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29 Jun

#BREAKING Russia reports record daily coronavirus deaths since start of pandemic: govt tally

#UPDATE Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily #COVID19 death toll since the start of the pandemic, as the country grapples with a spike in infections spurred by the highly contagious Delta variant u.afp.com/U6LP

#BREAKING 151,000 people in Russia hospitalised with Covid-19: health minister

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29 Jun

#BREAKING South Africa's top court finds ex-president Zuma guilty of contempt of court

#BREAKING South Africa's ex-president Zuma sentenced to "unsuspended" 15-month jail term for contempt

#UPDATE In a historic ruling, South Africa's top court on Tuesday handed the country's former president, Jacob #Zuma, a 15-month jail term for contempt of court after he refused to appear before graft investigators u.afp.com/U6LG

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28 Jun

#BREAKING Judge dismisses monopoly suit against Facebook by US agency, states

#BREAKING Facebook shares surge on court ruling, value tops $1 tn

#BREAKING Nasdaq ends at record on resurgence of tech shares; Dow falls

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28 Jun

Sixteen of the scheduled 64 first round matches at #Wimbledon were cancelled on Monday as the Grand Slam event's return after two years suffered a soggy start u.afp.com/U6mv #AFPSports

#UPDATE Defending champion Novak #Djokovic overcame an early scare to reach the #Wimbledon second round on Monday with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Britain's 253rd-ranked Jack Draper u.afp.com/U6sb #AFPSports

#BREAKING Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas knocked out of Wimbledon in first round

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28 Jun

#BREAKING Belarus says suspending participation in EU Eastern Partnership

#BREAKING Belarus recalls EU envoy for 'consultations': ministry

#UPDATE #Belarus said Monday it was suspending its participation in the Eastern Partnership, an initiative to strengthen ties between the EU and its ex-Soviet neighbours, after Brussels imposed new #sanctions over the forced landing of a European flight u.afp.com/U6sz

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28 Jun

Mask free and low risk.

All of Italy becomes a mask-free, "low-risk" zone for coronavirus Monday, marking a dramatic milestone for the first European country to be hit by the pandemic in February 2020

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Covid-19 curbs reimposed in Moscow as Asia-Pacific outbreaks flare.

While some countries have brought down infections through rapid vaccinations, outbreaks are still raging from Bangladesh and Indonesia to South America, many fuelled by the Delta variant

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