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Health dept disappointed that SA is still on UK’s red list
The UK reviewed its list last week and removed several countries but decided to keep South Africa, on its list with mandatory expensive quarantine conditions in...
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Philippines to reopen 120 schools for in-person classes
While nearly every country in the world has already partially or fully reopened schools for face-to-face lessons, the Philippines has kept them closed since March 2020.
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Philippines' Manny Pacquiao to run for president in 2022
The eight-division world champion and beloved national hero made the announcement weeks after losing what could be his last professional fight, against Cuban Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas.
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Johnson cautious over fulfilling UN climate fund pledges
At the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, rich nations promised to provide annual funding of $100 billion from 2020, for poorer nations to counteract the effects of climate change.
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Putin's party set to retain parliament majority after polls
The vote comes in the wake of a crackdown on the opposition with Russian authorities jailing Putin's foe Alexei Navalny.
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Relatives of Afghan family killed in US strike want face-to-face apology
Ezmarai Ahmadi was wrongly identified as an Islamic State militant by US intelligence, which tracked his white Toyota for eight hours on August 29 before targeting the car with a missile, killing seven children and three adults.
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Notre-Dame de Paris finally ready for restoration
The great mediaeval edifice survived the inferno on April 15, 2019, but the spire collapsed and much of the roof was destroyed.
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Girls excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers have ordered that only boys and male teachers may return to the classroom on Saturday.
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10,000 migrants, many Haitian, packed under Texas bridge
The mayor of Del Rio, Texas has declared a state of emergency after more than 10,000 undocumented migrants poured into the city.
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World on 'catastrophic' path to 2.7C warming: UN chief
The figure would shatter the temperature targets of the Paris climate agreement, which aimed for warming well below 2C and preferably capped at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
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Macron says 50 mn vaccinated in France with at least one jab
After a slow start, France now has one of the world's highest vaccination rates, with close to 90% of adults in the country of 67 million people having received one or two vaccine doses.
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Vaccine nasal sprays aim to 'shut door' on virus
The World Health Organization says clinical trials are underway to evaluate eight nasal spray vaccines that target COVID-19.
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Myanmar junta to put Suu Kyi on trial for corruption
The 76-year-old Nobel laureate is currently on trial for flouting coronavirus restrictions during polls her party won in a landslide last year, illegally importing walkie talkies and sedition.
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Austria hears first lawsuit over COVID outbreak in ski resort
Lawyer Alexander Klauser, acting for the Schopf family and the VSV consumer organisation helping them and others bring their cases to court, said the official shortcomings that allowed Ischgl and the surrounding area to become a virus hotspot were manifold.
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Navalny app gone from Google, Apple stores on Russia vote day
The app promoted an initiative that outlines for Alexei Navalny supporters which candidate they should back to unseat Kremlin-aligned politicians.
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Haiti PM dismisses questions over links to president's murder
President Jovenel Moise was shot on July 7 at his home in Port-au-Prince, and while dozens of people have been arrested the identity of those who ordered the attack remains a mystery.
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Race for Japan's new prime minister kicks off
The candidates include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female prime minister, though both are considered long shots.
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Philippines' Duterte will not cooperate with ICC drug war probe
ICC judges authorised Wednesday a full-blown investigation into Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign, which rights groups estimate has killed tens of thousands of people, saying it resembled an illegitimate and systematic attack on civilians.
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End of 'Merkron': EU's power couple prepares to bow out
Angela Merkel is to relinquish power after German elections on 26 September, bringing an end to her 16 years in office that has seen her work with four different French leaders starting with Jacques Chirac.
