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Calls to address global COVID-19 vaccine disparities at G20 summit

As the G20 summit kicks off in Rome, leaders of the world’s richest nations are facing calls to spread the wealth when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. Canada has announced plans to donate $15 million to help South Africa make vaccines domestically.

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China’s Xi Jinping calls for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines based on the World Health Organization’s emergency use list, according to a transcript of his remarks published by the official Xinhua news agency.Speaking to the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit in Rome via video link, Xi said China had provided more than 1.6 billion COVID shots to the world, and was working with 16 nations to cooperate on manufacturing doses.

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Russia considers using ‘Sputnik Light’ as booster against COVID-19

Russia will recommend using the domestically-made Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19 only as a booster for people who have already been vaccinated, Russian news agencies cited the health minister as saying on Saturday.Russia had previously promoted Sputnik Light, which comprises the first shot of its flagship two-shot Sputnik V, as an effective standalone vaccine as well as a booster that can be combined with non-Russian vaccines.“As the Delta variant is advancing, there will definitely be changes made today to the methodological recommendations on vaccinations where it will (say): only use ‘Sputnik Light’ for re-vaccination,” Health Minister Mikhail Murashko was quoted as saying by TASS.

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Biden admits to Macron US was 'clumsy' in Australian submarine deal

ROME - Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday the U.S. had been "clumsy" in its handling of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia, an arrangement that left France in the lurch and rattled Europe’s faith in American loyalty.Biden and Macron greeted each other with handshakes and shoulder grabs before their first face-to-face meeting since the deal was publicly announced in September, marking the latest American effort to try to smooth hurt French sensibilities.

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Biden receives Communion in Rome amid abortion debate in US

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE ) Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on October 29, 2021 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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G-20 summit: Leaders endorse global minimum tax on corporations

ROME (AP) - Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations as part of an agreement on new international tax rules, a step toward building more fairness amid skyrocketing revenues of some multinational businesses.The move by the Group of 20 summit in Rome was hailed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L.

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Biden, European allies to resume negotiations with Iran over nuclear program

ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said Saturday that nuclear talks with Iran would resume while he and a trio of European allies warned that Iran has "accelerated the pace of provocative nuclear steps" after they met to align strategy for the negotiations aimed at trying to bring Iran and the U.S. back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord.Biden' and the leaders of Germany, France and Britain met at a pivotal time as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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G20 summit: Freeland says Canada to donate 200M doses of COVID-19 vaccines by end of 2022

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday at the G20 summit in Rome that Canada is donating 10 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations through the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and that Canada’s total contribution will be 200 million vaccine doses by the end of 2022.

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Canada to donate 10M doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX, Trudeau says

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and donate $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the donation in Rome this afternoon while attending the G20 leaders’ summit.Canada also intends to increase its financial support to COVAX to buy another 63 million doses itself.

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19 states sue to block Biden administration's COVID vaccine rule

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri.

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G-20 starts with plea for more vaccines for poor countries

ROME (AP) - Italy's Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world's powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap "morally unacceptable."Draghi, the host for the two-day Group of 20 summit in Rome, said Saturday that only 3% of people in the world's poorest countries are vaccinated, while 70% in rich countries have had at least one shot.Climate change, vaccines, the recovery, international taxation are all themes occupying leaders holding their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold.

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Biden, European allies talk Iran's nuclear program at Rome meeting

ROME (AP) - As Iran’s nuclear program makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden huddled Saturday with European allies to talk through strategy as they press for a diplomatic resolution — and to plan for the possibility Iran declines to return to the negotiating table.The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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COP26: Some activists fearful of climate summit while UK COVID-19 cases rise

LONDON (AP) - Climate activist Lavetanalagi Seru has been watching COVID-19 case numbers rise in the U.K. ahead of the U.N.

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Russia to recommend using Sputnik Light only as booster shot against Covid-19

Sputnik Light vaccine against Covid-19 only as a booster for people who have already been vaccinated, Russian news agencies cited the health minister as saying on Saturday.

