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Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to 'immediately cease' 17 Jun 2021 - 03:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: People stand in line to receive food donations, at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 15, 2021. Picture taken March 15, 2
Japan to ease state of emergency, focus on Games spectators 17 Jun 2021 - 02:53 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2021. Reuters/Issei Kato/Pool
Lebanon workers stage general strike over escalating crises 17 Jun 2021 - 01:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a national flag along a blocked road, during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships, near the Central Bank building, in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azaki
Denmark to immunize 12-15 year-olds against Covid-19 ahead of winter 17 Jun 2021 - 01:41 pm
A sign marks the Pfizer facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Double-lung transplants rise after Covid ‘honeycombs’ organs 17 Jun 2021 - 12:55 pm
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Britain considers vaccine passports to restart international travel 17 Jun 2021 - 12:38 pm
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Germany says vaccine rollout on track despite CureVac trial flop 17 Jun 2021 - 12:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves H
Australian companies, central bank hit by widespread net outages 17 Jun 2021 - 11:11 am
A screenshot from a Virgin Australia website, which appears to be out of order, is seen as Australian airline Virgin Australia and the country's main lenders grappled with internet outages, June 17, 2021. Internet/via REUTERS
Japan aims to introduce vaccine passports by late July 17 Jun 2021 - 09:40 am
A worker attaches a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner on a lamp post in Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2021. (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski)
Beijing vaccination rate tops 80% as China nears 1 billion shots 17 Jun 2021 - 09:32 am
People walk past an installation marking the upcoming 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing, China, June 16, 2021. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)
HK police arrest Apple Daily executives, seize reporting materials in national security law raid 17 Jun 2021 - 07:09 am
A police officer walks outside the headquarters of Apple Daily and Next Media after police arrested five Apple Daily executives who were suspected to have breached the new national security law, in Hong Kong, China June 17, 2021. Reuters/Lam Yik
Fully vaccinated people in UK could be allowed to travel to amber list countries -The Telegraph 17 Jun 2021 - 12:19 am
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CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine misses efficacy goal in pivotal trial 17 Jun 2021 - 12:17 am
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Biden tells Putin certain cyber-attacks should be 'off-limits' 16 Jun 2021 - 10:08 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool
Biden queries China's desire to find origin of coronavirus 16 Jun 2021 - 10:01 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he holds a news conference after the U.S.-Russia summit with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Probe into Mexico City metro crash blames "structural" failure 16 Jun 2021 - 09:57 pm
A general view of damage caused after a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in this drone picture obtained from social media Mexico City, Mexico May 4, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. INSTAGRAM @CSDRONES/via REUTERS
Emotional UK Royal Sophie says Prince Philip's death has left 'giant-sized hole' 16 Jun 2021 - 09:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Sophie, Countess of Wessex walks the street, after Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, died at the age of 99, in Windsor, near London, Britain, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File Photo
Royal Caribbean delays new cruise liner launch after crew tests positive for COVID-19 16 Jun 2021 - 09:50 pm
A general view shows the cruise ship Adventure of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean International, the first cruise ship carrying tourists to Cozumel since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020, in Cozumel, Mexico J