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Coronavirus: Russia says it will roll out a COVID-19 vaccine to citizens in October
Russia's health minister said doctors and teachers would be at the top of the list for vaccines. Russia says it...
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Dubai Crown Prince pays hospital bills of Nigerian mother stranded with quadruplets
Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has paid the hospital expenses of a Nigerian mother...
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‘Unprecedented’ Hajj begins — with 1,000 pilgrims, rather than the usual 2 million
Islam's most important annual pilgrimage got underway with just a small fraction of its regular number of worshippers, amid concerns...
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Hong Kong delays election to September 2021 due to spike in COVID-19 infections
Elections for Hong Kong's parliament - previously scheduled for September 2020 - will be postponed due to a spike in...
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Middle East grapples with heatwave during Eid and Coronavirus pandemic
Several cities in the Middle East sweltered in temperatures of up to 51C (123F) this week, some of the hottest...
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In his eulogy, Obama connects Lewis’ life work to political fights of today: ‘America was built by John Lewises’
Former President Barack Obama eulogized civil rights icon John Lewis on Thursday before the late congressman's body is laid to...
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Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies of COVID-19
Cain had tested positive for coronavirus late last month. Herman Cain, a successful businessman who ran for the 2012 Republican...
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Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of ‘harmful’ power
The heads of some of the world's biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against...
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Coronavirus: UK signs deal for 60m doses of potential vaccine
Britain could begin vaccinating priority groups, such as health and social care workers, if the treatment proves successful. Britain has...
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Belarus President dismissed Covid-19 as ‘psychosis.’ Now he says he caught it
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said he contracted coronavirus but recovered without suffering any symptoms, state-run news agency...
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