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UN Security Council endorses Guterres for second term

Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations. /VCG The United Nation Security Council on Tuesday endorsed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a second term.Estonia's U.N. Ambas

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Using technology to keep oceans clean

02:27 Did you know an estimated 12.7 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean from land each year? World Oceans Day falls on Tuesday, June 8, and we are looking at efforts across

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UNSC recommends UN chief Guterres for second term

UN Security Council on Tuesday recommended to General Assembly the appointment of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for second term, according to council president.

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Senate report details sweeping failures around January 6 attack

A Senate investigation of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the violent attack, the AP reported on Tuesd

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Xi inspects Gangcha County in Qinghai

00:58 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday visited Gangcha County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture during his inspection tour of northwest China's Qinghai Pro

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UN court upholds life sentence for former Bosnian Serb commander

UN war crimes judges on Tuesday upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, rejecting all grounds of

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Biden administration creates task force to supply chain shortages

The Biden administration is creating a new federal task force to address near-term supply chain issues plaguing a host of industries, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday, adding it will rele

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Israel's parliament to vote on new government on Sunday: report

Israel's parliament on Sunday will vote on approving a new government that would unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Army Radio said on Tuesday, quoting parliamentary speaker Yariv Lev

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Italy confirms WHO asks for re-checks of research on COVID-19

Milan Cancer Institute (INT) in Italy on Friday confirmed to China Media Group that the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested it to re-check blood samples collected in 2019 that were reported

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Italy confirms WHO asks for re-checks of research on when coronavirus first surfaced

Milan Cancer Institute (INT) in Italy on Friday confirmed to China Media Group that the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested it to re-check blood samples colle

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Gavi in talks with China's Sinovac to expand COVAX supply

The World Health Organization has approved Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. /CFPThe Gavi vaccine alliance is in talks with Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotec

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Angry mob attacks physician at COVID-19 facility in India

00:47 See the video clip of the widely-condemned assault that’s going viral in India.A physician was brutally attacked at a hospital in Assam on Tuesday by the relatives of a COVID-19 v

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Hundreds of Japanese Olympic athletes inoculated

Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday with officials saying that about 200 athletes were vaccinated with the BioNTech COVID-19 shot at a training center on the first day of

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Russia in contact with U.S. over cyber attack on meatpacker JBS

Russia is in direct contact with the United States about a ransomware attack on Brazil's JBS SA, Interfax news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday.The attack on

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10 killed after two roadside bomb attacks in Kabul

The death toll of two bomb attacks in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan Tuesday evening has risen to 10, with more than 12 injured.The two bomb attacks, both targeting buses, happened in Police District

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At least 23 African migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia, NGO says

At least 23 migrants from Africa drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, and 70 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent humanitarian organizat

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OPEC+ sticks to plans to ease oil cuts

OPEC+ agreed on Tuesday to stick to the existing pace of gradually easing oil supply curbs, two OPEC+ sources said, as producers balanced expectations of a recovery in demand against a possible incre