earlier in the day, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned it would respond to the new EU sanctions on Navalny, while adding that the ECHR ruling related to his case was 'interference' in Russia's internal affairs.

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  Last update: 16:16 GMT 01.03.2021

  16:16 GMT 01.03.2021

  Business

  Wirecard India Shareholder's Deal Was 'Evolving International Fraud', London Judges Say Amid Scandal

  British appellate judges agreed minority shareholders in the case were correct in their suspicions of "substantial" misrepresentations, and later overturned a lower court ruling in the ongoing scandal.

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  Last update: 04:35 GMT 01.03.2021

  04:35 GMT 01.03.2021

  World

  Live Updates: Moscow Says European Countries Ready to Use Sputnik V Without EMA Approval

  The pandemic has claimed over 2.53 million lives worldwide, while the overall number of infected has surpassed 114 million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.