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G20 leaders back COVID measures as deaths top 5 million

At the G20 leaders meeting in Rome this weekend, the group agreed on a goal of vaccinating at least 70% of the world's population by the middle of next year, and with the world still grappling with a number of hot spots, the death toll this weekend topped 5 million.

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White House spokesperson Jen Psaki has COVID-19, last saw Joe Biden on Tuesday

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, she said in a statement, adding she had last seen President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

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Biden, EU believe deal on steel tariffs will help with climate change

ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday a new U.S. and European Union trade agreement would crack down on "dirty steel" that produces carbon emissions that are blamed for climate change and also patch up a trans-Atlantic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs.Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a joint appearance during the Group of 20 summit that the agreement represented a renewed partnership on economic and environmental matters.

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G20: Leaders commit to reaching climate neutrality, end coal financing

ROME (AP) - Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a compromise commitment Sunday to reach carbon neutrality "by or around mid-century" as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N.

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Biden seeks solutions for supply chain delays at G20 summit

ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden is convening world leaders at the Group of 20 summit on Sunday to talk about ways to relieve the supply chain bottlenecks hampering the global economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.Despite devoting a combined $15 trillion to combat the fallout from COVID-19, many of the world's largest economies are slogging through mass shortages as ships are waiting to dock, the prices of shipping containers climb, not enough trucks exist to haul goods from ports, and virus outbreaks halt factory production.Supply chain issues have emerged as a point of economic and political pain for Biden, as the delays have contributed to inflation and potentially put a damper on holiday shopping.

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Calls to address global COVID-19 vaccine disparities at G20 summit

As the G20 summit kicks off in Rome, leaders of the world’s richest nations are facing calls to spread the wealth when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. Canada has announced plans to donate $15 million to help South Africa make vaccines domestically.

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Biden admits to Macron US was 'clumsy' in Australian submarine deal

ROME - Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday the U.S. had been "clumsy" in its handling of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia, an arrangement that left France in the lurch and rattled Europe’s faith in American loyalty.Biden and Macron greeted each other with handshakes and shoulder grabs before their first face-to-face meeting since the deal was publicly announced in September, marking the latest American effort to try to smooth hurt French sensibilities.

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Biden receives Communion in Rome amid abortion debate in US

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE ) Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Joe Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on October 29, 2021 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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G-20 summit: Leaders endorse global minimum tax on corporations

ROME (AP) - Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations as part of an agreement on new international tax rules, a step toward building more fairness amid skyrocketing revenues of some multinational businesses.The move by the Group of 20 summit in Rome was hailed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L.

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Biden, European allies to resume negotiations with Iran over nuclear program

ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said Saturday that nuclear talks with Iran would resume while he and a trio of European allies warned that Iran has "accelerated the pace of provocative nuclear steps" after they met to align strategy for the negotiations aimed at trying to bring Iran and the U.S. back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord.Biden' and the leaders of Germany, France and Britain met at a pivotal time as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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Canada to donate 10M doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX, Trudeau says

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and donate $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the donation in Rome this afternoon while attending the G20 leaders’ summit.Canada also intends to increase its financial support to COVAX to buy another 63 million doses itself.

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G-20 starts with plea for more vaccines for poor countries

ROME (AP) - Italy's Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world's powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap "morally unacceptable."Draghi, the host for the two-day Group of 20 summit in Rome, said Saturday that only 3% of people in the world's poorest countries are vaccinated, while 70% in rich countries have had at least one shot.Climate change, vaccines, the recovery, international taxation are all themes occupying leaders holding their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold.

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Biden, European allies talk Iran's nuclear program at Rome meeting

ROME (AP) - As Iran’s nuclear program makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden huddled Saturday with European allies to talk through strategy as they press for a diplomatic resolution — and to plan for the possibility Iran declines to return to the negotiating table.The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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G20 leaders meet after two years, with climate, COVID and economy in focus

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Queen is 'on very good form' Boris Johnson says as he shares health update on monarch

The Queen is said to be "on very good form" according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who shared an update on the monarch's health. Boris, 57, shared an update on the 95 year old monarch at the G20 summit in Rome on Saturday 30 October.

