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Missing blogger Gabby Petito confirmed dead
BBC
TEATON COUNTY, Wyoming, USA - The FBI has confirmed that a body found inside a Wyoming national park on Sunday belongs to the missing "van life" blogger Gabby Petito.
Children given daily time limit on China's TikTok
BBC NEWS
Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, will limit use of the platform for children to 40 minutes a day.
UK gov't raps Nicki Minaj over vaccine claims
REUTERS
A coronavirus briefing in Britain took an unexpected turn when the country's buttoned-up chief medical officer and prime minister found themselves talking about Nicki Minaj, vaccine hesitancy and her cousin's friend's supposedly swollen testicles.
Four ex-cops accused in George Floyd’s death plead not guilty
ALJAZEERA
WASHINGTON DC, USA - Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against them.
Extreme weather to cost US over $100bn in 2021 - Biden
ALJAZEERA
GOLDEN, Colorado, USA - US President Joe Biden predicted extreme weather events are set to cost the United States more than $100bn this year after a series of raging wildfires and punishing hurricanes wrought havoc across the country.
UK secretly dropped climate promises for trade deal with Australia
THE INDEPENDENT
The British government secretly dropped a series of climate pledges in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia, leaked emails appear to show.
Taliban form all-male Afghan gov't with old guards
AP
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown.
Powerful earthquake hits Mexican Coast
BBC
ACAPULCO, Mexico - A powerful earthquake has struck the Pacific coast of Mexico, close to the resort of Acapulco. The magnitude-seven quake was also felt strongly around 370km (230 miles) away in Mexico City, sending residents and tourists spilling into the streets from homes and hotels.
Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members
AP
SALT LAKE CITY, USA - After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter why people from their congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don’t wear masks. Allen said she has taught her daughter that wearing a mask is Christlike, but now she worries her child feels like an outcast.
Japan finds black particles in Moderna vaccine
BBC NEWS
Japan has put a batch of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on hold after a foreign substance was found in a vial.
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