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Vaccine maker BioNTech sees profits soar in second quarter

German pharmaceutical maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely used coronavirus vaccine with Pfizer, has seen its profits surge in the second quarter of...

Saudi Arabia to pay families of medical workers

Saudi Arabia says it is giving half a million riyals, the equivalent of £96,000, to the family of each medical worker who died fighting...

Afghan government’s media director shot dead by Taliban

The Taliban has killed the director of Afghanistan’s government media centre in the capital Kabul just days after an assassination attempt on the country’s...

Caribbean island’s PM in hospital after being hit by rock at protest

The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been treated in hospital after a demonstrator threw a rock at his head during...

Belarus sprinter: Grandmother advised me not to return home

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals at home after criticising her coaches at the Tokyo Games said on Thursday that her grandmother had...

Turkish wildfire contained after reaching coal-fired power station

A wildfire that reached the compound of a coal-fuelled power station in south-west Turkey and forced nearby residents to flee in boats and cars...

Lightning strikes kill 16 on way to wedding party in Bangladesh

Lightning killed at least 16 people who were travelling to a wedding party in western Bangladesh and injured several others, including the groom, an...

China seals off city as worst coronavirus outbreak in a year grows

China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic has escalated with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city...

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St Louis couple

Missouri governor Mike Parson announced on Tuesday he had fulfilled his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social...

China orders mass testing in Wuhan as Covid-19 outbreak spreads

China has suspended flights and trains, cancelled professional basketball games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as widening outbreaks of the Delta variant...

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