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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine

European agency clears Moderna vaccine for children 12-17

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A regional train sits in flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

German railway: Floods caused billion-euro damage to network

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Bhiwandi

Dozens missing after deadly landslides in western India

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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia (Kyodo News via AP)

Australia avoids Unesco downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

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Treadmill nurse Arisa Tsubata appeared to take the knee before cameras cut away

Viewers spot 'treadmill nurse' 'taking knee' at Olympics opener but cameras cut away

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Sarm Joan Lillian Heslop was reported missing on 8 March.

Parents of missing Brit Sarm Heslop plead for answers from boyfriend

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A grizzly bear terrorised the frontiersman for a week and he fended it off with only a pistol

Man rescued after fending off grizzly bear for a week in Alaskan wilderness

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Cockatoo opens bin

Crafty cockatoos master bin-diving moves – and teach them to peers

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Kris Wu

Man ‘defrauded pop star Kris Wu over sex scandal accusations’

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Wendy Sherman

Senior US diplomat reveals fears over food supply in North Korea

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Chinese mural

Chinese leader visits Tibet amid rising controls over religion

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The opening ceremony will take place at 12pm UK time.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 opening ceremony: What time is it and how to watch?

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A photograph of Haiti’s assassinated President Jovenel Moise is displayed during a memorial service at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighbourhood of Miami

Violence, protests continue ahead of funeral service for slain Haitian leader

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Virus Outbreak Asia

Death rates soar in south-east Asia as virus wave spreads

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The Tamarack Fire burns behind a greenhouse in the Markleeville community of Alpine County, California

California wildfires cross into Nevada, prompting evacuations

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Italy Venice UNESCO

Venice avoids designation as Unesco heritage site in danger

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Former South Africa president Jacob Zuma

South Africa’s jailed ex-leader Zuma to attend brother’s funeral

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A bus lies on its side after crashing through a guardrail on Capri

Driver dies after bus plunges off road on Capri

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