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Resident Doctors in Nigeria have embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike.
They are pressing for improved allowances among other concerns.
The strike is coming at a time when the third wave of COVID-19 is taking a toll on citizens with an outbreak of the Delta variant of the disease leading to deaths.
Tesem Akende reports.
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Double-vaccinated US and EU citizens will no longer have to quarantine upon arrival in the UK.
However, travellers coming from France still face isolation, regardless of vaccination status.
Later in the week, as many as a dozen European countries could move to the UK's 'green travel list' meaning even unvaccinated people won't need to quarantine.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Uganda has received over five hundred thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines to help deal with the covid-19 pandemic.
The country has so far vaccinated just one percent of its population.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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A mathematical model from India's top technology institutes predicts a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the country this month.
The study expects new infections to peak in October with more than 100,000 new cases being registered every day.
This could force a number of new restrictions, as Ishan Garg reports.
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China is experiencing a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, having reported 75 cases on Sunday.
Cities across China are ramping up health restrictions to combat this new wave of cases.
Samuel Wong reports.
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In the first half of this year, police say they've recorded more than double the number of cases in the whole of 2020.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The U.S. Justice Department has made a ruling on former President Donald Trump's tax returns.
The new legal opinion Friday said the Treasury Department has to share his tax returns with a House panel.
FSN's Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
The United States laid off nearly 200 local staffers working for its diplomatic missions in Russia. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed regret over the "unfortunate measures" which could limit the U.S. diplomatic outreach in Russia. The step, made to meet the Kremlin's demands to slash the size of America's diplomatic mission in Russia is the latest in a series of reciprocal restrictions that continue to strain U.S.-Russia relations - despite last month's meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva. Our Moscow correspondent Daria Bondarchuk has more.
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Ten Nigerian athletes have been banned from participating in the ongoing Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
They are among 8 others who have failed to undergo mandatory tests ahead of the global sports event.
Tesem Akende reports.
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Looking at US markets next week…
Eyes are on July's payroll and new data on US manufacturing and services for clues on the U.S. economic recovery and the choppy labor market.
Plus, worries over China's regulatory crackdown on private companies, and the delta variant's grip.
In New York, here's Liling Tan on what's ahead.
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The Biden administration is facing an onslaught of criticism over its mixed messaging on vaccine efficacy, amid fears the Delta variant is more dangerous and spreads as easily as chicken pox.
The administration’s about-turn on mask and vaccine mandates has sparked a backlash among states planning to oppose the recommendations.
As Nina-Maria Potts there’s a limit to what the White House can do:
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Pregnant women in the UK are being urged to take up the offer of a Coronavirus vaccine.
Public Health data suggests that thousands have yet to have the first dose of an approved Covid-19 vaccine.
And over the past three months, around 170 mums-to-be were reported to have needed hospital care after contracting the virus.
None had received two jabs.
Chief Midwifery Officer for England, Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, says it's vital they do.
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Ten Nigerian athletes have been banned from participating in the ongoing Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
They are among 8 others who have failed to undergo mandatory tests ahead of the global sports event.
Tesem Akende reports.
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