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Germany to impose ’emergency brake’ law across almost entire country to curb Covid infections

Germany’s new “emergency brake” rules for areas with high Covid-19 infection rates, intended to curb the spread of the virus, will come into force Saturday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. They will affect almost the entire country. The controversial new law gives the national government power to impose lockdowns on states for the first time,

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UN breaks silence on Ethiopia crisis, urges investigation into reported Tigray atrocities

The United Nations Security Council has voiced “deep concern” over a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region for the first time since conflict erupted there five months ago, calling for reported atrocities to be investigated. In a statement Thursday, the body urged investigations into “human rights violations and abuses, including reports of sexual violence

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China calls these Uyghur parents ‘terrorists’ without evidence. But they say they just want to be with their children again

Three Uyghur parents who publicly appealed to Beijing to let their children leave China have been accused, without evidence, of child abandonment and terrorism by the Chinese government. In separate statements, all three denied the allegations and called on Chinese authorities to allow their families to reunite. In March, CNN revealed the stories of two

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