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  China launches virus passport

  Agence France-Presse. Beijing | Updated at 03:33pm on March 09, 2021

  China has launched a health certificate programme for Chinese international travellers, leading the world in plans for so-called virus passports. The digital certificate, which shows...

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  Biden’s dogs back to dog house from White House after biting case

  Agence France-Presse. Washington | Updated at 10:28am on March 09, 2021

  President Joe Biden has sent his two dogs back to his family home in Wilmington, Delaware, after the younger of the two German Shepherds was...

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  71kg of waste found in stray Indian cow's stomach

  Agence France-Presse .Faridabad | Updated at 06:35pm on March 04, 2021

  Indian vets have extracted 71 kilograms (156.5 pounds) of plastic, nails and other garbage from a pregnant cow, but both the animal and her baby...

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  Rooster fitted with knife kills owner during cockfight in India

  New Age Online | Updated at 09:44am on February 28, 2021

  A rooster killed its owner by slashing him with a knife attached to its leg at a banned cockfight in India, reports Independent UK. The...

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  Coughing Tanzanian minister gives press conf to raise alarm

  Agence France-Presse . Dar es Salaam | Updated at 11:27am on February 25, 2021

  A distressing video of Tanzania’s finance minister coughing and gasping as he gave a press conference to defend the state of his health, was widely...

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  Lebanon MPs skip vaccine queue putting funding at risk

  Agence France-Presse. Beirut | Updated at 09:46pm on February 23, 2021

  Lebanon was criticised on Tuesday after 16 members of parliament jumped the queue for COVID-19 vaccine jabs, putting World Bank vaccination funding in jeopardy by...

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  China arrests leader of fake vaccine scam

  New Age Desk | Updated at 04:40pm on February 16, 2021

  China has arrested the leader of a multi-million dollar scam that passed off saline solution and mineral water as COVID-19 vaccines, reports BBConline. The man, identified as Kong, had researched the packaging designs of...

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  ‘Singles’ shopping baskets a Valentine’s Day hit in Hungary

  Agence France-Presse . Budapest | Updated at 04:17pm on February 13, 2021

  A supermarket in Hungary has brought smiles to faces and romantic opportunities to shoppers by providing shopping baskets for ‘Singles’ in the time for Valentine’s...