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Here Comes the Sun: How a massive solar storm could put Canada at risk

solar storm may be heading our way, one so big it could knock out power grids, damage satellites, cause internet blackouts, and essentially take down our modern life as we know it. It’s known as a 1-in-100 years solar storm.Solar storms are an explosion of energized particles hurled from the Sun known as flares or coronal mass ejections (CME).

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G20 leaders meet after two years, with climate, COVID and economy in focus

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Hibs vs Ross County OFF after Easter Road side hit with Covid outbreak

Ross County’s clash with Hibs has been postponed after two of the visitors players returned positive Covid-19 tests.

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Russia imposes nationwide paid holiday to curb Covid surge

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Queen is 'on very good form' Boris Johnson says as he shares health update on monarch

The Queen is said to be "on very good form" according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who shared an update on the monarch's health. Boris, 57, shared an update on the 95 year old monarch at the G20 summit in Rome on Saturday 30 October.

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Russia imposes nationwide paid holiday to curb Covid cases

New coronavirus restrictions have come into effect across Russia as authorities seek to stem soaring infections and deaths in Europe's worst hit country by fatalities.

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1 killed, 2 injured after North Philadelphia triple shooting

A triple shooting in North Philadelphia kills one man and injures two others. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead and two others injured after a triple shooting in North Philadelphia.Officials say the call came about 11:30 Friday night for three men shot at 25th and Master Streets.Responding officers found the three men had each been shot several times.

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18 states sue to stop Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri. Another group of states including Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Georgia.Texas also sued individually on Friday.

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106 shipping containers floating in Pacific Ocean following bomb cyclone, cargo ship fire

NEAH BAY, Wash. - As many as 106 shipping containers from the Zim Kingston have been left drifting in the Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The cargo ship had a rough weekend, hitting choppy waves near the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday that sent dozens of shipping containers overboard.

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LHSC reports rise in ‘uncivil discourse’ toward staff, physicians, patients

COVID-19 vaccine policy.LHSC made the revelation in a series of tweets published on Friday morning that alluded to a “security incident” at Victoria Hospital earlier this week. COVID-19 — LHSC implementing visitor vaccine policy Nov.

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Khloe Kardashian and daughter True Thompson have caught Covid again star reveals

Khloe Kardashian has announced that she and her daughter True Thompson have caught COVID-19 again. The 37 year old took to Instagram to tell her 193 million followers the news that the two of them had “tested positive” and that she would subsequently have to cancel her upcoming events.

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Storm system brings heavy rain, winds and flood threat to Mid-Atlantic

National Weather Service. Flash flooding is a concern from northern Virginia into eastern West Virginia, south-central Pennsylvania and much of Maryland, forecasters said. Heavy downpours could yield up to 1 inch of rain per hour on Friday morning and afternoon in some areas. Water in some areas is already running high due to runoff from the powerful nor’easter that affected the Northeast earlier this week.

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Drug ring mailed cocaine from Puerto Rico to NYC in children's lunchboxes

NEW YORK - The feds say they have busted a ring that was mailing cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City inside of children's lunchboxes in a "sophisticated scheme."An indictment charges five people in a conspiracy to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts via the U.S. Postal Service.

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Biden joins world leaders for G-20 summit in Rome: Here's what to know

ROME - After a meeting with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, President Joe Biden is joining other leaders for the G-20 summit this weekend in Rome.Leaders of the Group of 20 countries will gather on Saturday and Sunday for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold. They’re confronting a global recovery hindered by an energy crunch that has spurred higher fuel and utility prices.

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Covid infections in England rise to 1 in 50 people

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West Bengal further relaxes Covid curbs from 31 Oct; local trains to resume with 50% capacity

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Perth and Kinross COVID-19 deaths reach 290 as cases rise

Another COVID-related death has been recorded in Perth and Kinross as positive cases continue to slowly rise.

