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Russia says it is close to world’s first approval of Covid-19 vaccine
Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health ...Donald Trump dismisses report of Russian ‘bounties’ on US soldiers
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed reports that Russia has been paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and ...US slaps sanctions on Syrian president’s eldest son
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on President Bashar Assad’s eldest son, Hafez, keeping up pressure on the Syrian leader ...Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia, the group ...UN, AU urge Darfur troop deployment to protect civilians
The joint UN-African Union mission in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region urged the government Tuesday to deploy troops there “as soon as possible” ...Virus curbs tightened over fears of a second wave
Spain and Germany were among the countries tightening restrictions on Tuesday in a bid to cool coronavirus hotspots that have sparked fears ...Ukraine cancels visa requirements for Chinese tourists
Tourists from China will not need a visa to visit Ukraine from Aug. 1 until Jan. 31 next year under a decree ...Hunger to kill 128K more children over pandemic’s first year
Coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, killing an estimated 10,000 more young children a month as ...Taliban declare three-day ceasefire during Eid
The Taliban on Tuesday declared a three-day ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha starting Friday, marking the second such truce ...Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs
Officials around the world reintroduced a raft of restrictions Monday — from beach closures to quarantine measures — to try to tamp ...