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Melbourne to lift COVID-19 lockdown but some curbs stay
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) – Australia’s second largest city Melbourne will stop a COVID-19 hard lockdown as per plans on Thursday night,...
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Trump administration had concerns about COVID-19 probe: Blinken
WASHINGTON (US) : US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday on a probe into the origins of...
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Global crackdown on organised crime, high-tech US-Australia sting
CANBERRA (Australia): US and Australian authorities hacked into an app used by criminals to read millions of encrypted messages, leading...
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Divided by class and geography, Peruvians head to presidential elections
LIMA/TACABAMBA (PERU)- Peruvians will pick a president in an election that has bitterly divided them by class and geography, with...
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Amazon supports marijuana legalization, drops weed testing for some jobs
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it supports a proposed US legislation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, and would...
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Canada: Indigenous groups call for identification of graves after remains of 215 children found
TORONTO (Canada): After the discovery of the remains of 215 children at one former school last week shocked the country,...
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Mali’s top court declares coup leader Goita as interim president
BAMAKO (Mali): Mali's constitutional court on Friday declared Assimi Goita, the colonel who led a military coup this week while...
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Russian court imposes fine on Twitter for failing to remove content
MOSCOW (RUSSIA): A Russian court on Thursday imposed on Twitter a fine of 19 million roubles ($259,000) for failing to...
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Bomb threat cited by Belarus was sent after plane was diverted
WASHINGTON (US): A bomb threat cited by Belarusian authorities as the reason for forcing a Ryanair jetliner carrying a dissident...
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Australia: Fresh COV ID outbreak, restrictions re-implemented
SYDNEY (Australia): Melbourne reinstated COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday as authorities scrambled to find the missing link in a fresh outbreak,...
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