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Japan says it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics.

A female athlete managed to clinch a gold medal win in taekwondo all while she was eight months pregnant.

China has warned the U.S. not to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach in response to complaints about the country’s human rights record.

“The reported cases of unusual blood clotting following vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine should be listed as possible side effects of the vaccine,” said Emer Cooke, the agency's executive director.

The 2021 winner of the “Mrs. Sri Lanka” beauty pageant said she suffered injuries after a previous winner snatched the crown off of her head, claiming that she was ineligible.

New Zealand has officially instated its $20 per hour minimum wage increase and raised taxes on the nation’s top earners.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first Netflix series will center on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.

The agent for versatile British actor Paul Ritter said the 54-year-old had been suffering from a brain tumor.

South Korean electronics maker LG says it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on electric vehicle components, robotics, artificial intelligence and other products and services.

The new COVID-19 vaccine uses the HexaPro spike protein, developed by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin. 

The British government says all adults and children in England will be able to get coronavirus tests twice a week as a way to stamp out new outbreaks.

“The pandemic is still spreading, while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for the poor. Nevertheless — and this is scandalous — armed conflicts have not ended, and military arsenals are being strengthened,'' Francis said, sounding angry. “That is today's scandal.”

Christianity’s most joyous feast day is being celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings for the second Easter Sunday.

The Dutch government says it is temporarily halting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations for people under the age of 60.

A U.K. man browsing an online real estate listing for his neighbor's house was slightly miffed at seeing his own cat, Freddie, lounging on a bed in one of the listing’s photos.

Nearly a third of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.K. were readmitted within a period of four months, and they suffered from multi-organ dysfunction at higher rates than the general population, a study found.

The United States and Iran will talk with other world powers about returning to the Obama-era agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of crippling economic sanctions.

The rector of Notre Dame said Friday that the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years.”