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Biden joins world leaders for G-20 summit in Rome: Here's what to know

ROME - After a meeting with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, President Joe Biden is joining other leaders for the G-20 summit this weekend in Rome.Leaders of the Group of 20 countries will gather on Saturday and Sunday for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold. They’re confronting a global recovery hindered by an energy crunch that has spurred higher fuel and utility prices.

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G20 urged to redistribute surplus Covid vaccines

The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies should use a meeting this weekend in Rome to agree how to transfer surplus Covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries, a group of former presidents and prime ministers has said.

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WHO presses for $23 billion to support next ACT Accelerator phase

Ahead of the G20 leaders meeting in Rome this weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) today unveiled the new plan for the ACT Accelerator and asked leaders from developed countries to fully fund it to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

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Biden bound for global summits in Europe as domestic agenda in limbo

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As he prepares to push that message at a pair of global summits, his case could hinge on what's happening in Washington, where he is rushing to finalize a major domestic legislative package.Headed first to Rome and then to Glasgow, Scotland, Biden will be pressed to deliver concrete ideas for stopping a global pandemic, boosting economic growth and halting the acceleration of climate change.

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FM Sitharaman to attend G-20 joint finance, health ministers meet in Rome

@nsitharaman embarks on an official visit to attend #G20 Joint Finance & Health Ministers meeting in #Rome to discuss measures to strengthen #COVID19 #PandemicPrevention, #preparedness & #response. The meeting preceeds #G20RomeSummit. pic.twitter.com/8oVCoqJkbf

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Nicola Sturgeon urged to challenge 'selfish' UK Government over stance on covid jabs to poorer nations

Nicola Sturgeon has a "duty" to challenge the UK Government over its "staggeringly selfish" stance on providing coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations, campaigners have said.

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Italy's mandatory COVID-19 pass for all workers prompts protests

ROME - Protests erupted in Italy as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect Friday, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.Police were out in force, schools ended classes early and embassies issued warnings of possible violence amid concerns that the anti-vaccination demonstrations could turn violent, as they did in Rome last weekend.The so-called "Green Pass" shows proof of vaccination, a recent negative test or of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past six months.

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Jared Leto says he was “teargassed” at Italian COVID pass protest

COVID-19 pass protest in Rome.The protest took place on October 9, and was against a government drive to make the COVID-19 Green Pass mandatory for all workers.Leto is currently in the city, and was caught on the street when violence between the police and public broke out. The actor took to Instagram stories to document the clash.“Got caught in a protest in Italy,” he wrote, as reported via Metro.

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Jared Leto Says He Was Teargassed In Rome After Getting ‘Caught’ In A COVID-19 Vaccine Protest

Jared Leto got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time while on a trip to Rome.

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Pope Francis urges lawmakers to fight climate change

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday called on lawmakers worldwide to overcome "the narrow confines" of partisan politics to quickly reach consensus on fighting climate change.The pope addressed parliamentarians who were in Rome for a preparatory meeting before the U.N's annual climate conference, which begins in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 31.Francis referred to a joint appeal he and other religious leaders signed this week that calls for governments to commit to ambitious goals at the U.N.

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Thousands protest in Rome against Covid health pass

Thousands of protesters, including members of far-right groups, marched in central Rome today against the extension of the Covid-19 health pass system to all workplaces.

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Waldorf Astoria invites Holleys to Rome after enduring hardships from Texas winter storms

PHILADELPHIA - Millions of Americans were impacted by unprecedented winter storms that bowled over the southern United States last February and lead to a power crisis in Texas. Native Texan and Good Day Philadelphia co-host Alex Holley's family was in the direct path of the storms. Like so many others, Holley's 91-year-old grandfather lost power and heat and sought shelter in a nearby hotel.

