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  Last update: 15:05 GMT 05.03.2021

  15:05 GMT 05.03.2021

  UK

  UK Police Responding to 'Serious Incident' in Wales With 'Number of Casualties'

  Treorchy village, in Wales, UK, was hit by some "disturbing events" on Friday and police are looking for witnesses to the incident in question. The officers asked the public to "refrain from posting speculation about the incident".

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  Last update: 13:09 GMT 05.03.2021

  13:09 GMT 05.03.2021

  Europe

  EU Must Retain 'Solidarity' Over Russian, Chinese COVID-19 Jabs, French Minister Says Amid Shortages

  The comments come after several EU member-states picked the Russian and Chinese jabs for their national vaccine rollouts and as US and Anglo-Swedish firms failed to provide sufficient jabs for Europe's vaccine programmes, sparking rows with Brussels.

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  Last update: 16:03 GMT 05.03.2021

  16:03 GMT 05.03.2021

  Opinion

  'Disintegration' of Political System Helps Explain Rising Censorship, Professor Richard Wolff Argues

  Increased social media and tech censorship must be understood in the wider context of the establishment desperately seeking to hold on to what used to be called "the vital centre", a US-based author and economist tells Sputnik.

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  Last update: 15:26 GMT 05.03.2021

  15:26 GMT 05.03.2021

  Environment

  Massive Sinkholes Emerge in Croatia in Wake of Deadly Earthquake

  One of the sinkholes is roughly 15 metres deep. The phenomenon is now being investigated by scientists.

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  Last update: 13:33 GMT 05.03.2021

  13:33 GMT 05.03.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  Pants Down! China Reportedly Makes Anal Swab Testing Mandatory for International Arrivals

  There have already been several reports suggesting the Chinese authorities were forcing US Diplomats to submit to anal swab tests for COVID-19. Although these reports have proved false, thousands of foreigners might face the procedure in the nearest future.

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  Last update: 12:50 GMT 05.03.2021

  12:50 GMT 05.03.2021

  Environment

  Parts of France Hit by Clouds of Radioactive Dust From Sahara

  Past nuclear tests carried out by France in the Algerian desert are now coming back to haunt Europe.

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  Last update: 13:10 GMT 05.03.2021

  13:10 GMT 05.03.2021

  Middle East

  Iran Built, ‘Sanitised’ Secret Nuclear Site Ahead of IAEA Inspectors’ Arrival, Report Claims

  The claims come amid the Biden administration’s flagging diplomatic campaign to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, which promises Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activities.

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  Last update: 04:25 GMT 05.03.2021

  04:25 GMT 05.03.2021

  World

  Live Updates: WHO Plans to Release Report on COVID Origins in Week Beginning 14-15 March

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 2.569 million; over 115.5 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.