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China rejects WHO’s proposal to begin second phase of Covid-19 origins study, says the proposal showed ‘disrespect for common sense’

theKorrespondentJuly 22, 2021July 22, 2021

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The Chinese government has announced it will not participate in a second phase of the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of Covid-19, after

French president Emmanuel Macron’s phone number found in list of spying targets along with WHO chief and presidents of South Africa and Pakistan

theKorrespondentJuly 21, 2021July 21, 2021

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French president, Emmanuel Macron’s phone number has been found among potential targets of a huge international spying operation. According to Mail Online, Macron is among

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At least 31 people are killed following torrential rainfall in India

theKorrespondentJuly 19, 2021July 19, 2021

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At least 31 people have been killed after torrential rain swept through Mumbai, India late on Sunday, July 18.. Twenty-one people died in the Mumbai

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US confirms monkeypox case imported from Nigeria

theKorrespondentJuly 18, 2021July 18, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 18, 2021July 18, 20210828

United States authorities on Friday July 16, confirmed the first case of human monkeypox in the country in nearly 20 years. The first case of the rare disease

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Turkey launches comparative Turkovac-CoronoVac vaccine trials

theKorrespondentJuly 17, 2021July 17, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 17, 2021July 17, 20210821

Turkey has started to administer its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate to volunteers at a major hospital in the capital Ankara as part of the jab’s

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Russia passenger plane carrying 17 people goes missing in Siberia

theKorrespondentJuly 16, 2021July 16, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 16, 2021July 16, 20210895

A Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane carrying up to 17 people has gone missing in Siberia outside the city of Tomsk. The plane disappeared from

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Unknown gunmen kill Army Major General along Lokoja-Abuja road

theKorrespondentJuly 16, 2021July 16, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 16, 2021July 16, 20210916

Armed bandits have killed Major General Hassan Ahmed, a former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army. A statement released by the Nigerian Army this morning says

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Turkey marks 5th anniversary of 2016 coup d’état attempt

theKorrespondentJuly 15, 2021July 15, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 15, 2021July 15, 20210960

Turkey is marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly coup attempt of July 15, 2016, with a series of commemoration events honoring those who lost their lives

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Exodus from cities expected as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extends Eid al-Adha holiday

theKorrespondentJuly 14, 2021July 14, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 14, 2021July 14, 20210738

Millions of people are expected to hit the roads to flock to Turkey’s coastal provinces or their hometowns as Turkish authorities have extended the Eid al-Adhaholiday. Having

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Boris Johnson announces online racists will be banned from football matches

theKorrespondentJuly 14, 2021July 14, 2021

by theKorrespondentJuly 14, 2021July 14, 20210802

Boris Johnson has announced that online racists will be banned from football matches in the wake of abuse aimed at England stars. England trio, Bukayo