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The UK's latest coronavirus data looks "encouraging," according to government advisers.
Earlier this week, the country recorded zero Covid deaths for the first time since the pandemic began.
However, there are still rising concerns over a small increase in cases of the Delta variant first identified in India.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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The Tanzanian government is undertaking measures during the coming financial year in a deliberate move to relieve media and entertainment industry stakeholders of the challenges that they have been going through in the past.
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India's fledgling vaccination drive could soon get a shot in the arm.
Authorities have waived off local trials for foreign vaccines…
Opening the way for shots already approved by regulators in the US, UK and the EU.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open citing struggles with depression is sparking a discussion of mental health in Japan. There are concerns that the ongoing pandemic is placing a heavier burden on the country's youth.
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Hong Kong is considering lowering the minimum age for receiving a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 12. Health officials say the move would speed up the resumption of face-to-face schooling, and help to boost the city's flagging vaccination rate.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong
There are growing fears in the state of Victoria about covid transmission in settings never seen before, after the states Chief Health Office Bret Sutton said over night that the new variant was moving faster than any other strain the department has dealt with.
Shaun Bindley reports
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Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site of the Tulsa massacre, a violent attack a century ago in which a white mob killed hundreds of black Americans.
The incident had been largely ignored in American history until recently.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer has more.
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Wall Street began the month of June on a tepid note, as investors wrestled with inflation fears, higher prices, labor woes and supply shortages.
US benchmark indices wavered for much of the trading day, before closing mixed.
Here's Liling Tan with the markets roundup.
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The UK has recorded zero daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Although, it comes amid concerns over a recent small rise in cases linked to the spread of the variant initially identified in India.
Benji Hyer reports from London.
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Heathrow has opened a dedicated terminal for passengers arriving on direct flights from red list nations with a high risk of Covid-19, three and a half months since the government first introduced quarantine hotels.
The airport says its top priority is protecting the public and helping reduce the risk of new variants.
Chris Jones has more details from London.
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The lifting of coronavirus restrictions in the UK should be delayed, according to some of the country's leading scientists.
The fourth and final stage of the government's roadmap out of lockdown is scheduled to take place on 21st June.
But there are growing doubts over whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be able to stick by that date, amid warnings of a third wave of Covid-19, as Benji Hyer reports from London.
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