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A woman wearing a protective mask walks in front of the Olympic Rings in Tokyo

Japan imposes new coronavirus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

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This image from an Akron Police Department officer’s body camera shows Charles Hicks II being held down in the snow during his arrest (AP)

US police officer quits after snow stuffed into mouth of suspect

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An Iraqi nurse prepares a jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Khalid Mohammed/AP)

Iraq blames people for surge in coronavirus cases

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The South Korean-flagged tanker (Tasnim News Agency/AP)

Seized South Korean tanker sails away from Iran’s waters ahead of nuclear talks

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Anne Beatts (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Comedy writer and Saturday Night Live pioneer Anne Beatts dies at 74

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The government has refused to confirm whether foreign holidays will be allowed from 17 May

Traffic light system confirmed for travel but no date given for holidays resuming

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The Caribbean island of St Vincent and Grenadines (Chris Jackson/PA)

Thousands evacuate as St Vincent volcano threatens to blow

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Waqar Ahmad aka Farooq was jailed for seven years following LBC's investigation

LBC investigation sees prolific people smuggler jailed and banned from France

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Police responded to a shooting at Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan, Texas (Cassie Stricker/AP)

Man charged after one killed and six wounded in Texas shooting spree

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Scott Morrison

Australia buys extra 20m Pfizer doses as it pivots from AstraZeneca

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Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un compares current conditions in North Korea to famine of 1990s

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Protesters walk through Myanmar, Yangon, with a banner of Aung San Suu Kyi

Military limits internet use as Myanmar information blackout worsens

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Phillip Adams sits on the bench in his San Francisco 49ers' uniform

Former NFL player Phillip Adams kills five people including doctor then himself

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The virus that causes Covid-19

Covid-19 patient receives world’s first lung transplant from living donors

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Cemetery workers wearing protective gear lower the coffin of a person who died from complications related to Covid-19 into a gravesite in Brazil

Coronavirus cases and deaths reach record highs in countries around the world

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Caroline Jurie leaves a police station after being bailed in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mrs World arrested over on-stage melee at competition in Sri Lanka

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The Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika is guided to land at Alesund, Norway

Salvage crews tow drifting Dutch freighter to port in Norway

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A National Guard soldier, centre, stands guard with deputies at the restricted vehicle entrance of the Hennepin County Government Centre (Jim Mone/AP)

George Floyd died because of lack of oxygen, expert tells court

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