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    New Zealand allows 12-year-olds to get Covid-19 shots
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    New Zealand allows 12-year-olds to get Covid-19 shots

    Wellington, Aug 19: New Zealand will now allow youths aged 12 to 15 to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Previously, only those aged 16 and over were eligible. The government announcement Thursday came as the nation remains in a strict lockdown as it deals with a new outbreak of the...
    Taliban announces amnesty, urges women to join government
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    Taliban announces 'amnesty', urges women to join government

    Kabul, Aug 17: The Taliban announced Tuesday an "amnesty" across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a nervous capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee their rule. The comments by Enamullah Samangani, a...
    Biden to address nation on deadly chaos in Afghanistan
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    Biden to address nation on deadly chaos in Afghanistan

    Washington, Aug 16: President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday about the US evacuation from Afghanistan, after the planned withdrawal of American forces turned deadly at Kabul's airport as thousands tried to flee the country after the Taliban's takeover. The White House says Biden...
    Afghan President flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul
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    Afghan President flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul

    Kabul, Aug 15: Afghanistan's embattled President left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.The Taliban, which for hours had been in the outskirts...
    7.2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Haiti
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    7.2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Haiti

    Port-au-Prince, Aug 14: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter 12 kilometers northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, the US Geological Survey said.People in the capital of Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although...
    Taliban seize province near Kabul, attack northern city
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    Taliban seize province near Kabul, attack northern city

    Kabul, Aug 14: The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials said. Homa Ahmadi, a lawmaker from Logar, says the Taliban...
    Londons Tower Bridge reopens after being stuck for hours
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    London's Tower Bridge reopens after being stuck for hours

    London, Aug 10: London's Tower Bridge has reopened to traffic after the famous crossing became stuck open for hours due to a technical problem. The City of London Corporation, which owns and runs the bridge, said Monday that the bridge was stuck in a raised position due to a technical issue. Roads...
    Thousands jam Philippine vaccination sites over false news
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    Thousands jam Philippine vaccination sites over false news

    Manila, Aug 6: Thousands of people jammed coronavirus vaccination centers in the Philippine capital, defying social distancing restrictions, after false news spread that unvaccinated residents would be deprived of cash aid or barred from leaving home during a two-week lockdown that started Friday. ...
    US: Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help
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    US: Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help

    Salem (US), Jul 2: Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly, one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm labourer was found in an Oregon nursery. As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and...
    Djokovic, Federer, Osaka, Barty on Tokyo Olympic entry lists
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    Djokovic, Federer, Osaka, Barty on Tokyo Olympic entry lists

    Wimbledon, Jul 1: Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Switzerland's Roger Federer, Japan's Naomi Osaka and Australia's Ash Barty are on the entry lists for the Tokyo Olympics that were announced Thursday by the International Tennis Federation. As the ITF noted, though: "The entry lists are still subject...
    Chelsea beat City to win Champions League
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    Chelsea beat City to win Champions League

    PORTO, May 30: As Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta cradled the European Cup before thrusting it into the air to the backdrop of fireworks, Pep Guardiola and his distraught Manchester City players stood way behind the winner's rostrum and looked on in anguish.Champions League glory once again for...
    Vietnam Finds New Virus Variant, Hybrid of India, UK Strains
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    Vietnam Finds New Virus Variant, Hybrid of India, UK Strains

    HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that's a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found...
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