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Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have released a 'playbook' - outlining rules which athletes will have to follow in order to avoid coronavirus outbreaks while in Japan. That's assuming the games will go ahead this summer as planned - Grace Lee has more from Tokyo.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for "urgent action" from the European Union to resolve what he calls "outstanding problems" with the post-Brexit deal.
His comments come a week after the EU controversially triggered Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, overriding part of the Brexit arrangement so that the bloc could implement export controls on COVID vaccines.
Benji Hyer has the details from London.
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The U.S CDC has warned against all Travel to Tanzania. This comes as the World Health Organization's Africa chief last week urged Tanzania to share its data on infections.
Official figures on the number of Covid-19 cases in Tanzania are still not available.
Daniel Kijo reports.
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India slipped to the 53rd position in the Economist Democracy Index from the 27th position it held six years ago.
Analysts say pluralism has been on the decline…
And protests against controversial laws have contributed to the slip.
Ishan Garg has more.
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The Australian Prime Scott Morrison has warned controversial Liberal mp Craig Kelly to stop undermining the federal government's Covid response.
Mr Kelly was confronted by opposition front bencher Tanya Plibersek in the halls of parliament where she accused him of posting information on social media, contradicting government advice on vaccines and wearing masks.
Shaun Bindley reports
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The Hong Kong government is continuing to defend its surprise COVID-19 lockdown strategy, despite the operation uncovering no new cases for a second day in a row.
Some health experts say the lockdowns are a waste of resources, but the government says it's planning more in the coming days.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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US President Joe Biden has paid tribute to two FBI agents who were killed while serving a search warrant in Florida.
Three more were injured in one of the deadliest shootings in the bureau's history. Until Tuesday, no agent had been shot and killed on duty since 2008.
US correspondent Kate fisher reports.
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The founder of Amazon, billionaire Jeff Bezos says he's stepping down from his role as the company's CEO.
He'll become Amazon's Executive Chairman, but leave the day-to-day running of the business to another senior figure at the company.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Facebook has banned the page of a major television network owned by Myanmar's military in the wake of the country's military coup earlier this week.
The social media network says it is closely monitoring events in the country, and is taking temporary measures to curb disinformation.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies.
This is part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new virus strains start to appear.
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