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UPDATED: Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as COVID deaths hit record high

India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. India's health ministry reported 4,187 fatalities over the past…

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UPDATED – Green list of countries for low risk travel for British announced

Britain will allow international travel to resume from May 17 but is limiting the number of destinations open for quarantine-free holidays to just 12 countries as it cautiously emerges from…

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Real, Barca and Juve to face sanctions from UEFA

MANCHESTER, England, May 7 (Reuters) - The three teams that remain involved in the breakaway Super League operation, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, face sanctions from UEFA, who have reached…

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EU leaders meet to pledge commitment to social issues in post-pandemic world

The EU returned to full-format summitry on Friday, but with with a heavy dose of pandemic precautions and preoccupation, which meant strict social distancing at a leaders’ meeting focused on…

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Update: EU regulator reviews reports of rare nerve disorder after AstraZeneca shot

May 7 (Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of the…

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Gandhi warns ‘explosive’ COVID wave threatens India and the world

India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was brought under control it would decimate India as well as…

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Slovenian border police get EU reinforcements ahead of possible migrant uptick

Police officers from three other European Union nations will help their colleagues in Slovenia to monitor its border with Croatia, amid concerns about a possible increase in illegal migrants as…

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Poland, Hungary push against “gender equality” at EU social summit

Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase "gender equality" from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the EU is due to publish…

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UPDATED: UK advises under-40s to take alternative to AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot

Britain's panel of vaccine advisers on Friday said that people under 40 should be offered an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot where possible, due to a small risk from rare…

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UPDATED: UK PM Johnson’s party sweeps to victory in bellwether election

Britain's governing Conservative Party won a new seat in parliament on Friday, ousting the Labour Party in the northern English town of Hartlepool with a sweeping victory that tightens its…

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Airlines, British holidaymakers brace for limited travel restart

Airlines, holiday companies, tourists and vast swathes of southern Europe are looking forward to hearing the UK’s plan to relaunch travel but only a limited number of countries are set…

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UPDATED: India records 1.5 mln new COVID-19 cases in a week

India reported another record daily rise in coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing total new cases for the week to 1.57 million, as the country's vaccination rate falls dramatically due to…

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UPDATED: Britain awaits results of Thursday’s vote, Conservatives win Hartlepool by-election

Counting has begun after a day of elections that could have profound implications for the future of the United Kingdom and the Labour Party. The Conservatives have won the Hartlepool…

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UPDATED: Italian trawler machine-gunned off the Libyan coast heading back to Sicily

The Italian fishing boat "Aliseo" on Friday sailed towards Mazara del Vallo in Sicily, with seven crewmen, after it’s commander Giuseppe Giacalone was wounded by gunshots fired yesterday by a…

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Germany to allow AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for all adults

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - Germany will allow AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to adults of all ages and aims to offer 12-18 year olds a vaccine by the…

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UPDATED: UK withdraws patrol boats from Jersey after post-Brexit fishing row

PARIS (Reuters) -Britain withdrew its Royal Navy vessels from the waters off Jersey on Thursday but said it would remain on standby to support the Channel island after a dispute…

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Update – 25 people die in deadly drug raid in Rio’s favelas in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least 25 people, including at least one police officer, were killed in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday in a shootout during a police raid targeting…

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West must be ‘very careful’ about Chinese investment, Blinken says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the West had to be very careful about the exact nature of Chinese investment in Western economies and think very carefully about investments…

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EU willing to discuss COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver – von der Leyen

The European Union is willing to discuss a proposal, now backed by the United States, to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen…

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Data from Israel shows 95% protection from infection after two doses of Pfizer jab

Two doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can provide more than 95% protection against infection, severe illness, and death, according to the first nationwide data from Israel. A single dose of…

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Denmark, Norway study finds slightly raised blood clot rates after Astra COVID shot

A study in Denmark and Norway has found slightly increased rates of vein blood clots among people who have had a first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, including clots in…

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UPDATED: India continues seeing record daily rises in COVID-19 infections, deaths

Hopes that India's deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus spread…

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Election day: Scotland, England, Wales go to the polls

Voters in England, Scotland and Wales head to the polls on Thursday in a series of different elections, with a vote for the Scottish parliament and one for a seat…

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UPDATED: G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, rights abuses

LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but beyond words there…

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Merkel: Turkey’s withdrawal of troops from Libya would be ‘important signal’

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday that the withdrawal of foreign troops from Libya would be an "important signal" as both leaders vowed…

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Canada becomes first country to allow Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-15

OTTAWA, May 5 (Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday became the first nation in the world to authorize the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15,…

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Facebook upholds Trump ban

May 5 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the indefinite suspension was wrong, in a much-awaited verdict that…

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Over half of people in democracies feel freedoms overly curbed in COVID crisis -survey

Fifty-eight percent of people living in the world's democracies are satisfied with the response of their government to the COVID-19 pandemic though over half believe their freedoms have been overly…

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South Korea says AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 87% effective after first shot

One dose of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca Plc and Pfizer was 86.6% effective in preventing infections among people aged 60 and older, real world data released by South Korea showed…

