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US election week anxieties in the world’s most powerful democracy
As 2020 draws to a close, FRANCE 24’s François Picard digs into his reporter’s notebook to recount the prime-time jitters…
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Peru farm workers block highway to protest police violence, demand higher wages
Issued on: 01/01/2021 – 09:11 Hundreds of agricultural workers were maintaining a blockade of the key Pan-American Highway in the…
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Conspiracies and fake news surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic
Issued on: 31/12/2020 – 16:26Modified: 31/12/2020 – 16:35 With Covid-19 dominating the news in 2020, numerous examples of fake and…
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Amid racial injustice, Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum in Brazil
Issued on: 31/12/2020 – 15:45 On May 25, the death of George Floyd in the United States sent shockwaves internationally.…
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Celebrations in Argentina after landmark abortion law passes
Pro-choice activists celebrated on the streets on Wednesday as Argentina joined a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion,…
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Is this video of a nurse fainting proof that the Covid-19 vaccine is dangerous?
Issued on: 28/12/2020 – 10:55Modified: 29/12/2020 – 14:23 Misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine is circulating widely online even as numerous…
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US Senate leader denies bipartisan bid for $2000 Covid-19 relief checks
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief…
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Girlfriend of Nashville bomber told police he was building bombs in 2019
Issued on: 31/12/2020 – 05:01 More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a Christmas Day bomb in downtown Nashville,…
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California identifies second US case of highly contagious Covid-19 variant
Issued on: 31/12/2020 – 01:03 California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more…
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Jubilation for pro-choice activists as Argentina passes abortion bill
Issued on: 30/12/2020 – 17:35 Argentina on Wednesday became one of only a handful of Latin American countries to legalise…
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