Top news of the week: 22.06.2021.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus live news: US delays easing of land border restrictions; Japan to rule on allowing fans at Olympics
Reports suggest Tokyo 2020 organisers will allow 10,000 fans; New Zealand approves Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds; US borders with Canada and Mexico to remain closed to non-essential ...
Coronavirus live news: Scotland ‘unlikely’ to ease restrictions; North Korea tells WHO it has detected no cases
Sturgeon expected to delay 28 June plan; North Korea claims zero cases from 30,000 tests; US average deaths fall below 300 for first time since March 2020
China’s ambassador to the US to leave after eight years
Longest-serving envoy Cui Tiankai says relations between the countries ‘at a crossroads’
US COVID-19 Deaths Hit 600,000, Equal To Yearly Cancer Toll
The number of lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Baltimore or Milwaukee.
‘Forces for good will prevail’: Joy in Taiwan as US sends 2.5m Covid vaccine doses
The US donation has more than doubled Taiwan’s available vaccine stocks as it battles a rise in coronavirus infections
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Judge Blocks CDC From Enforcing Cruise Ship Coronavirus Rules
Florida won a preliminary injunction against the health agency's COVID-19 safety and vaccination requirements for ships to set sail.
Russia and US to restore ambassadors after Putin-Biden talks
Kremlin recalled its envoy to the US after Biden described Putin in a TV interview as a ‘killer’