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The United Nations says more than 18.5 million children of school age in Nigeria now have no access to education.
It's an increase to the number of out of school children in the country from an initial 10.5 million last year.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports.
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India's retail inflation has touched its highest mark in eight years as food and fuel prices skyrocket.
Economists expect the situation to worsen in the next few months.
Which may force the central bank to raise interest rates further, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
IN: Government data...Beijing officials are denying the city will be locked down amid a continued COVID-19 outbreak. They’re urging residents to stay calm and not to hoard food.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Flags have been lowered at the White House in Washington after the US recorded its one millionth Covid-19 death.
That number once unthinkable….two years ago, the US Government thought the death toll might reach around 120,000.
But then came push-back by Americans over vaccines, lockdowns and public health restrictions.
President Biden marked the moment during a speech to a global Covid Summit.
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NATO's secretary general says Finland's application to join the military alliance will be "smooth and swift" once it's formalised.
Finland and Sweden are expected to announce they're applying to join NATO as early as this Sunday.
But the move has angered Russia - as correspondent Stuart Smith reports from Moscow where he is subject to the Kremlin's reporting restrictions.
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Two Twitter executives are leaving the company in a shakeup ahead of the expected takeover by Tesla's CEO Elon Musk later this year.
The social media platform also says it is instituting a partial hiring freeze.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
The Trump Organization has sold its hotel in Washington DC to a Miami-based investor group for $375 million, formally ending the Trump family's business presence in the city.
The Trump International Hotel, located on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the US Capitol, became a popular spot for lobbyists, Republican lawmakers and foreign leaders during Donald Trump's Presidency.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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Apple is no longer the world's most valuable company following a selloff of tech shares on Wall Street.
Energy giant Saudi Aramco, which has benefitted from high oil prices, has reclaimed the top spot.
Silicon Valley correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
Uganda could soon boost its nuclear power production after being cleared to invest in new nuclear plants. The International Atomic Energy Agency approved the first phase of the East African country's nuclear program. Leon Ssenyange reports.
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The US has become the first country in the world to record more than one million deaths due to Covid-19.
The news comes as a new surge of infections is underway across the country.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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A further 50 fines have been issued by police in London for Covid lockdown breaches in Downing Street and other government buildings. The identities of the recipients of the Fixed Penalty Notices have not been revealed. It comes after more than 50 other fines were issued last month, including to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports from London.
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It was chartered by a private company that maintains a hydrocarbon pipeline that runs between Cameroon & Chad Republic.
Tesem Akende reports.
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