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  Last update: 16:11 GMT 23.04.2021

  16:11 GMT 23.04.2021

  UK

  US President Joe Biden to Visit UK & Belgium in First Overseas Trip

  The White House said the trip aims to highlight Joe Biden’s “commitment to restoring our alliances, revitalising the trans-Atlantic relationship, and working in close cooperation with our allies."   

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  Last update: 15:08 GMT 23.04.2021

  15:08 GMT 23.04.2021

  World

  Is Pfizer Quietly Targeting Other Vaccines, While Holding Back on Its Own Safety Record?

  Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine entered the market in 2020, being advertised as an extremely safe product. However, recent jab-related data from around the world may very well put these statements into question when it comes to both side effects and fatalities.

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  Last update: 11:15 GMT 23.04.2021

  11:15 GMT 23.04.2021

  World

  Moscow Pledges Response After Baltic States Expel Russian Diplomats in Solidarity With Prague

  This comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic row between Prague and Moscow which has resulted in the mutual expulsion of embassy staff and reduction of employees in both capitals.

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  Last update: 17:26 GMT 23.04.2021

  17:26 GMT 23.04.2021

  Europe

  ‘We Didn’t Feel Anything Right Away – These Weren’t Bullets’: True Stories of Chernobyl Liquidators

  Monday will mark the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – one of the worst technogenic accidents in history. The disaster sparked renewed public interest due to HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries in 2019. However, the show, while being highly stylized and dramatic, was also filled with half-truths and even outright lies.

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  Last update: 16:07 GMT 23.04.2021

  16:07 GMT 23.04.2021

  Sport

  Wales Manager and Former Manchester United Star Ryan Giggs Charged With Assaulting Two Women

  Ryan Giggs scored 114 goals in 672 Premier League games for Manchester United and won numerous trophies under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson. He has been manager of Wales since 2018.

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  Last update: 12:17 GMT 23.04.2021

  12:17 GMT 23.04.2021

  Business

  Financial Giant Names Economy Sectors That'll Do Heavy Lifting in Post-Lockdown Britain

  Britain’s budget deficit has risen to the highest mark during the COVID-19 pandemic since the 1946, with the number reaching 303.1 billion pounds in the financial year to end-March.

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  Last update: 13:20 GMT 23.04.2021

  13:20 GMT 23.04.2021

  UK

  Prince Charles & Camilla’s Aussie ‘Love Child’ Wannabe Shares Viral Pic To Boost His Claim

  Amid posts mourning the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on 9 April at the age of 99, a man who believes the deceased royal is his grandfather recently uploaded more intriguing photos to his Facebook page that have attracted almost 8,000 followers.

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  Last update: 04:37 GMT 23.04.2021

  04:37 GMT 23.04.2021

  World

  Live Updates: 5.7Mln New COVID-19 Cases Recorded This Week, Biggest Surge Since Pandemic’s Outbreak

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 3.069 million; over 144.4 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.