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China hit by 2 tornadoes, at least 12 dead

Over 400 injured after trail of destruction in country’s centre, east

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Russia-based extortionist behind US oil pipeline shutdown goes dark

Darkside admits to losing access to certain servers used for blog and payments, reports US cybersecurity firm

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Peru probe finds no proof of Covid-19 vaccine black market

Nurses in all 3 empty syringe reports blame ‘human error’ for mishap

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Mask mandate relaxation leaves Americans confused

Questions over practical implementation of move, how to tell who is vaccinated brought to fore

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Over 1.4 billion Covid-19 jabs administered worldwide

China leads with 366.91 million doses, followed by US (266.5 million), says Our World in Data site

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Covid-19 to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns

Health body’s chief urges rich countries to stop vaccinating kids, and instead, donate doses to poorer nations

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UK scrambles over doubling of Indian Covid-19 variant cases

Experts warn of surging infections, while govt stays bullish about lifting lockdown next week

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Germany vows ‘no tolerance’ after anti-Israel demos

Flag-burning protests draw strong govt response, promise to protect Jewish temples

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Taipei closes entertainment venues as virus outbreak spreads

Municipal facilities including libraries, sports centres will also be closed

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Japan widens virus emergency as 351,000 sign petition to axe Olympics

‘Prioritise life’ is plea made by former Tokyo governor candidate Kenji Utsunomiya

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Germany slams ‘anti-Semitic’ demos and Hamas ‘terrorist attacks’

Merkel’s govt stresses Israel’s ‘right to self-defence against these attacks’

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UN Security Council to meet Sunday over worsening Middle East conflict

US delays conference, says wants to give time for ‘diplomacy to have some effect’

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Ireland shuts down health IT system after ransomware attack

Coronavirus vaccination programme going ahead as planned, however