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Denmark's Eriksen undergoing detailed examinations, says agent

Published On: June 14, 2021 07:47 PM NPT By: Reuters

ROME, June 14: Christian Eriksen's agent said the player is undergoing detailed examinations after the Denmark international collapsed with a cardiac arrest during his side's Euro 2020 opening match against Finland on Saturday.

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Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era

Published On: June 14, 2021 07:44 AM NPT By: Reuters

ISRAEL, June 14: Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined.

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Chile's Sanchez out of Copa America group stage with foot injury

Published On: June 13, 2021 06:14 PM NPT By: Reuters

CHILE, June 13: Chile forward Alexis Sanchez will miss the group stage of the Copa America due to a leg injury, the national team said in a statement late on Saturday.

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G7 rivals China with grand infrastructure plan

Published On: June 13, 2021 07:41 AM NPT By: Reuters

UK, June 13: The Group of Seven richest democracies sought on Saturday to counter China’s growing influence by offering developing nations an infrastructure plan that could rival President Xi Jinping’s multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative.

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France are in 'group of death' at Euros, says Ben Yedder

Published On: June 12, 2021 04:28 PM NPT By: Reuters

ITALY, June 12: France striker Wissam Ben Yedder said the reigning world champions are in the toughest group at the European Championship and that they must make a strong start to their campaign against Germany in Tuesday's opener.

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G7 expected to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries

Published On: June 11, 2021 07:16 AM NPT By: Reuters

UK, June 11: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help innoculate the world by the end of next year.

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Gunmen kill at least 10 Afghans working for mine-clearing agency

Published On: June 10, 2021 07:58 AM NPT By: Reuters

AFGHANISTAN, June 10: Gunmen shot dead 10 Afghans working for the international demining organisation the Halo Trust in an attack on their camp in the north of the country, Halo said on Wednesday.

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Biden begins European visit with a warning for Russia

Published On: June 10, 2021 07:48 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, June 10: President Joe Biden on Wednesday began his first trip abroad since taking office by hailing America’s unwavering commitment to the NATO alliance and warning Russia it faced “robust and meaningful” consequences if it engaged in harmful activities.

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Women falling behind in India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive

Published On: June 9, 2021 08:26 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, June 9: Many more men in India have received COVID-19 vaccines than women, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting gender disparity in the country’s immunisation drive that has also disadvantaged the rural population.

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Biden Asia chief 'relatively confident' on billion vaccine timing despite India crisis

Published On: June 9, 2021 07:36 AM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, June 9: President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific policy chief said on Tuesday he was "relatively confident" a target for the production of a billion vaccine doses for the region by the end of 2022 would be met, despite the COVID-19 crisis in India, where they are due to be made.

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Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level since measurements began

Published On: June 8, 2021 07:53 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, June 8: Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday showed.

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Hundreds of former leaders urge G7 to vaccinate poor against COVID-19

Published On: June 7, 2021 09:41 AM NPT By: Reuters

UK, June 7: One hundred former presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have urged the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to pay for global coronavirus vaccinations to help stop the virus mutating and returning as a worldwide threat.

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Museum protesters denounce Picasso's treatment of women

Published On: June 6, 2021 05:49 PM NPT By: Reuters

A professor from a Barcelona art school has staged a protest at a museum dedicated to Pablo Picasso intending to shed light on the Spanish painter's sometimes callous behaviour towards women.

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At least 132 civilians killed in Burkina Faso’s worst attack in years

Published On: June 6, 2021 02:09 PM NPT By: Reuters

BURKINA FASO, June 6: The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, the government said on Saturday, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast.

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UK's Johnson calls on G7 to vaccinate world by end of 2022

Published On: June 6, 2021 08:20 AM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED KINGDOM, June 6: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called for leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to make a commitment to vaccinate the entire world against COVID-19 by the end of 2022 when they meet in Britain next week.

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Tech giants and tax havens targeted by historic G7 deal

Published On: June 6, 2021 07:19 AM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED KINGDOM, June 6: The United States, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies such as Amazon and Google and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens.

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Nigeria says it suspends Twitter days after president’s post removed

Published On: June 5, 2021 02:37 PM NPT By: Reuters

NIGERIA, June 5: Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.

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Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine gains China approval for emergency use in children, adolescents

Published On: June 5, 2021 07:07 AM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, June 5: China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech's (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccine in people aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late on Friday.

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Australian media fined $840,000 for gag order breach in Pell sex assault case

Published On: June 4, 2021 01:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

AUSTRALIA, June 4: An Australian court on Friday ordered a dozen media firms to pay a total of A$1.1 million ($842,000) in fines for breaching a suppression order on reporting the conviction, since overturned, of former Vatican treasurer George Pell for child sexual assault.

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Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers - FT

Published On: June 4, 2021 09:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, June 4: Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

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