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Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | The Japanese government decided Thursday to put capital Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency over COVID-19, covering the duration of the Olympics, in an effort to curb a recent surge in infections. The emergency state will be effective from Monday to Aug. 22, which may …

Mexico City, Haiti | Xinhua | Haitian police have arrested two of the gunmen who are suspected to have assassinated President Jovenel Moise early on Wednesday, while four others were killed when apprehended by the authorities, said Leon Charles, director general of the National Police. The police operation also led to …

England 2 🏴 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denmark 1  🇩🇰 (AET) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | England have beaten Denmark 2-1 in extra time, to clinch a EURO2020 final date with Italy. Harry Kane put away the rebound after Kasper Schmeichel saved his extra-time penalty to take England past Denmark and into the final …

Unidentified individuals attacked private residence of President Moise overnight and shot him dead, interim PM says. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement early on Wednesday. A group of unidentified individuals attacked the private residence of Haitian …

Interleukin-6 receptor blockers join corticosteroids on list of effective treatments for severe coronavirus. Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for people with severe COVID-19, urging the producers to join efforts to rapidly increase the access to the drugs. The WHO said …

Italy 1 (4) Spain 1 (2) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | In a night that proved more difficult than many expected, Italy still managed to qualify for the final. This came against a brilliant Spanish side that failed to make the most of several chances they created. After failing to …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | European countries were speeding up and adjusting their vaccine programs in hopes of stemming the spread of the new Delta variant of the coronavirus and preventing a new wave of infections. Most European countries started easing coronavirus health restrictions in April and May, as infection rates …

New Delhi, India | Xinhua | A study conducted on 100 healthcare workers across three centers in India has found the Delta variant eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by the COVID-19 vaccine, a local media report said Monday. The study, named “Sars-Cov-2 B.1.617.2 Deltavariant Emergence and Vaccine Breakthrough: Collaborative …

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Radioactive wild hybrid pigs have emerged near the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone in eastern Japan which suffered a nuclear catastrophe in 2011, according to recent news reports. In a study published Wednesday by the Royal Society journal, the new radioactive swine hybrid was created when wild …

Havana, Cuba | Xinhua | Cuba once again set a record for the number of daily cases of COVID-19, with 3,475 infections and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday. The ministry’s director of hygiene and epidemiology, Francisco Duran, said in his …