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The lockdown in Sydney has been extended and three further areas included as new South Wales recorded another 177 cases of locally acquired covid.
At least 46 of those people infected with the Delta strain, were infectious in the community
Shaun Bindley reports.
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Journalists from several foreign media outlets covering China's floods have faced harassment by local residents and online, according to the Foreign Correspondents Club of China.
Staff from the BBC and Los Angeles Times have even received death threats.
Samuel Wong reports.
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US markets edged down Tuesday from Monday's record highs as investors weighed a crackdown on US-listed Chinese stocks and waited on earnings reports out of major tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft.
Continued worries over the Delta variant and concerns over a possible slowdown in the economic recovery didn't help.
Here's Liling Tan with the Wall Street wrap.
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A select committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is hearing emotional testimony from police officers on duty on the 6th January, when a crowd of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Health leaders in the UK have warned that the National Health Service is as stretched now as it was at the height of the Covid19 pandemic.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, NHS Providers say a combination of factors including increased hospitalisations and mental health care requests mean doctors are facing record levels of demand.
The groups' Chief Executive, Chris Hopson, warns that while confirmed Covid19 cases have dropped for a sixth consecutive day, the outlook is far from certain.
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More regions in France are re-imposing Covid-19 restrictions to fight the spread of the fourth wave of infections.
Face masks are once again obligatory in outdoor public places in 21 departments.
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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The UK has introduced new tactics to tackle crime, increasing the police's powers to stop and search.
As well as that, GPS tags will be attached to more burglars released from prison.
Speaking on the new measures, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to ensure "less crime, fewer victims and a safer society" with the country on its recovery from Covid-19.
But these measures come just days after the Police Federation said it had no confidence in Home Secretary Priti Patel - after officers' pay was frozen.
Kit Malthouse is the Policing minister:
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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in India on Tuesday on a two-day visit.
The trip comes against the backdrop of the United States pulling out of Afghanistan.
The repercussions of that, along with regional security matters could be up for discussion, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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Hong Kong's High Court will deliver today the verdict of the first person ever trialled under the city's National Security Law.
This will be a landmark decision spelling implications for how Hong Kong's common law tradition is reshaped under its new national security regime.
Samuel Wong reports.
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California will require all state employees and health care workers to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing.
The measures are an attempt to jumpstart the state's vaccination campaign which has slowed in recent weeks.
Ira Spitzer has more from Los Angeles.
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