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WHO: Rich countries should donate vaccines, not use boosters

People wear protective masks as they wait for a taxi van in Pretoria, South Africa, February 8, 2021. /CFP Top officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for COVID-19 v

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Messi dedicates Copa win to 45 million Argentines and Maradona

Argentina's captain Lionel Messi sends an air kiss to his family via a video call after his team's 1-0 victory over Brazil to win the Copa America champion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 10, 202

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Messi dedicates Copa win to 45 million Argentines and Maradona

Argentina's captain Lionel Messi sends an air kiss to his family via a video call after his team's 1-0 victory over Brazil to win the Copa America champion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 10, 202

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UK’s Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week’s time while urging people to

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Elon Musk defends Tesla’s $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity in Delaware court

Elon Musk is testifying Monday morning in a lawsuit over Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a $2.6 billion transaction that a group of shareholders allege was a “bailout” of the failing solar comp

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Haiti police arrest suspected mastermind in president assassination

Suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead early Wednesday at his home, are shown to the media, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 8, 2021. /Reuters Haitia

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Flowers and candles placed to mourn Russian plane crash victims

Flowers and candles are seen at the spontaneous memorial on Lenin Square in memory of the victims of a recent plane crash as Governor of Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov declared three-day

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Pakistan’s growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has been slow to adapt to the internet economy. Unlike other emerging economies such as China, India and Indonesia, which have embraced digitization

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Donald Trump to sue Facebook, Google, and Twitter chiefs

The former president was banned from both Facebook and Twitter after his supporters violently attacked the Capitol building.

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India’s IT and Broadcasting ministers resign

India’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from their roles on Wednesday, adding to the list of high-profile politicians who have vaca

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Researchers find 14 living male descendants of Da Vinci in bid to uncover secret of his genius

Scientists hope to sequence the men's genome to identify whether it contains any genetic gifts that powered his exceptional eye.

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Russia Working on Updated Concept for Security in the Persian Gulf, Lavrov Says

Russia is working on an updated concept for security in the Persian Gulf region, and will present it soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has announced."Our fri

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Putin says time will come when he names his possible successor

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Wednesday that a time will come when he will name his possible successor in the Kremlin, but said the choice would ultimately lie with the voters.He

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SpaceX delivers 88 satellites to orbit, lands first stage onshore for first time in 2021

SpaceX launched 85 satellites for external customers, as well as three Starlink satellites, to orbit on Tuesday, marking the second successful launch of the company’s dedicated rideshare mission

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Pelosi introduces resolution to form select panel probing Capitol riot

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. /Reuters U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introdu

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Zomato’s $100 million investment to turn Grofers into a unicorn

Indian food delivery giant Zomato, which is working to explore the public markets later this year, has reached an agreement to invest $100 million in online grocer Grofers for about 10% stake in the s

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Xi meets with outstanding county-level Party secretaries

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met in Beijing with outstanding Party secretaries of county-level CPC committees