Bangladesh extended its strict lockdown on Tuesday and announced plans to vaccinate at least 10 million people in a week as the country battles a major COVID-19 surge.

Bangladesh to vaccinate 10 million in seven days

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to keep their prices low and affordable, after reports that two producers will raise the cost they are charging the EU.

WHO urges Covid vaccine makers to keep prices down

The mastermind behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti is most likely still at large, the country’s caretaker leader says. He remains baffled by the motive, he says, and doubts that the conspirators accused of plotting the killing had the ability to pull it off on their own.

Assassination mastermind may still be at large, Haiti’s caretaker leader says

Almost 200,000 people have been asked to evacuate as the army prepares its offensive against insurgents fighting to take control of a string of besieged cities across Afghanistan.

Residents asked to flee as fighting rages on in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah

The makers of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V on Wednesday promised to resolve delivery delays this month after several South American countries complained to Russia.

Russia promises to solve Sputnik V delivery delays

The last remaining protest leader of Belarus, Maria Kolesnikova, danced in the court as her trial started on Wednesday. Kolesnikova, the 39-year-old, is a former flute player who has rose to fame as a symbol of protest in Belarus.

Watch: Belarus protest leader dances in court during her trial

Very few Covid positive children who are symptomatic retain those symptoms after four weeks, according to a new study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

Long term Covid symptoms very rare in children, study confirms

Former US president Donald Trump moved Wednesday to block the Treasury from handing over years of his tax records to a congressional committee, which some believe could expose abuse of tax laws.

Trump moves to block Congress from getting his taxes

South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday that Kim Jong Un-led North Korea government wants international sanctions preventing metal exports and refined fuel imports lifted before it begins denuclearisation talks with the US.

Kim Jong Un seeks easing of sanctions before reopening US talks

The WHO called Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots as China tightened overseas travel curbs after recording its highest number of infections in months, while Tokyo reported the Olympic Games' first cluster.

WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots as China curbs travel

Turkey has been burning for the past couple of weeks and things seem to be getting worse as a new fire broke out in a thermal plant on Wednesday. A fire appeared at the foot of a hill in front of the Yenikoy Kemerkoy thermal power plant, near the Aegean Sea town of Milas.

Turkey: New fire breaks out in thermal power plant

The co-creator of the Pfizer-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is set to be part of the Barbie dolls for her achievement that has saved millions around the world from the deadly coronavirus.

Sarah Gilbert, creator of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, gets her own Barbie doll

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