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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris in the first leg of his US visit.
Officials say the two leaders will discuss issues around human rights, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sJapan will provide an additional 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries, bringing its total donation to 60 million doses. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga made the pledge during a virtual summit on the pandemic hosted by the US.
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One of Australia's largest earthquakes in recent years has left buildings damaged in the city of Melbourne, although there have been no reports of casualties.
The magnitude six quake was felt as far as South Australia and New South Wales, many hundreds of kilometres away from the epicentre of Mansfield in north-east Victoria.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who's currently in the US for the UN General Assembly, called the event "rare" yet "disturbing."
But Simon Love, a reporter for 10 NewsFirst in Melbourne, is relieved that it did not turn out worse.
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According to reports, the Indian government may not buy Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines as domestic vaccine production surges.
Once faced with acute shortage, the country is now administering nearly 60 million shots a day.
But experts are still urging caution against prematurely declaring victory on COVID-19.
Ishan Garg reports.
IN: Moderna hasOn a day in which Melbourne was shaken by an earthquake, the Victorian secretary of Australias biggest Union, the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union John Setka has condemned members who took part in the violent anti-vaccination protests on Tuesday.
Approximately 2,000 protestors took part in the protest that began outside the unions Melbourne offices, before marching on parliament and then on to the Westgate bridge where traffic was stopped for two hours.
Shaun Bindley reports
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Japan is considering partially lifting a COVID-19 state of emergency at the end of the month.
The number of new infections nationwide has sharply declined from a peak of 25,000 in August.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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China's Xi Jinping says his country will end support for building new coal-fired power plants abroad.
US climate envoy John Kerry welcomed the move.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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