Rich countries need to do more to give vaccines to poor countries, says top WHO adviser Helen Clark.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: USA men's basketball team beat Spain to reach last four
Defending champions USA beat Spain for the fourth Olympics in a row to reach the men's basketball semi-finals.
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Wuhan: Chinese city to test entire population after virus resurfaces
The city of 11 million people is known to be the site where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019.
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Vitaly Shishov: Head of Belarusian group missing in Kyiv
Vitaly Shishov was reported missing by his partner after failing to return from his morning jog.
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West faces dilemmas over tanker attack
A drone attack on a ship off the coast of Oman has worsened already strained ties with Iran.
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Tokyo Olympics: Sifan Hassan takes 5,000m gold in first leg of attempted treble
Sifan Hassan takes 5,000m gold as she bids for an unprecedented Olympic treble on the track in Tokyo.
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Tokyo Olympics: Mijain Lopez wins fourth straight gold in Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez cements his position in the record books by winning his fourth straight Olympic gold medal.
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Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city
The militants are battling to take control of a provincial capital for the first time in years.
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Monday, August 2, 2021
German court sets trial for 100-year-old alleged Nazi guard
The man is accused of assisting in 3,518 murders at the Sachsenhausen camp during World War Two.
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Kathy Griffin: US comedian has surgery after lung cancer diagnosis
Kathy Griffin is having half of her left lung removed, saying "doctors are very optimistic".
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Transgender athlete Hubbard out of Olympics
Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard makes Olympic history but fails to record a successful lift in the women's +87kg weightlifting.
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Turkey wildfires: Eight dead as blazes sweep through tourist resorts
Firefighters battle blazes in soaring temperatures as wildfires ravage resorts in southern Europe.
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UK summons Iranian envoy over tanker attack
The move is in response to an attack on a vessel last week in which two people were killed.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Rebels vow to fight on until blockade ends
Gen Tsadkan, who leads the rebel forces, tells the BBC they aim to reclaim lost territory.
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Women's Olympic football: Canada beat USA to reach final
Canada reached the final of the Olympic women's football tournament at Tokyo 2020 with a 1-0 win over world champions the United States at the Kashima Stadium.
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Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain eventers win team gold for first time in 49 years
Great Britain win Olympic team eventing gold for the first time in 49 years and are well placed for individual medals later on Monday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles on start list for beam final
Simone Biles will compete in the beam final as she takes up her final chance of an individual medal at an Olympics where she has withdrawn from four other finals.
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Young bankers told to stop complaining about hours
The London Stock Exchange's former boss says "entitled" bankers have it easy compared to working mums.
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Kenya's first female paraglider on life from a bird's eye view
'Kenya 1' aka Nyambura Kariuki, shares her thoughts on being Kenya's first ever female paraglider.
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China flood death toll rises sharply to over 300
More victims are discovered following the severe floods that engulfed Henan province in July.
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'The reason I'm doing this is because I was inspired by him'
Karim al-Jian was inspired to study medicine, after learning about a doctor who was killed helping civilians in Syria.
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Anthony Barajas: US TikToker dies after 'unprovoked' cinema shooting
The suspected shooter, Joseph Jimenez, 20, appeared in Riverside County Superior Court on Friday.
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Matt Damon's daughter stopped him using a gay slur
The actor vowed to never use term again after his daughter explained to him why it was unacceptable.
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China Covid: Concerns grow as Delta outbreak spreads
Local headlines have been dominated by news on the outbreak with several provinces affected and millions getting tested.
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UK defence firm Meggitt bought by US giant
The aerospace technology firm agrees to a £6.3bn takeover bid from US company Parker-Hannifin.
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Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinians await Jerusalem evictions ruling
The threatened takeover of homes by Jewish settlers in Sheikh Jarrah has stoked Palestinian anger.
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Afghanistan: Orphan's reunion with British soldier after 19 years
Ramin Paikar was among the orphans visited by British soldiers stationed in Kabul in 2002.
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Zoom settles US class action privacy lawsuit for $86m
The video conferencing firm denies wrongdoing, but has agreed to boost security measures.
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Zoom settles US class action privacy lawsuit for $86m
The video conferencing firm denies wrongdoing, but has agreed to boost security measures.
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How a trick no woman had done before won a gold
A trick revered, unexpected and never done by a woman before - what is the backflip 360 pulled off by Charlotte Worthington?
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Tokyo Olympics: Namibian athlete says 'You can't tell me now I am not a woman'
Namibia's Beatrice Masilingi is excited to compete at the Olympics despite being forced out of the 400m due to high levels of testosterone.
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'You can be African and black and play polo'
Molawa Adesuyi is calling for more young people from ethnic minority backgrounds to take up his sport.
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Nigeria suspends 'Hushpuppi-linked' police officer Abba Kyari
The deputy commissioner is indicted in the US for allegedly taking a bribe from an influencer.
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Sunday, August 1, 2021
Raven Saunders: What the Olympian's X protest means to her
The US shot-putter defies a ban on podium gestures after taking silver at the Tokyo Games.
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DaBaby dropped by US music festival Lollapalooza
The Chicago festival is the latest to cut ties, after the rapper's derogatory comments about people with HIV.
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Turkey wildfires: People flee as blazes spread in Marmaris and Bodrum
Some neighbourhoods have been evacuated after gusts of wind spread the flames into residential areas.
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Tanker attack: Tensions rise as Iran and Israel trade accusations
Israel's PM warns he could send "a message" in retaliation, as Iran rejects "baseless" accusations.
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Tokyo Olympics: 'Can we have two golds?' - high jumpers share win
An incredible Olympic high jump final ended with both Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi taking gold medals.
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Tom Daley knits while watching Olympic springboard final
Twitter is deluged with images of the Olympian knitting a "purple concoction" in the stands in Tokyo.
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Tokyo Olympics: Germany's Alexander Zverev cruises to men's singles gold
Number four seed Alexander Zverev produces a superb performance to win the men's singles gold medal at Tokyo 2020.
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Belarus Olympics: Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refusing to fly home
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya tells Reuters she will not go to Belarus after she is taken to Tokyo airport.
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Tokyo Olympics: Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims shock 100m gold
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes is disqualified for a false start.
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Tokyo Olympics: Valerie Adams makes history with fourth shot put medal
New Zealand's Valerie Adams becomes the first woman to win medals at four Olympics in a field event after claiming bronze in the women's shot put.
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Pay rise for Aldi lorry drivers amid shortage
The supermarket is the latest to offer incentives to attract HGV drivers amid an industry-wide shortage.
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Myanmar: State of emergency extended with coup leader as PM
Gen Min Aung Hlaing takes on the new title and says emergency rule may last until August 2023.
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French boxer stages ring sit protest after loss
Frenchman Mourad Aliev refuses to live the ring in the aftermath of his controversial loss to Great Britain's Frazer Clarke.
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Sky News Australia barred for week by YouTube over Covid misinformation
The digital giant bans the channel from uploading new content for a week over misinformation breaches.
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New Zealand apologises for raids on Pacific people
Jacinda Ardern says Pacific Islander communities still "suffer and carry the scars" from the policy.
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Laurel Hubbard: The reluctant history-maker at the centre of sport's transgender debate
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different gender category to that which they were born at an Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Armand Duplantis glad to have avoided coffee with Sam Kendricks
Armand Duplantis is glad that a phone call from his girlfriend meant he missed a coffee with Sam Kendricks before the American's positive Covid test.
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