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Concern over jab delay for pupils in England as age group cases soar
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Ministers are facing demands to allow younger teenagers to attend Covid vaccination centres, amid concerns that jab rates among this age group are three times lower in England than Scotland. The vaccination rate among...
NSW Covid-19 update: 1,259 cases and 12 deaths with curfew lifted for Sydney LGAs of concern – video
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NSW has marked its most deadly day so far during the Delta outbreak with 12 Covid-19 deaths however the case numbers have continued to stabilise with 1,259 cases, 'We’ve seen a stabilisation in the last few days and w...
Concern grows for global coffee supply amid Vietnam lockdown
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Concerns are growing over global coffee supplies amid tough coronavirus travel restrictions imposed in Vietnam to tackle the spread of the aggressive Delta variant of Covid-19. Supply chains are been disrupted after V...
Concern grows in Kenya after alarming rise in suicide cases
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There is growing alarm in Kenya over a shocking rise in the number of suicides in the country. Almost 500 people are reported to have killed themselves in the three months to June this year, more than the whole of 202...
Ireland and Northern Ireland raise concern about English Covid plans
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Leaders in Ireland and Northern Ireland have expressed concern about the UK government’s plan to scrap most of England’s Covid-19 rules. The Northern Ireland deputy first minister, Michelle O’Neill, called the plans “...
Japan’s emperor voices concern about Covid spread during Olympics
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Japan’s emperor has voiced concern over the possible spread of coronavirus during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in an unexpected intervention in the debate over holding the Games in the middle of a pandemic. Naruhito, who ...
Oceans’ fate ‘linked to our own’, poll finds, amid rising concern
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As people mark World Oceans Day today, an overwhelming 94% of people in England and Wales believe the fate of the oceans and humans are inextricably linked, while more than half rate global ocean health as “poor or ve...
Popularity of far-right topics on France’s CNews sparks election concern
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CNews, the Paris-based news channel whose heated talkshows on crime and immigration has led critics to call it a “French Fox News”, this month hit record viewing figures, sparking concerns on the left that its focus o...
Concern about potential fare rises as government unveils rail changes
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A Great British Railways will mean a simpler, more efficient system for the industry and passengers, the government has pledged – but job cuts and fair rises have not been ruled out as ministers said they would bear d...
‘Calamity of maternal deaths’: Covid concern grows for Brazil’s pregnant
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This month should have been one of the happiest in Letícia Aparecida Gomes’s life. The pregnant 23-year-old Brazilian had been due to marry before delivering her baby, Elloah, in August. Instead, as the Covid-19 pande...
Ireland’s Stephen Kenny raises human rights concern before Qatar game
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Stephen Kenny has highlighted the issue of human rights in Qatar before the Republic of Ireland’s friendly against the World Cup hosts. His comments come after players from Germany, Norway and the Netherlands wore T-s...