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‘Human catastrophe’ as India’s COVID-19 surge spreads to Nepal

Nepal is being overwhelmed by a COVID-19 surge as India’s outbreak spreads across South Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Wednesday. “We need…

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UPDATED: EU unveils plan to cut dependency on China, others

The European Union unveiled on Wednesday a plan to cut its dependency on Chinese and other foreign suppliers in six strategic areas like raw materials, pharmaceutical ingredients and semiconductors after…

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India accounted for one in four COVID-19 deaths globally last week – WHO

India accounted for 46% of the new COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide last week and one in four of deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The surge of…

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Europe-wide police operation against Italian ‘Ndrangheta

A police operation against the 'Ndrangheta is underway in various European countries in an operation coordinated by the Turin Public Prosecutor's Office. Over two hundred women and men from the…

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India posts record daily rise in coronavirus deaths

India's coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections…

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UPDATED: Canada’s Alberta confirms first death linked to AstraZeneca vaccine

The Canadian province of Alberta reported its first death of a patient from a rare blood clot condition after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, its chief medical officer said. Canada…

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George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin asks for new trial

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin asked a judge for a new trial, court records showed, two weeks after he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing…

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UPDATED: Syria says Israeli raids target Mediterranean port region of Latakia

Syrian air defences downed several Israeli missiles during pre-dawn raids on the Mediterranean port city of Latakia, the Syrian army said on Wednesday, a rare attack on the ancestral home…

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UK Foreign Office revises Covid advice for non-essential travel

The Guardian - Hopes that holidays to popular tourist destinations could soon restart have been boosted after the government scrapped advice that said people should avoid all but essential travel…

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Malta FIAU processes 5,175 reports of suspicious transactions in 2020

During the year, a record number of 5,175 suspicious reports were filed by subject persons, and the Unit shared 4,535 intelligence reports with national, international competent authorities and counterpart FIUs.…

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G7 to China: the West ain’t over just yet

LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich democracies will on Tuesday discuss ways of countering challenges from China and Russia without trying to contain Beijing or escalate…

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Fear of severe side effects upsets Sicily’s COVID vaccination plans

Sicily will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to people over 50 to speed up its inoculation programme which is being hampered by a reluctant older population who fear potentially severe side…

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US set to authorise Pfizer-Biontech vaccine For 12-15 year olds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years by early next week, the…

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UPDATE – Malta, Portugal and Gibraltar to be on Britain’s green travel list – reports

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is set to announce the green list for countries that people can travel to on holiday shortly, and will have the right procedures in place to…

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UPDATE – 23 die as metro overpass collapses in Mexico (Photos)

At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night, crushing cars under fallen carriages…

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60% of Maltese firms planning climate-related investments – EIB

Six in ten firms in Malta (60%) have already invested or plan to invest in the next three years in measuresto tackle the impact of weather events and reduction in…

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WHO chief Tedros plans to seek re-election – Stat News

(Reuters) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, plans to run for a second five-year term as the head of the agency, Stat News reported on Monday,…

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Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce, but charitable foundation to remain intact

SEATTLE, May 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world's largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of…

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UPDATED: EU aims to open up to foreign tourists this summer amidst COVID-19

BRUSSELS, May 3 (Reuters) - The European Union's executive has recommended easing COVID-19 travel restrictions next month to let foreign travellers from more countries enter the bloc, hoping to boost…

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UK finance minister says Scottish independence vote would risk COVID recovery

A referendum on Scottish independence would put Britain's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic at risk, British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday, campaigning ahead of Scotland's parliamentary election.…

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One in two people globally lost income due to the pandemic – Gallup

One in two people worldwide saw their earnings drop due to the coronavirus, with people in low-income countries particularly hard hit by job losses or cuts to their working hours,…

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EU summons Russian envoy over travel bans on Brussels officials

The European Union summoned on Monday Russia's ambassador to the bloc to condemn Moscow's decision to barr eight officials from entering the country, which the Kremlin said was in retaliation…

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Britain hosts first G7 foreign ministers meeting since start of pandemic

Foreign ministers of the G7 rich countries gather in London on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with British host Dominic Raab opening with talks…

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German hospital chief sees first signs of COVID easing

Stable new COVID-19 infection numbers in Germany are fuelling hopes that intensive care units won’t be overburdened, the head of the German hospital federation (DKG) told the mass tabloid newspaper…

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50 migrants reported dead in a shipwreck off Libyan coast

Fifty migrants, including some Egyptians, died off the coast of Libya following the sinking of the boat on which they were traveling. This was reported by the Libyan Red Crescent,…

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UPDATED: ‘No one should die’: Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 million

India's tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the…

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Britain to send 1,000 more ventilators to India

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Britain will send another 1,000 ventilators to India, the government said on Sunday, stepping up its support as India's healthcare system struggles to cope with…

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UPDATE – Man Utd v Liverpool postponed after United fans invade pitch ahead of match

Update - Manchester United's Premier League game with Liverpool on Sunday afternoon has been called off, after protesting fans got on the Old Trafford pitch. Manchester United fans protesting against…

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