Top 10 world news: UN Human Rights Council hits out at China, Taliban captures border crossing with Tajikistan & more
Coronavirus vaccine in Cuba I UN Human Rights Council members hit out at China
UN Human Rights Council members hit out at China's record in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet on the second day of its 47th session. As US troops continued to pull out from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday captured a keyborder crossing with Tajikistan even as the Pentagon had said a day earlier that it could delay the pullout due to the militant group's continued attacks.
Cuban government announced on Tuesday thatitsAbdalacoronavirus vaccine has shown 92.28 per cent efficacy in the last stage of clinical trials.The government had said earlier announced that its vaccineSoberana 2had achieved 62 per cent efficacy with two or three doses.Meanwhile,Europe's top court on Tuesday said that Google's YouTube and other online platforms are not liable for copyright-infringing works uploaded by users onto their platforms under certain conditions.
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UN Human Rights Council members question China's record in Xinjiang, Hong Kong & Tibet
Canadian ambassador Leslie Norton highlighted the deteriorating "fundamental freedoms inHong Kong" under the national security law and the human rights situation in Tibet.
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Taliban captures Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan
TheTalibanhas already claimed to have annexed at least 50 districts since it launched a major offensive last month as the US announced it was pulling out of the country by September 11.
Abdala vaccine 92.28% effective against COVID-19, says Cuba
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EU top court hands win to YouTube in user copyright fight
The case marks the latest development in a long-running battle between Europe's $1 trillion creative industry and online platforms, with the former seeking compensation or action from the latter for unauthorised works that are uploaded.
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