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India approves Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Its the third inoculation green-lighted after AstraZeneca shot and Covaxin

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WHO urges ban on sale of live wild mammals in food markets

Animals are the source of more than 70% of all emerging infectious diseases in humans, it says

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Minneapolis under curfew after cop shoots black motorist dead

Outrage continues in US city reeling from ongoing trial into police killing of George Floyd

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Pandemic hits ‘critical point’ as Europe deaths top 1 mil

Despite its access to vaccines, hard-hit continent accounts for just under half of global Covid-19 fatalities

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1 dead in Tennessee high school shooting

Cop taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, say Knoxville police

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Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea: PM

Initiative not set to begin for another 2 years, but already faces opposition from local fishing communities

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UK reaches key vaccine target in time for eased restrictions

First dose administered to all over 50s, but caution urged as England’s pubs, salons reopen

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As Floyd murder trial continues, another cop shoots black man dead in Minneapolis

Police try to arrest 20-year-old Daunte Wright for outstanding warrant, one fires at and strikes him as he drove away

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Incoming president takes up ‘challenge’ of changing Ecuador’s ‘destiny’

Guillermo Lasso declares self president-elect after socialist opponent Andres Arauz concedes loss

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Cyclone Seroja unleashes ‘widespread damage’ in W. Australia

It’s the first such storm to hit some affected areas since 1956, says Meteorological Bureau

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New Zealand quarantine hotel logs 3rd Covid-19 case

Canada’s Ontario reports infections daily high, while scientists warn UK govt after restrictions eased

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Venezuela to produce Cuban Covid-19 jab: Maduro

If approved, Abdala, which is under clinical trials, will be first coronavirus vaccine entirely developed, produced in Latin America

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2-year-old critically injured in Seattle shooting

Toddler among at least 3 people hurt in latest gun incident in the US