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North Korea leader Kim Jong-un's weight loss result of AI tech to 'super-reset' health

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un slimmed down using artificial intelligence technology to "super-reset" his troublesome size, reports suggest.The Pyongyang tyrant has shrunk from an estimated 308lbs (139kg) to just 264lbs (119kg) since the start of the year as food shortages grip the east Asian country.Kim, 37, has struggled with his weight for many years – but 2021 appears to have been a turning point for the famously chubby world leader.Yet in North Korea, citizens are strictly banned from discussing their Supreme Leader's health – they could face jail sentences if they're caught speculating about Kim's narrowing waist.Luckily, foreign media isn't subject to such restrictions.And reports suggest Kim has benefited from an outside-the-box

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Caught on video: shocking attack on Vancouver soccer field

Players in a Vancouver soccer game are shocked when four men wander onto the field, leading to a brutal attack. Emad Agahi reports.

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G20 urged to redistribute surplus Covid vaccines

The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies should use a meeting this weekend in Rome to agree how to transfer surplus Covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries, a group of former presidents and prime ministers has said.

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Covid-19 in India: Sharp rise in daily cases, active counts and deaths in 24 hrs

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White former hospital exec wins $10 million in reverse discrimination case

North Carolina hospital executive who claimed he was fired because he’s a White male was awarded $10 million in a reverse discrimination lawsuit Tuesday.Novant Health is ordered to pay $10 million in punitive damages to David Duvall, its former senior vice president of marketing and communications, a federal jury in Charlotte decided.Duvall claimed in a 2019 lawsuit that he was let go from his job in July 2018 because of the health system’s diversity efforts, and that he ended up being replaced by one Black woman and one White woman.Duvall accused Novant of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits race and gender discrimination in the workplace.FILE - Close-up of doctor's stethoscope.

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WHO presses for $23 billion to support next ACT Accelerator phase

Ahead of the G20 leaders meeting in Rome this weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) today unveiled the new plan for the ACT Accelerator and asked leaders from developed countries to fully fund it to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

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Philadelphia public schools to remain open if SEPTA workers strike

PHILADELPHIA - The School District of Philadelphia on Thursday said all schools will remain open for in-person learning if transit workers do not reach a new contract with SEPTA and go on strike. In an email, Superintendent Dr. William Hite said that in the event of a SEPTA strike, all staff and students will operate on their normal schedules.

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Treatment of covid-19 with fluvoxamine reduces risk of prolonged hospitalization: study

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Toronto long-term care resident gets Fido/Rogers bill of more than $1,000

Fido mobile phone bill balloon to 18 times the normal amount in just one month.“She felt hit by a rock,” Ip told Global News in an email asking for help.Ip’s mother, Yuk Ling Wat, lives in a long-term care home in Scarborough. She relies on her phone to communicate with others, including her daughter in West Palm Beach, Florida.In 2019, Wat agreed to a two-year contract with Fido, a subsidiary brand of Rogers.

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Global shortage of up to 2B syringes as vaccine doses rise, officials warn

NAIROBI, Kenya - African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of up to 2 billion syringes for mainly low- and middle-income countries around the world as the supply of COVID-19 doses rises, and routine vaccinations could be affected, too.The U.N. children’s agency said the shortfall would affect up to 2.2 billion auto-disposable syringes that lock automatically to prevent them from being used again.

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Biden bound for global summits in Europe as domestic agenda in limbo

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As he prepares to push that message at a pair of global summits, his case could hinge on what's happening in Washington, where he is rushing to finalize a major domestic legislative package.Headed first to Rome and then to Glasgow, Scotland, Biden will be pressed to deliver concrete ideas for stopping a global pandemic, boosting economic growth and halting the acceleration of climate change.

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West Lothian nursing home closed to relatives after workers contract covid

A West Lothian nursing home has been closed to visitors and new admissions after staff members contracted Covid-19.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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