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US President Joe Biden has said that Americans should decide for themselves as to whether they keep wearing masks on aeroplanes, trains and buses.
It undercuts efforts by his own administration to urge people to keep wearing face coverings after a federal judge struck down a nationwide mask mandate on public transport.
The Justice Department said it will appeal the ruling if the Centers for Disease Control concludes the mandate is necessary for public health.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
Two Hong Kongers have become the first people in the city to be convicted of supporting a local election boycott. They’ve received suspended jail sentences for sharing an online post that called on the public to cast blank ballots.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Members of Parliament in Britain will vote later this week on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be investigated for misleading the legislature over his participation in Downing Street parties that broke Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
Mr Johnson became the first Prime Minister in UK history to be punished for breaking the law after he paid a police fine for attending an illegal gathering in 2020.
The Opposition Labour party has repeatedly called for him to resign.
James Johnson is a co-founder of JR partners which ran a public poll on how the Prime Minister is perceived by the public.
He says the public is in two minds.
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As US President Biden begins a week of trips designed to sell his new infrastructure legislation to voters, his administration has announced it is restoring environmental protections to a law governing construction, which had been curbed by his predecessor.
The Trump administration got rid of the environmental review process for many building projects, arguing it would reinvigorate the economy.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus is on a three-day visit to India to inaugurate the global center for traditional medicine.
He'll be joined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat where the research facility is based.
Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.
IN: The quarter of a billion-dollar...A federal judge in Florida has struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate on airplanes and other forms of public transportation.
The mandate was recently extended until at least May 3rd.
US Correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.