Top ten world news today: US votes against UN resolution, AstraZeneca resumes coronavirus vaccine trials, and more
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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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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
Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island on Saturday | READ MORE