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How fake news affects protesters in Colombia

02:04 During the demonstrations that have kept Colombia on edge over the past couple of weeks, fake news on social networks like WhatsApp and Twitter has at times intensified the unrest

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Kenya's positivity rate at 3.6pc as it records 66 new COVID cases

Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 12 more deaths but explained that one occurred over the last one month while 11 were late death reports confirmed during the audit of facility records

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Olympics suffers a blow as committee President cancels Japan Trip

International Olympics Committee president Thomas Bach cancelled his upcoming trip to Japan due to the country's surging COVID-19 cases. /IOC International Olympics Committee president Thomas

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Tunisia imposes 7-day lockdown to contain COVID-19

Tunisians queue to take a COVID-19 test in the street of Ariana governorate, some 6 km from the capital Tunis, on January 8, 2021. /Getty Images Tunisia ordered a partial lockdown from Sunday

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SpaceX launches and lands a Falcon 9 rocket booster a record 10th time

SpaceX has launched another 60 Starlink satellites — making 180 delivered to orbit in under two weeks — but the launch early Sunday morning was more notable because it set a new, key record for Falcon

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EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab

The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potenti

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Aryna Sabalenka overcomes top seed Ashleigh Barty to win Madrid Open

FILE PHOTO: Aryna Sabalenka during a past match. /VCG Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday beat world number one Ashleigh Barty to win the 2021 Madrid Open.The 23-year-old Belarusian produced a powerfu

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Barcelona draws with Atletico Madrid in La Liga

FILE PHOTO: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona reacts during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and SD Huesca at Camp Nou on September 2, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain./Getty Images Atletico Madrid a

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Tokyo Olympic chief: 'Tough' for IOC chief Bach to visit Japan

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. /CFP Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was scheduled to visit Japan this month, but his

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Barcelona, Real, Juventus face sanctions from UEFA for backing ESL

CGTN Three heavyweight European football clubs, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus may face sanctions from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) as they refused to approve the "r

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Calls to Cancel Tokyo Olympics Grow Louder as Emergency Extended

A petition calling to cancel the Tokyo Olympics gathered support in Japan on Friday, as the government prepared to extend the state of emergency in the city and beyond

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WHO: Variants, scarce vaccines put Africa at risk of new COVID-19 wave

A passenger receives a nasal swab from a healthcare worker inside a mobile coronavirus airport testing unit in South Africa, January 5, 2021. /CFP The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursd

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Russia to cooperate with China on production of Sputnik V vaccine

Photo taken on April 28, 2021 shows the COVID-19 vaccines "Sputnik V" in Moscow, Russia. /Xinhua The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has signed deals with three Chinese biopharmaceutical

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U.K. allows quarantine-free travel to limited destinations from May 17

VCG The U.K. will allow international travel to limited destinations from May 17 as it looks to allow people to enjoy quarantine-free holidays.Portugal, Israel, New Zealand, Australia and Sing

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APD | Nepal follows India's footstep, health system struggles to sustain COVID surge

By APD writer ShristiNepal reported nearly 10,000 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day tally since the first case on January last year. Nepal had reported

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Closer EU military cooperation with U.S., Canada, Norway is quantum leap, Germany says

Military cooperation in the European Union will get a boost as the 27 nation bloc is admitting for the first time outside partners such as the United States, Canada and

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How is laundry contributing to plastic pollution?

01:44 Laundry can spill plastics into the ocean and rivers. How does it happen?With each load of laundry in a washing machine, millions of microfibers come off our clothes.They are tiny