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Coronavirus: EU plans tougher controls on vaccine exports
BBC
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission has proposed tougher controls on Covid vaccine exports after it accused UK-Swedish firm AstraZeneca of failing to honour its contract to supply EU countries.
New 'double mutant' COVID variant found in India
ALJAZEERA
NEW DELHI, India - India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus, the health ministry said, adding to concern as the government struggles with the highest single-day tally of new infections and deaths this year.
Biden vows to raise taxes on anyone earning over $400K
BLOOMBERG
President Joe Biden said anyone earning more than $400,000 a year would see a tax increase under his forthcoming economic program, highlighting the administration’s plans to address inequality in part through levies on the wealthy.
Asian women among eight killed in Georgia shooting
ALJAZEERA
ATLANTA GEORGIA, USA - At least eight people, most of them Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, with a 21-year-old white man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said.
Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab safe, insists UK Health Sec
BBC
LONDON, UK - The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe, the health secretary has said, after some European nations paused its use amid concern over blood clots.
Tennessee to remove monument of KKK leader from state Capitol
AXIOS
The Tennessee Historical Commission on Tuesday voted 25-1 in favor of removing the bust of Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol, per the Tennessean.
EU & Ireland join forces to harness pressure from US over Brexit
THE TELEGRAPH
Brussels and Dublin will raise doubts about Britain’s commitment to the Brexit deal in Washington on Wednesday in a bid to heap pressure on the UK to back down in the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Piers Morgan leaves ITV's Good Morning Britain after row over Meghan remarks
BBC NEWS
Piers Morgan has left ITV's Good Morning Britain following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex.
China & Russia vaccinate the world — for now
AXIOS
While the U.S. and Europe focus on vaccinating their own populations, China and Russia are sending millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries around the world.
Meghan 'saddened' by bullying complaint report
BBC NEWS
The Duchess of Sussex is "saddened" by a report she faced a bullying complaint during her time at Kensington Palace, her spokesman has said.
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