Shinzo Abe ‘not attending’ opening ceremony in Tokyo; US president says it is ‘gigantically important’ that Americans get vaccinated; YouTube removes Bolsonaro videos
US won’t flinch if interests threatened, defence secretary tells China
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The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has said that Washington does not seek conflict with Beijing but is eager to partner with other powers in the Indo-Pacific region to ensure the stability of it, amid a diplom...
Manchester police chief rejects claim of institutional racism
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The head of one of England’s biggest police forces has rejected the claim it is “institutionally racist”, despite findings that its officers are five times more likely to stop and search black people than their white ...
NSW Covid lockdown restrictions: update to Sydney, Orange and regional coronavirus rules explained
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Sydney’s lockdown is expected to continue beyond 30 July, but there will be some changes to the rules. The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, is expected to announce a four-week extension to the lockdown on Wednesday, ...
Coronavirus live news: England’s NHS ‘under similar pressure to January’; US maintaining travel restrictions
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NHS Providers writes to Boris Johnson calling on government to make ‘right decisions’; US won’t lift travel restrictions due to Delta variant fears
Tom Daley and Matty Lee pip China and ROC to win Olympic diving gold at last
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On a day of vertiginous pressure at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre Tom Daley and Matty Lee took the gold medal in the men’s synchronised 10m platform by one point from Chinese world champions Yuan Cao and Aisen Chen. The Br...
Coronavirus live news: China reports highest cases since January; France adopts vaccine passports law
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China starts testing 9.3 million people in Nanjing as 76 new cases reported; French parliament adopts law despite protests
‘An explosion is coming’: Biden races to unite allies against China
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It’s generally accepted in Washington that once-buoyant hopes for the emergence of a free, democratic China, initially sparked by Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking 1972 visit, have sunk without trace. President Xi Jinpin...
Snow leopard at San Diego zoo catches coronavirus
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An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego zoo has contracted Covid-19. Caretakers noticed that Ramil, a nine-year-old male snow leopard, had a cough and runny nose on Thursday. Later, two separate tests of his sto...