BBC News says the government has announced it will not search the private email account of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock for discussions on official business
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New Zealand shuts Australia travel bubble as Sydney’s Covid outbreak worsens
The Guardian says New Zealand is shutting down the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for two months, as the country grapples with a number of serious outbreaks of Covid-19
Beleaguered Tokyo Olympics set to kick off under Covid-19 cloud
France24 says the most troubled Olympics in history finally get underway in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to emerge from Covid-19 after a postponement following a build-up marred by scandal
Saudi authorities ramp up health inspection tours
Arab News says the Eastern Province municipality carried out 1,314 inspection tours in one day across shopping malls, commercial centers and stores to monitor compliance with Covid rules
South Africa unrest death toll jumps to more than 300
Aljazeera says rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the…
Ted Lasso: An oral history on the rise of Jason Sudeikis’s feel-good comedy for the ages
The Independent says is there a series more charming than Ted Lasso? Not that I’ve seen. The Apple TV+ comedy, a paragon of positivity, follows a college-level American soccer coach…
Delta Variant doubles US COVID-19 cases since last month
VOA says the U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago
Violence erupts in Haiti ahead of slain president's funeral
TRT World says hundreds of workers have fled businesses in northern Haiti after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated president Jovenel Moise
Weinstein pleads not guilty to sexual assaults in California
Aljazeera says Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts
Three shot dead in riots as Iran regime runs out of water
Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages
China braces for more bad weather as death toll from flooding mounts
France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge
Olympics opening ceremony director dismissed on eve of event
BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.
Delta Variant accounts for 83% of new US COVID cases
VOA says the delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) now accounts for 83% of new cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Canada’s BC declares state of emergency as wildfires surge
Aljazeera says the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has declared a state of emergency amid a surge in wildfires that have forced hundreds of people from their homes
Deaths in flooded subway as torrential rain hits central China
Aljazeera says twelve people were killed in the underground rail system of Zhengzhou as torrential rain lashed China’s central province of Henan forcing tens of thousands to flee
Hajj 2021: No COVID-19 infections or other illnesses among pilgrims
Arab News says pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj rituals successfully complied with health measures spread across all holy sites as there were no recorded Covid cases
France introduces Covid-19 health pass to access cultural venues
France24 says people wanting to go to cinemas, museums, sporting matches and other cultural venues in France will have to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test
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