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Friends have thrown their support behind Meghan Markle before the broadcast of her Sunday interview with Oprah Winfrey, as the royal family face accusations of “double standards” over its bullying investigation when compared to Prince Andrew's treatment.

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Queen gets two corgi puppies as presents during lockdown

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ON THE ATTACK: Protesters flee as tear gas is fired and electricity supplies are cut off for residents amid ongoing clashes in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Klain paraphrases Gore on Harris breaking tie: "Every time she votes, we win"

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New clip from Meghan and Harry's explosive Oprah chat to air at lunchtime today

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Key figures in Meghan bullying case as ex-aides called 'Sussex Survivors' Club'

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Corporate borrowing costs and gauges of credit risk rise around the world

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Pope Francis’s three-day tour of Iraq comes amid concerns about the pandemic and security. Here’s a look at why the pope is visiting the country.

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U.N. condemns up to 23 killings in Iran's border area with Pakistan

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How Thomas Jefferson tracked his steps centuries before the Apple Watch

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A 1-year-old girl was found safe after police said she was taken from the scene of a triple homicide. A woman and two children were killed. A suspect is still wanted.

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Observations from the Penguins' 4-3 loss to the Flyers: You don't need to be a hockey historian to know what the Penguins and Flyers rivalry is all about. It's pretty simple really. The two base components of most great rivalries – history and geography – each ...

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Lamar Odom is looking back with love. The former NBA star took to Instagram on Thursday to share his thanks to his ex-wife's family while taking a walk down memory lane. Odom shared a clip of himself as he watched a marathon of his E! reality series "Khloe ...

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Alex Killorn scored 4:59 into overtime, with the puck barely over the line at the horn, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 for their sixth straight victory.

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A small earthquake shook West Hartford early Friday. The tremor was only 1.9 magnitude. It was based three kilometers southwest of West Hartford, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Advertisement. It shook the ground at 1:14 a.m.. West Hartford police ...

Major earthquake triggers tsunami warning and evacuations in New Zealand

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Athletes, members of Congress, everyday Americans join fight against anti-Asian hate

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Zara Larsson / Look What You've Done

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Ava Max / My Head & My Heart

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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Forces Senate to Read Aloud All 628 Pages Covid Relief Bill

Tsunami Siren Blares After 8.1 Earthquake Strikes off the New Zealand Coast

National People’s Congress: China’s Biggest Political Meeting of 2021 Begins

Study: Covid-19 Is Deadlier in High-Obesity Populations

War in Afghanistan
- 2021 Afghanistan attacks
  - A female doctor is killed and a child is wounded in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, after a bomb attached to her rickshaw explodes, while seven workers at a Hazara plaster factory are shot dead in Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar. ISIL is suspected to be behind the attacks. (Al Jazeera)
2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
- The number of farmers who died during the protests, which started in August 2020, rise to 248. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Earthquakes in 2021
- A 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of New Zealand's North Island, prompting an initial tsunami warning. It was preceded by a 7.4 foreshock and followed by a 6.1 aftershock. (Stuff.co.nz)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports its first two cases of B.1.525 variant in two foreigners arriving from Dubai, UAE. The variant was first detected in the United Kingdom and Nigeria in December 2020. (CodeBlue)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
    - The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) grants emergency use authorisation of Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine for people over 60 years of age. (DAWN)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    - South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approves the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine following separate evaluation of safety and efficacy. (Yonhap News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
  - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that Auckland will be lowered to alert level 2 and rest of the country will moved to alert level one from March 7 at 6:00 pm NZT after no community case found. (The Guardian)

International relations

Australia–China relations
- Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) suspends China Global Television Network and China Central Television from broadcasting in the country following a human rights complaint from pan-Asian human rights organization Safeguard Defenders. (The Straits Times)
Myanmar–United States relations, 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- The Biden administration sanctions Myanmar's Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs in response to the coup and the military junta's crackdown on protesters. (Reuters)
Pope Francis lands in Baghdad in a historic first-ever Papal visit to Iraq. (Washington Post)

Science and technology

2021 Myanmar protests
- YouTube suspends the channels run by Myanmar's military and removes junta propaganda videos for "violating its community guidelines and terms of service". (AP)

March 4

Armed conflicts and attacks

Tigray War
- The United Nations calls on Ethiopia to grant them access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of mass murders and sexual violence that may amount to war crimes. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2021 TAF AS532 crash
- An army helicopter crashes in Bitlis, Turkey, killing 11 military personnel and injuring two others. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho
    - Lesotho receives their first shipment of 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. (SowetanLIVE)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
    - Zimbabwe becomes the first country in Africa to approve India's Covaxin vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech. (Hindustan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
    - Prime Minister Hun Sen receives a dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied by the COVAX initiative. (The Washington Post)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
    - Kuwait's Cabinet decides to impose a curfew from 5:00 pm to 5:00 am local time for the next month but will allow salons, gyms, and other commercial activities to reopen on March 7 subject to operating restrictions. (Gulf News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
    - The Philippines receives its first shipment of 487,200 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied by the COVAX initiative. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
    - Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority approves the use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the second vaccine to be made available for the general public. (The Hindu)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
    - The Robert Koch Institute's Standing Committee on Vaccination officially approves the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged over 65. (BBC)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
    - The government orders all schools and non-essential shops in Hungary to close from March 8 until March 22 (for non-essential shops) and April 7 (for schools) due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections. (Swiss Info)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
    - Prime Minister Robert Abela announces that the government will limit indoor gatherings to four households and will ban mass gatherings other than weddings and religious activities beginning tomorrow due to a record increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The government will also restrict the operation of restaurants and snack bars to only offer takeaway services. (Times of Malta)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
    - Ukraine reports their first cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in two people from Ivano-Frankivsk. (UNIAN)
  - European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute, COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
    - Italy invokes the European Union powers to block shipment of 250,700 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia amid escalations between the bloc and AstraZeneca. The European Commission endorses the move. (CNN)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Maine
    - Maine reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa. (WCSH-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
  - Brazil reports a record 1,910 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 259,271. (Business Standard)

Law and crime

Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
- The United States Capitol Police requests that the National Guard remain at the Capitol for 60 days in response to a possible second attack on the building. (ABC News)
Police in Bignona, Senegal open fire against a group of people demonstrating against the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, killing a protester. (Al Jazeera)
Twenty people are killed and others are feared dead after smugglers intentionally throw 80 migrants overboard during a voyage from Djibouti to Yemen. (Al Jazeera)