Twenty people were killed and 70 hurt when an overpass carrying Mexico City metro train cars partially collapsed on to a road on Monday night, authorities said.

The site included forums where members from around the globe exchanged images and videos showing children being sexually abused.

He has tested positive to COVID-19 twice but volunteer teacher Tom Delaney is in no hurry to leave India.

Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria for 21 years, his father ruled for 30 before him.

The action comes two weeks after Biden announced he was leaving Trump’s limit of 15,000 refugees in place contrary to his campaign promise.

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Their foundation has played a significant role in the global response to the pandemic, early vaccine candidates and helping shape COVAX.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern initiated the process in April and in a statement on Tuesday said the Queen had been informed.

Earth 300 founder Aaron Olivera says the vessel will capture ’the spirit of Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Davos, the Olympics and Disney”.

Sometimes, outsiders see what is happening more clearly than we do ourselves.

The dossier is believed to be raw intelligence that makes claims of Russian meddling and sex tapes.

The companies earlier this month applied to the FDA for potential approval of the vaccine, which has already been cleared for people aged 16 and above. 

Mexico is beginning to earn a reputation as a government that has released more drug lords than it has captured.

Even without its broader alliance, the G7 still packs a punch: combined it is much bigger than China both economically and militarily.

Facebook’s Oversight Board, an independent and international panel, will announce on Wednesday whether former President Donald Trump will be able to return to the platform.

India’s daily COVID-19 shots have fallen sharply from an all-time high reached early last month as domestic companies struggle to boost supplies and imports are limited, even as the country fights the world’s worst surge in infections.

The European Union’s executive has recommended easing COVID-19 travel restrictions next month to let foreign travellers from more countries enter the bloc.

Prince Harry called for vaccines to be “distributed to everyone everywhere” while Jennifer Lopez embraced her fully-vaccinated mother on stage at a star-studded charity concert in Los Angeles on Sunday night. 

In an expletive-laden tweet about Chinese vessels in disputed waters, Teodoro Locsin called China an “ugly oaf forcing your attentions on a handsome guy”.

The decision to approve or reject the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines falls at a critical time.

The United States and Iran are in active talks over the release of prisoners, a person familiar with the discussions said as Washington denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been struck.

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Oxygen in India has been in short supply as it grapples with this latest wave of infections, leaving some dying COVID patients gasping for air in hospital beds.

Officials hailed Moscow’s massive facial-recognition camera network as a benign aid to residents that would enforce quarantine restrictions and catch criminals. Now it’s being deployed to crush dissent against President Vladimir Putin.

Ardern pointed to increasing differences between New Zealand and China as the member of the Five Eyes security alliance country faces increasing pressure over its reluctance to criticise Beijing.

Broadcaster RAI, which plays a central role in Italian cultural life and comes under enormous political pressure, denied trying to censor the rapper.

New data shows limiting access to the country is having its intended effect.

The incident comes as police were already facing serious questions after a woman in a taxi talked her way on to the estate after telling security guards she was a friend of the Duke.

The outcome of an election in Scotland this week might help determine whether the United Kingdom stays together or breaks apart.

Martin Smatana, a former Health Ministry official in Bratislava, said he had been amazed by how many of his friends want the Russian vaccine and say, “Screw the system, use Sputnik.”

The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated on Sunday. 

Hospitals have filled to capacity and crematoriums have been swamped as the country deals with the surge in cases: more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight. 

The US has been criticised for focusing first on vaccinating Americans, particularly as its vaccine supply begins to outpace demand and doses approved for use elsewhere in the world but not in the US sit idle.

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Even as the United States and Europe move away from the darkest days of the pandemic, other countries are engaged in a desperate struggle against the virus.

British ministers let AstraZeneca export UK-made COVID jabs to Australia in exchange for access to up to 10 million doses produced in India.

When the mayor of a Paris suburb and former minister was convicted in February of rape, activists hoped his downfall and imprisonment would send a powerful message. But the case shows much remains broken about the French justice system, they say.

Utah Republicans booed Senator Mitt Romney but ultimately rejected a motion to censure him for his votes at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials.

A North Korean spokesman accused Washington of insulting the dignity of the country’s supreme leadership by criticising North Korea’s human rights situation.

Indonesian police say they will conduct random checks of labs around the country to ensure that they were not conducting similar frauds to reuse COVID tests.

Britain’s royal family has released a photograph of a smiling Princess Charlotte, one of the Queen’s great-grandchildren, the day before the princess celebrates her sixth birthday.

Australian Ross Dunkley was a media tycoon in south-east Asia until police raided his house in Yangon. He was released and flown to Australia last week.

At least 10 children and teenagers were among 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel.

Millions of Indians spread across the globe are trying to do what they can to help their country of origin.

India recorded more than 400,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time on Saturday as it battles a devastating second wave, and the country’s massive new vaccination drive was hampered in some areas by shortages of the shots.

The Recording Academy has been fighting allegations of corruption and rigging.

The country’s pandemic response has been marred by insufficient data concerning more than 350 scientists.

Officials announced the massive trucking operation, saying the effort was aimed at ensuring “the highest level of survival for the young salmon on their hazardous journey”.

At least 18 people, including two healthcare workers, were killed in a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in the western Indian state of Gujarat late on Friday night.

“This has taken us by surprise and left us utterly bereft,” Prince Mangosutho Buthelezi said.