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‘Extremely rare’: Australia records second death ‘likely linked’ to AstraZeneca vaccine blood clots

A 52-year-old woman from NSW who died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine is “likely” Australia’s second death from a rare and severe blood clotting syndrome linked to the Covid vaccine, Australia’s drugs regulator says.The Therapeutic Goods Administration said on...

‘Get to work’: US defence chief tells Pentagon to sharpen China focus

The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, has directed the Pentagon to sharpen its focus on China, which the United States has tagged as its top strategic rival.“Now, it is up to the department to get to work,” Austin said...

‘Claims could run into billions’: the interests at stake if Olympics in Japan were cancelled

The least divisive statement in the saga surrounding Tokyo 2020 – assuming, as many people now do, that it will happen in just over 40 days’ time – is that it will be an Olympics like no other.Overseas fans...

Biden arrives with demand that UK settle Brexit row over Northern Ireland

Senior US embassy diplomats in London, backed by the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, have directly warned the UK’s Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost, that he will inflame tensions in Northern Ireland if he does not compromise over border...

Owner cancels Keystone XL pipeline months after Biden revoked permit

A $9bn oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate advocates and a flashpoint in US-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday.Keystone XL, which was proposed in 2008 to bring oil from Canada’s western...

Man stuck for days inside giant fan at California vineyard

National Sonoma Sheriff via Facebook SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities rescued a man who said he had been trapped for two days inside a large...

Fear and anger in Canada after Muslim family is killed: ‘How many more people have to die?’

As thousands of people gathered outside Canada’s second-largest mosque in London, Ontario, Reina Persaud was watching her niece and other children chalking brightly-coloured hearts all over the road.The “pathway of hearts” was a tribute to the Afzaals, a local...

US agrees to buy 500m Pfizer vaccine doses to distribute to 100 countries

The US has reached an agreement with Pfizer to buy 500m doses of their coronavirus vaccine to distribute to nearly 100 countries around the world, as the centrepiece of Joe Biden’s initiative to help vaccinate the world against Covid-19,...

Russian court outlaws Alexei Navalny’s organisation

A Russian court has outlawed opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s nationwide political organisation on the grounds it is “extremist”, in a landmark step forward for Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on political dissent.The highly anticipated court decision in effect liquidates Navalny’s non-violent...

Telegraph fire burns more than 80,000 acres to become 10th largest in Arizona history

Firefighters in Arizona worked through the night battling the Telegraph fire, a wildfire that started east of Phoenix on Friday and has burned more than 80,800 acres (33,000 hectares).Officials said on Wednesday the fire was 21% contained, but straddled...
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