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Top ten world news today: US votes against UN resolution, AstraZeneca resumes coronavirus vaccine trials, and more

Top ten world news today: US votes against UN resolution, AstraZeneca resumes coronavirus vaccine trials, and more

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UN adopts coronavirus response resolution; US votes against it

The United States voted against a UN resolution for a "comprehensive and coordinated response" to the COVID-19 pandemic, a text that included recognition of the WHO's leadership role, on Friday | READ MORE

AstraZeneca resumes trials of coronavirus vaccine in UK

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Pharma giant AstraZeneca on Saturday said it had resumed a Covid-19 vaccine trial after getting the all-clear from British regulators, following a pause caused by a UK volunteer falling ill | READ MORE

Trump seeks to ramp up big, small dollar fundraising citing money crunch

US President Donald Trump is set to embark on a heavier fundraising schedule in coming weeks as his re-election campaign faces a possible cash crunch that has forced it to pull back television advertising in some crucial states | READ MORE

US hospitals turn down remdesivir, limit use to sickest coronavirus patients

Hospitals in the United States have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes | READ MORE

Palestinians rally against Bahrain-Israel normalisation

Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli, U.S., Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries` moves to normalize ties with Israel | READ MORE

Trump administration seeks sweeping DNA collection of immigrants

The Trump administration has formally proposed a sweeping expansion of its collection of DNA and other biometric data of immigrants. It would go beyond detained migrants in order to include US citizen sponsors and others | READ MORE

China bans German pork imports after African swine fever case

China has announced a ban on the import of pork and pig products from Germany after the European country confirmed its first case of African swine fever in a wild boar in Brandenburg last week | READ MORE

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari executed over 2018 security guard killing

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on Saturday after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018, state media said, in a case that has sparked international outcry | READ MORE

Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos

Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island on Saturday | READ MORE