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EU urges member states to re-embrace AstraZeneca vaccine
Call comes after European Medicines Agency reaffirms benefits outweigh very small risk of blood clots Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Brussels has encouraged EU member states…
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Caitlyn Jenner confirms she will run for governor of California
Olympic champion and Kardashian clan member Caitlyn Jenner on Friday said she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California, in a bid to become the first transgender American…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong bars set for April 29 comeback after four-month closure amid pandemic, but terms include customers, staff getting vaccinated
Hong Kong’s bars and pubs are set to reopen on April 29 after a closure of more than four months amid the coronavirus pandemic, but customers will be required to…
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Latin America’s lack of a united front on Covid has had disastrous consequences | Andre Pagliarini
The regional coordination of the pink tide era has given way to various governments, left and right, going it alone A terse report filed from São Paulo, Brazil, appeared in…
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‘People are really looking for God’: Philippine Catholic priests give sermons to Gen-Z on TikTok
After delivering sermons and visiting slums, Philippine priest Fiel Pareja tends to his Gen-Z flock on TikTok, creating videos of himself praying, dancing and lip-synching Christian pop music for 1.6…
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Coronavirus: Indonesian Muslims struggle as mosques reduce Ramadan food handouts for needy
Fatima Gud, a 54-year-old Indonesian widow, visits the Al-Mashun Mosque in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, almost every day during Ramadan – the Islamic holy month during which Muslims…
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Coronavirus: woman confirmed as third case of more infectious mutation in Hong Kong; BGI banned from running mobile screening stations after wrongly classifying 27 cases
A domestic worker who recently arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines has been confirmed as carrying a mutation of the coronavirus, making her the third local case involving the…
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Australia news live: Victorian man tests positive to Covid after completing hotel quarantine; coronavirus vaccine rollout reset
Fifteen Sydney waterfront workers waiting on coronavirus test results after boarding ship carrying infected sailors; national cabinet decision to offer all over-50s AstraZeneca vaccine from 17 May welcomed. Follow the…
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Fire in Covid-19 hospital kills 12 as India’s world record surge in cases continues
India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system in crisis and…
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Man tests positive for Covid after flying from Perth to Melbourne
All passengers on the man’s flight will need to isolate for 14 days, Victorian health minister Martin Foley says Follow the latest news in our live blog Australia has received…