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China reports first Covid-19 deaths in more than a year

China’s health authorities reported the country’s first Covid-19 deaths since January 2021 as infections surge due to the Omicron variant. The two deaths, both in...

Disney ‘regrets’ performance by visiting school marching team

Officials at Walt Disney World said a performance by a visiting Texas school marching team that used American Indian stereotypes, including chants of “scalp...

Four US marines killed in Arctic Circle aircraft crash

Four US marines were killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a Nato exercise unrelated to...

Infections hit one million as Hong Kong struggles with fresh wave of Covid

Hong Kong’s total coronavirus infections exceeded one million and the number of related deaths topped those in mainland China, as the city grapples with...

Russia is expelled from Council of Europe over invasion of Ukraine

The Council of Europe on Wednesday expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over its invasion and war...

WHO: Worldwide Covid deaths fell 17% last week, but cases rising

The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week but Covid-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases...

Saudi’s King Salman leaves hospital after having pacemaker battery changed

Saudi Arabia’s octogenarian monarch has undergone medical tests and had the battery of his pacemaker changed, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. King...

China says it is ‘impartial’ on Ukraine and denies aiding Russia

Chinese officials have said the government’s stance on the Ukraine conflict is “completely objective, impartial and constructive”, and repeated accusations that the US is...

Amnesty International to discuss concerns about Qatar migrant workers with FIFA

FIFA officials will meet a delegation from Amnesty International on Monday to discuss the human rights organisation’s concerns over migrant workers ahead of the...

Access to Shanghai tightened as China’s Covid cases rise

The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s north-east tripled on Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in...

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