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Global Covid cases pass 200 million as Delta variant spreads, Greece wildfires force dozens to evacuate

August 05, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MB

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Powerful blasts and gunfire rock Afghanistan capital Kabul, Belarusian Olympic sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna

August 04, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.35 MB

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Concerns in China grow as Delta variant outbreak spreads, Iran supreme leader endorses Raisi as new president

August 03, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.53 MB

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Fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban intensifies, Belarus Olympic athlete ‘safe’ in Tokyo after refusing to go home

August 02, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.35 MB

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Duterte restores Philippines’s key military agreement with US, Tunisian president appoints new interior minister

July 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.38 MB

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Tunisian president says businessmen stole ‘billions’ of funds, Australian athletes in isolation after American tests Covid positive

July 29, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MB

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Thailand reports record Covid cases, Accused cardinal in court as Vatican fraud trial opens

July 28, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.38 MB

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Tunisia’s president imposes month-long curfew and bans gatherings, Osaka eliminated from Tokyo Games

July 27, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.35 MB

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Tunisia’s president accused of ‘coup’ after dismissing PM, China blames US for fraught relations as talks begin

July 26, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.35 MB

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Tokyo sees surge in COVID infections hours before Olympics, Death toll from two prison riots in Ecuador climbs to 22

July 23, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MB

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Tally rises to 87 as two more Olympic athletes test COVID positive, Military deployed as floods in China kill dozens

July 22, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MB

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Haiti appoints new prime minister amid political crisis, Jeff Bezos successfully completes space flight

July 21, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace during Eid prayers, Ethiopia completes second filling of mega-dam

July 20, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Korea plans warship airlift after mass COVID outbreak, Israeli malware used to ‘spy on journalists, activists’

July 19, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.23 MB

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Lebanon’s PM designate Hariri resigns as crisis escalates, Floods kill dozens in Germany and Belgium with hundreds missing

July 16, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MB

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Argentina passes 100,000 COVID deaths in grim milestone, Brazil’s Bolsonaro in hospital amid concern over chronic hiccups

July 15, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Chinese nationals among several killed in Pakistan bus blast, Death toll hits 72 as South Africa unrest boils over

July 14, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.16 MB

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Tigray rebels ‘pushing to seize town’ from gov’t control, South Africa deploys army in two provinces to quell protests

July 13, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.16 MB

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Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba, Italy beat England on penalties to win Euro 2020

July 12, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Ex-Colombian soldiers detained over assassination of Haiti president, US speeds Afghanistan withdrawal as Biden sets August deadline

July 09, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MB

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Haiti police kill four suspects in Moise assassination, Jacob Zuma turns himself in to South African police

July 08, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MB

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Indonesia extends Covid restrictions as cases spike, Canada announces its first indigenous governor general

July 07, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MB

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WHO warns gov’ts against easing Covid restrictions too soon, Israeli PM suffers setback in vote on Arab citizenship law

July 06, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.15 MB

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Remaining portion of collapsed Florida apartment block demolished, Tropical storm Elsa makes landfall in eastern Cuba

July 05, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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The U.S. says all foreign troops have now left Afghanistan's Bagram airbase, Former U.S. President Donald Trump's company is being prosecuted for tax fraud

July 02, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MB

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Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary, Bill Cosby freed after sexual assault conviction is overturned

July 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Rebels take control of Tigray capital in Ethiopian conflict, North Korea's Kim warns of ‘grave incident’ in Covid fight

June 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Ethiopia declares ceasefire as rebels retake Tigray capital, US forces in Syria attacked after air raids on armed groups

June 29, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MB

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US airstrikes in Syria and Iraq target Iran-backed militias, South Africa toughens restrictions to combat Delta variant

June 28, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.22 MB

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Rescue workers search for survivors after building collapses in Miami, EU rejects proposal to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

June 25, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MB

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Former Philippine President dies at 61, McAfee found dead in Spanish prison after extradition ruling

June 24, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MB

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US seizes three dozen websites used for ‘Iranian disinformation’, India says new ‘Delta plus’ variant of concern

June 23, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MB

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Philippine President threatens to jail those who refuse Covid vaccine, US, EU, Canada and UK agree sanctions on Belarus

June 22, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Armenian PM wins snap election as rival alleges fraud, Ethiopians vote in polls overshadowed by Tigray conflict

June 21, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MB

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Front runner Ebrahim Raisi votes in Iranian presidential election, Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo returns home following acquittal at ICC

June 18, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MB

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Biden and Putin hail positive talks but US warns on cyberwar, China launches first astronauts to new space station

June 17, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Israel launches airs raids on Gaza since ceasefire, Peru leftist Castillo claims election win

June 16, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MB

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NATO warns of military challenge posed by China, Israeli nationalists to march in Jerusalem

June 15, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

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Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel’s new PM, Trial of Myanmar’s deposed leader set to start

June 14, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

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G7 pledges to provide 1 billion coronavirus vaccines to low income countries, Save The Children says attacks on schools in Myanmar are on the rise

June 11, 2021 13:10 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MB

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Joe Biden on first official trip abroad, Three Palestinians killed in Israeli undercover operation

June 10, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Vigil held for Canadian Muslim family killed in attack, Macron slapped in the face during walkabout

June 09, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.15 MB

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Fujimori alleges fraud in Peru election, Canadian police say killing of Muslim family was hate crime

June 08, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MB

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Dozens killed in Pakistan train crash, Israel releases Sheikh Jarrah activists after hours-long arrests

June 07, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MB

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Hong Kong vigil leader detained on Tiananmen anniversary, France suspends military ties with Mali over coup

June 04, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB

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Coalition gathers against Netanyahu, NASA plans return to Venus with two new missions

June 03, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.18 MB

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Biden visits Tulsa on 100th anniversary of race massacre, Mali suspended from African Union

June 02, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MB

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Peru more than doubles COVID death toll after review, Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open

June 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MB

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Israeli far-right leader Bennett joins anti-Netanyahu coalition, Dozens kidnapped from school in Nigeria

May 31, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai jailed again over protests, France’s Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwandan genocide

May 28, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.5 MB

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