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Locked-down Sydney warned worse may be ahead, COVID-19 cases at 2021 highAustralia's New South Wales state reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired corona virus infections this year on Saturday (Jul 10), with authorities warning...For Biden, politics are often framed by the personalWhen grieving with those who lost loved ones in a building collapse, President Joe Biden invoked the car crash that claimed members of his own...Ethiopia PM wins delayed electionEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the country's delayed elections with an overwhelming majority, the election board said on Saturday.The board said Mr Abiy's...NSW has first Covid-related death in 10 monthsIn Australia, New South Wales has reported its first Covid-related death of the current outbreak.The authorities said a woman, in her 90s, died in Sydney....Vietnam brings in new corona virus curbs in business hubVietnam aims to vaccinate 50 per cent of people aged 18 or older by the end of this year and 70 per cent by the...'Delta variant will likely account for most new French Covid-19 cases'The highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 will probably account for most new corona virus cases in France from this weekend, Health Minister Olivier Veran...Bangkok and 9 provinces in lockdown from Jul 12Bangkok and nine provinces will go into lockdown from Monday (Jul 12) as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Thailand, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation...African American spelling bee champ makes history with flairZaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with...Haiti wants foreign troops after leader's murderHaiti has asked for foreign troops to be sent to the country to protect key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.The request was...Biden vows US action over Russian cyber-attacksPresident Joe Biden has told President Vladimir Putin the US will take "any necessary action" to stop cyber-attacks from Russia, the White House says.A reporter...'Zero' hope of survivors in Miami tower collapseRescue teams combing the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida are switching from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort.The decision comes about...WHO chief describes current stage of coronavirus pandemic as very dangerousThe novel coronavirus pandemic is at a very dangerous stage at the moment, despite the global community's successes in fighting it, WHO Director General Tedros...Zuma hands himself in to South African policeSouth Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a jail sentence for contempt of court.He travelled to a...Haiti police battle gunmen who killed presidentHaiti's security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle on Wednesday with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home overnight, plunging the...Sydney lockdown extended to fight Delta outbreakSydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak.The New South Wales government said it...Black box retrieved from crashed Philippines Air Force planePhilippine authorities have retrieved a black box from an air force plane that crashed at the weekend, killing more than 50 people, military chief Cirilito...Japan to ship millions more vaccine doses to Asian neighborsJapan said on Tuesday (Jul 6) that it would ship millions more doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Asian neighbors this week as a continuation...Hong Kong police arrest nine suspected of terrorist activitiesHong Kong police on Tuesday said they arrested nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity, after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and...No survivors from plane crash in RussiaThere are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials...First funerals held after Florida building collapseThe first funerals have been held for victims of the Florida building collapse, 12 days after the disaster.The Guara family - Marcus, 52, Ana, 42,...US 'coming back together' but Covid not yet finishedCalling a vaccination "the most patriotic thing you can do," President Joe Biden on Sunday mixed the nation's birthday party with a celebration of freedom...Blast at Thai factory kills one, mass evacuation under wayOne person died and another 29 people were injured after a massive explosion at a factory on the outskirts of Bangkok early on Monday (Jul...Luxembourg PM hospitalized after positive Covid-19Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has been hospitalized and is under observation "as a precautionary measure" after testing positive for COVID-19 a week earlier. A...Malaysia to reopen Parliament July 26 after royal pressureMalaysia's government announced Tuesday that Parliament will resume July 26, caving into pressure from the king to lift the legislature's suspension under a corona virus...Deadly Cyprus wildfire under full controlAuthorities in Cyprus say a deadly wildfire has been brought "under full control". The blaze, described by an official as the worst in the country's...Germany to lift ban on UK visitorsGermany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries.The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal,...Russia virus cases soar again as Delta strain sparks resurgenceRussia on Sunday (Jul 4) reported more than 25,000 new COVID-19 infections after a week of record death tolls as the highly contagious Delta variant...Southern African team to probe deadly Eswatini protestsA southern African mission will arrive in Eswatini today, its government has said after the kingdom was rocked by pro-democracy protests and claims of a...Florida collapse toll now 24, rest of building to be razed soonSearchers recovered two more bodies to bring the death toll in the Florida apartment block collapse to 24, authorities said Saturday, as the search for...Biden marks 'independence' from COVID-19, but pandemic remains a threatPresident Joe Biden celebrated United States Independence Day on Sunday (Jul 4) with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to...Philippines' plane crash kills 47All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday killing 47 people have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said...Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block demolished ahead of tropical storm A controlled explosion brought down the unstable remains of the collapsed apartment block in Florida late Sunday ahead of a threatening tropical storm, with the...Twenty missing as landslide hits Japanese cityA powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains...More than 2,000 residents flee as Philippine volcano spews toxic gasMore than 2,000 people have fled from a volcano eruption that has filled the air near the Philippine capital with toxic gas, officials said Saturday.Taal...Lightning triggers wildfires in British ColumbiaMore than 130 wildfires fuelled by lightning strikes - are burning across western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave. Canada's federal government said it would send...Hurricane Elsa races toward Haiti amid fears of landslidesHurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and...Miami site search suspended ahead of demolitionSearch efforts for possible survivors in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami have been suspended ahead of the controlled demolition of...Cyprus appeals for help as huge wildfire spreadsCyprus has appealed for international help to tackle a huge wildfire described by officials as the worst in the country's history.The blaze, fanned by strong...China pledges funds to boost infectious disease preventionChina will present funding to construct new establishments and infrastructure to struggle infectious illnesses and enhance healthcare, the state planning physique stated in a "five-year...Biden mourns with families as search of collapsed Florida condo resumesRescue and recovery teams resumed picking through the rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium complex on Thursday (Jul 1), nearly 15 hours after the...Australia to halve arrivals and trial home quarantineAustralia will halve the number of international arrivals it accepts after Covid outbreaks put half the population in lockdown this week. The country's strict border...Queen Victoria statue torn down at protest over indigenous deathsA prominent statue of Queen Victoria has been torn down by protesters in Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential...US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 yrsAfter nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators...UN warns 400,000 suffering famine in EthiopiaRecent fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has resulted in a famine that is now affecting more than 400,000 people, UN officials say.In its...S Korean delays relaxation of social distancing as Covid-19 cases surgeSouth Korea's capital Seoul and its neighboring regions will delay by a week the relaxation of social distancing rules due to a sudden increase in...Canada records all-time high temperature of 49.5 degrees Celsius: weather serviceCanada set a record all-time high temperature Tuesday in the town of Lytton, British Columbia, for the third day in a row, its weather service...Thousands of EU citizens may lose legal status to live in UKMarlies Haselton has called Britain home for more than 30 years. The Dutch national married a Briton, had her children there, and considers herself "part...China's Communist Party will celebrate its 100th birthdayChina will mark the centenary of the founding of its ruling Communist Party on Thursday (Jul 1) with pomp, spectacle, and what state media described...Nearly 200 unmarked graves found near Canada schoolAn Indigenous nation in Canada said it has found the remains of 182 people near the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia.The...'Just beside themselves': clergy, counselors fight grief at Florida collapseJust days ago, Catholic priest Juan Sosa was ministering to parishioners and visitors at his Surfside, Florida church.Now he wonders how many of them may...