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Students return to Idlib classrooms after Covid delays school year

Syrian children return to shools in northwestern Idlib province after delays due to the conflict and exacerbated by the Covid pandemic.

United Kingdom

Long COVID now has an official WHO clinical definition

In September, there were more than one million people living in the UK who reported they were suffering from long COVID.

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Brazil event commemorates 600,000 COVID victims

An activist group held a memorial on Copacabana Beach on Friday as Brazil surpassed 600-thousand deaths from coronavirus. This milestone puts the country second in the world for lives lost to COVID-19, just behind the US.

Switzerland

2022 Geneva International Motor Show cancelled due to pandemic issues

The organisers cited likely travel restrictions, as well as the semiconductor shortage affecting manufacturers and other issues indirectly related to COVID-19.

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Travel News

International tourists won’t be returning to Australia until 2022

Australia’s prime minister said tourists won’t be welcomed back until next year, with skilled migrants and students set to be given higher priority for entry.

Russia

Russia marks new record as daily COVID deaths pass 900

Russia's daily coronavirus death toll surpassed 900 on Wednesday for the first time in the pandemic.

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190 countries spotlight attractions at Dubai Expo

190 countries spotlight attractions at Dubai Expo

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Cakes celebrate healthcare workers as bakers bounce back

The Cake and Bake Show has returned to London after last year's event was cancelled due to the pandemic. Bakers have been paying tribute to healthcare workers in their show-stopping contest cakes.

Earth News

Bangkok’s taxi graveyard brought back to life with mini-gardens

A Thai taxi cooperative is turning its abandoned cabs into gardens in order to feed out-of-work drivers.

Romania

Record high for COVID-19 cases in Romania amid slow vaccination rates

Just 33% of adults in Romania have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a surge of new infections.

Health news

COVID variants are evolving to be better at spreading in air

Researchers of a new study said tighter-fitting masks and vaccinations are key to preventing COVID.

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Police clear virus rules protest at Melbourne shrine

Riot police and mounted officers moved on the protesters arresting several people at the city's Shrine of Remembrance.

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Viareggio carnival returns after COVID delay

One of Italy's most popular parades, 'The Viareggio Carnival' has returned to the city after being postponed due to COVID-19. Tackling themes including the pandemic, the floats this year point to issues such as deforestation in Brazil and racial injustice in the US

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Pepper spray used on anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne

Police used pepper spray in a number of confrontations and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne, as several hundred attendees flouted stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb

Tech News

Australia uses facial recognition to check in on COVID quarantine

The country's two most populous states are using facial scanning technology, extending controversial trials to most Australians.

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Bangladesh schools reopen after 18-month Covid shutdown

Children in Bangladesh return to classrooms as schools reopen after 18 months, one of the world's longest coronavirus shutdowns.

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Cubans pray to Virgin of Regla for end of pandemic amid virus spike

Cubans pray to Virgin of Regla for end of pandemic amid virus spike

Health news

How has COVID impacted the world’s fight against HIV, TB and malaria?

Global Fund said results had gone ‘backwards’ for the first time in the organisation’s history.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria battles surge in COVID-19 cases amid vaccine opposition

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 19,000 people in Bulgaria have died of COVID-19.

World News

Excitement meets worry as European kids head back to school

Children across Europe are going back to school, with hopes of a return to normality after 18 months of pandemic disruption and fears of a new surge in infections from the highly infectious delta variant.