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US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are due to meet former president Jimmy Carter and his wife today (Thursday) in their home town in the state of Georgia.
It's the first time they've met since Mr Biden took office.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Tanzanian agriculture minister Adolf Mkenda has dismissed reports forecasting decreased wheat production in the country, arguing that there would be an increase.
Daniel Kijo reports.
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Prominent Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared via video link in an appeal hearing in a defamation case he claimed is politically motivated. The activist is in jail since January over charges he called politically motivated. Meanwhile Navalny's team had to disband his political network ahead of another court ruling set to declare it an "extremist" organization. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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Boris Johnson is being accused of judging his own trial, as a formal investigation is launched into the refurbishment of his Downing Street residence.
The Prime Minister has been under growing pressure to disclose who financed the revamp after his former adviser, Dominic Cummings, claimed Conservative party donors "secretly paid" for the works.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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The Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture is allocating four days to question South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. For the first two days, Ramaphosa is responding in his capacity as deputy president and president of the ruling African National Congress. He was deputy president of both the ANC and the country during the years in which state capture is alleged to have occurred. Mark Roughton reports.
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The Australian government will spend $747 million upgrading defence facilities in the Northern Territory.
The bases are used for joint Australian US military training exercises, with thousands of US troops rotated through the region each year.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane
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India is opening up its vaccination drive to a billion people….
But vaccine shortage is already a major concern.
Many trying to register for a shot have been unable to find an inoculation center…
As states say they need more time to prepare.
Ishan Garg reports.
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The Hong Kong government is trying to reassure the public that a new immigration law will not give authorities the power to bar residents from leaving the city. The government says the law will only apply to inbound travellers, and is targeted at illegitimate asylum seekers. But the vague wording of the legislation is facing criticism.
Richard Kimber reports.
US benchmark indices were little changed in Wednesday's trading session, ending just fractionally in the red after trading mostly mixed throughout the day.
The Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates near zero was no surprise to investors, as corporate earnings continued to sustain hope in America's economy recovery.
Facebook and Apple posted first quarter earnings after the bell, blowing past Wall Street expectations.
From New York, here's Liling Tan with the highlights.
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The astronaut Michael Collins has died….the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 mission.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, he stayed on board the orbiter.
And he's the man who piloted it around the dark side of the moon, losing all communication with earth for almost an hour.
He spoke about that experience at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in 2016.
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Federal investigators in the United States have raided a flat belonging to Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer.
The New York Times is reporting that they removed several electronic devices from the property.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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