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With Merkel going, Canada’s Trudeau aspires to be ‘dean’ of G-7 13 Jun 2021 - 03:12 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden and France's President Emmanuel Macron arrive for the G7 meeting in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 11, 2021. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters
UK dropped from Abu Dhabi travel ‘green List’ as cases spike 13 Jun 2021 - 03:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Emirati man wears a protective mask as he walks past buildings in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Gas explosion in central China kills at least 12 13 Jun 2021 - 02:59 pm
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Moscow to give away free cars to spur people to get COVID vaccine 13 Jun 2021 - 02:52 pm
A general view of treatment blocks at a temporary hospital in the Krylatskoye Ice Palace, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Moscow, Russia June 11, 2021. Denis Grishkin/Moscow News Agency
Swiss vote on whether to hike taxes to fight climate change 13 Jun 2021 - 12:44 pm
People queue to cast their votes in a series of referendums in front of a ballot station at the Stadthaus administration building in Zurich, Switzerland June 13, 2021. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
COVID-19 shots to the people: Indonesia city revs up vaccine buses 13 Jun 2021 - 12:28 pm
People wearing protective masks sit as they wait for their turn to receive vaccine in Jakarta, Indonesia June 11, 2021. Antara Foto/Sigid Kurniawan via Reuters
G7 agrees 1 billion COVID vaccine donation: communique 13 Jun 2021 - 11:44 am
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AstraZeneca shots should be halted for over-60s too - EMA official 13 Jun 2021 - 11:17 am
File photo: A vial of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is seen at a vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, February 18, 2021. Reuters/Henry Nicholls/File Phot
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China 12 Jun 2021 - 08:20 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a bilateral meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Switzerland plans to reopen border for vaccinated overseas travellers 12 Jun 2021 - 07:15 pm
Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 2021. Picture taken with a drone June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Pharmacies close doors over shortages in crises-hit Lebanon 12 Jun 2021 - 07:00 pm
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Vaccine hoarding is dividing nations, says Botswana’s President 12 Jun 2021 - 06:50 pm
A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Noevir Stadium Kobe, in Kobe, Japan on June 12, 2021. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Delta-variant COVID-19 cluster detected at Strasbourg art school 12 Jun 2021 - 06:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Strasbourg, France, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Signs of low turnout as Algerians vote in parliamentary election 12 Jun 2021 - 06:17 pm
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares to cast his vote at a polling station during the country's parliamentary election in Bouchaoui, Algeria June 12, 2021.
Israeli guard shoots dead Palestinian woman 12 Jun 2021 - 05:38 pm
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US air travellers top 2 million for first time since pandemic 12 Jun 2021 - 05:14 pm
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Russia tests COVID-19 vaccine as nasal spray for children 12 Jun 2021 - 05:05 pm
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Nigerian police fire tear gas to break up protests over rising insecurity 12 Jun 2021 - 03:26 pm
A police officer sets to fire tear gas as he tries to disperse protesters during a June 12 Democracy Day protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, in Ojota, Lagos, Nigeria June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja