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EU agency says mRNA jabs ‘promising’ against India variant
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Experts blast early pandemic failures as India deaths top 250,000
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Russia has vaccinated 14 million against Covid, deputy PM says
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UK’s PM Johnson announces Covid-19 public inquiry
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Hong Kong legislators pass ‘patriotic’ oath law
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Two Palestinians killed by Israeli army in West Bank, says ministry
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Pope’s joy as he resumes audience with public
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Iran’s Ahmadinejad submits name for presidential poll
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Hungary’s opposition plans joint primary in bid to unseat PM Orban in 2022
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Norway will not use AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, says daily VG
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Russia reports 8,217 new Covid-19 cases, 355 deaths
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Doubts surround India’s official Covid-19 death toll
NEW DELHI, May 12 — India’s coronavirus death toll passed 250,000 on Wednesday but comparisons of official data with those from people on the frontlines suggested the true...
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Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta
YANGON, May 12 — A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country’s military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle....
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IS-linked militants kill four farmers in Indonesia
PALU, May 12 — Islamic State-linked extremists have killed four farmers in a remote village on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, police confirmed Wednesday, with one of the...
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Air France, Airbus to stand trial over 2009 Rio-Paris crash, says court
PARIS, May 12 — Air France and Airbus must stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges over the 2009 crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that killed all 228 people on...
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Over 1,000 rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel since Monday, says army
JERUSALEM, May 12 — Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 1,000 rockets towards Israel since Monday evening, when hostilities escalated dramatically following days...
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Media: Myanmar arrests 39 over blasts, seeking training with rebels
YANGON, May 12 — Myanmar security forces have arrested 39 people suspected of being behind explosions and arson attacks as well as trying to get military training with an ethnic...
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India’s Covid deaths cross quarter million mark, no sign of peak
BENGALURU, May 12 — India said on Wednesday a record number of people were killed by the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, pushing its overall death toll over a quarter million,...
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Another Thai protest leader says has Covid-19 after weeks in jail
BANGKOK, May 12 — Another leader from Thailand’s anti-government protest movement has tested positive for the coronavirus after spending eight weeks in jail pending trial on...
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Taiwan warns on rising Covid-19 risk, stocks tank
TAIPEI, May 12 — Taiwan may raise its Covid-19 alert level in the “coming days”, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, warning of an extremely serious situation...
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Australia tracing source of Covid-19 case in Victoria state
SYDNEY, May 12 — Authorities in Australia’s second most populous state warned on Wednesday the next few days would be critical to preventing a coronavirus outbreak after a man...
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Mexico to start late-stage clinical trial for China’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccine
MEXICO CITY, May 12 — Mexico plans to start a late-stage clinical trial this month for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by China using similar technology to shots from...
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On eve of expected ouster, Cheney slams Republican colleagues for backing Trump
WASHINGTON, May 12 — US Representative Liz Cheney, speaking on the House floor on Tuesday, a day before her expected ouster from a Republican leadership post, chastised her...
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WHO: Indian Covid-19 variant found in 44 countries
GENEVA, May 12 — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of...
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Israel declares state of emergency in Lod, blaming ‘riots’ by Arab minority
JERUSALEM, May 12 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging...
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Pfizer asks UK regulator to approve vaccine for teenagers
LONDON, May 12 — Pfizer Inc has submitted data on its Covid-19 vaccine among 12- to 15-year-olds to Britain’s health regulator, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, paving the...
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Middle East strife drags in reluctant Biden
WASHINGTON, May 12 — Joe Biden entered the White House hoping to avoid entanglement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But, like US presidents before him, a crisis is dragging...
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Accused in killing of Black US jogger deny hate charges
WASHINGTON, May 12 — Three white men accused over the death of African-American jogger Ahmaud Arbery pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to hate crime charges and attempted...
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Hamas rockets target Tel Aviv after Israeli raid flattens Gaza tower
TEL AVIV, May 12 — Palestinian militants Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Israel’s economic hub Tel Aviv on Tuesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike that destroyed a...
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Serial killer nurse gets life over US hospital murders
WASHINGTON, May 12 — An American nurse was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday over the murder of seven veterans to whom she had given lethal doses of insulin while they...