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  • NewsAFP

    Blood donation rule change prompts misinformation in Canada

    Canadian Blood Services (CBS) ended a program allowing directed donations from guardians to their minor children, a move social media posts claim is an attempt to force Covid-19 vaccination on those who refused the shots. This is false; the national nonprofit said declining demand and the risks associated with transfusions from close relatives are behind the change, and immunologists say inoculation cannot be passed this way.

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Boost for Rwanda plan as ECHR makes it harder to block deportations

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has toughened up the requirements for migrants seeking to block deportation flights to Rwanda.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Baltimore Key Bridge collapse latest news: Victim recovery suspended as salvage operation begins

    East coast port city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into Patapsco River on Tuesday after cargo ship collided with crucial support, leaving at least six construction workers dead

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    Venezuela's huge diaspora struggles to register to vote

    Millions of Venezuelans who fled economic misery in their country could find themselves unable to vote in key July presidential elections, as complaints mount over hurdles at consulates abroad for those seeking to register. Election registration was meant to start on March 18 and will run for a month, before the July 28 vote in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third term.

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Ship’s black box reveals order to drop anchor before hitting Baltimore bridge

    A black box recovered from the wreck of the ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore shows it sent alarms and ordered the anchor to drop shortly before the collision.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Jan 6 police officer slams ‘opportunistic grifter’ Trump as former president hails ‘law and order’ at NYPD cop’s wake

    ‘As the opportunistic grifter that he is, he claims to support the police, law and order, the rule of law yet, he has not met with any officers from Capitol Police,’ Aquilino Gonell tells The Independent

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    Lula, Macron condemn blocking of Venezuela opposition candidate

    French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hit out at Venezuela over the exclusion of a key opposition candidate from July elections."We very firmly condemn the exclusion of a serious and credible candidate from this process," Macron said at a press conference in Brasilia, at the end of a three-day official visit to Brazil.

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