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Plane crashes into Italian building; 8 passengers killed

ROME (AP) - A small, single-engine plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed Sunday into a vacant two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and authorities said all eight people aboard died.Investigators opened a probe into what caused the private plane to crash shortly after takeoff from Milan’s Linate Airport en route to Olbia Airport on the Italian island of Sardinia. A thick column of dark smoke rose from the crash site and was visible for kilometers.

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Plane crashes into Italian building; 8 reported dead

ROME (AP) - A small single-engine plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed Sunday into the side of a vacant two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said all aboard perished.Investigators opened a probe into what caused the private plane to crash shortly after takeoff from Milan’s Linate Airport en route to Olbia Airport on the Italian island of Sardinia. A thick column of dark smoke rose from the crash site and was visible for kilometers.The LaPresse news agency initially quoted firefighters at the scene saying the pilot and all five passengers aboard were killed.

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G20 pushes for more COVID support for developing nations

At a 2-day G20 health ministers meeting in Rome over the weekend, officials passed a declaration voicing more COVID-19 support for poorer countries, but so far, no new pledges were announced.

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Coronavirus cases surging in Italy; Euro 2020 link

COVID-19 infections are surging in Italy.

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Pope Francis returns to Vatican 10 days after surgery

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon.Francis sat in the passenger seat of the Ford car, which left Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic around 10:45 a.m. (0845 GMT; 4:45 a.m.

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World hunger got dramatically worse in pandemic year, U.N. says

(FOX 5 NY Illustration) ROME (AP) - The United Nations on Monday lamented what it called a "dramatic worsening" of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the coronavirus pandemic. A report issued jointly by five U.N. agencies said hunger outpaced population growth in 2020, with nearly 10% of all people estimated to be undernourished. It said the sharpest rise in hunger came in Africa, where 21% of the people are estimated to be undernourished. Children paid a high price, with 149 million of those younger than five estimated be have stunted growth since they are too short for their age.

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Finance Ministers of G20 nations warn of economic risk from Covid variants

Venice: The global economic recovery is at risk from the rise of new coronavirus variants and poor access to vaccines in developing countries, finance ministers of the world's 20 largest economies warned on Saturday

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Pope Francis eats breakfast, takes walk 2 days after intestinal surgery

ROME - Pope Francis ate breakfast Tuesday, read the newspapers and took a walk as he continued recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said, declaring his post-operative checks to be "good" and normal.A statement from the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said Francis had slept well during the night following the Sunday surgery."His Holiness Pope Francis rested well during the night," Bruni said. "This morning he had breakfast, read some newspapers and got up to walk.

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Ahead of summer, coronavirus cases fall dramatically in Europe

ROME (AP) - When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19: Held before a live, indoor audience of 3,500, the annual kitsch fest confirmed that Europe was returning to a semblance of normalcy that was unthinkable even a few weeks ago.Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths are plummeting across the continent, after Europe led the world in new cases last fall and winter in waves that cost hundreds of thousands of lives, forced more rolling lockdowns and overwhelmed intensive care units.Now, vaccination rates are accelerating across Europe, and with them, the promise of summer vacations

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Are we actually any closer to foreign holidays?

If you squint, and put on an extra layer, it could almost have been Rome. On Thursday, customers of Italian restaurant Carluccios on Dublin's Dawson Street were enjoying their takeaway coffees and pastries in the sunshine.

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Pope challenges Vatican's journalists: Who reads your news?

ROME – Pope Francis challenged the Vatican’s in-house journalists Monday to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news in a critique of the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined.

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Italy probes cable car crash as lone child survivor recovers

ROME – Italy’s transport minister was heading Monday to the scene of a cable car disaster that killed 14 people when the lead cable apparently snapped and the cabin careened back down the mountain until it pulled off the line and crashed to the ground.

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Italy Eurovision winners return home to cheers, a drug test

ROME – The Italian glam rock band that won the Eurovision Song Contest returned home Sunday to the adulation of fans, congratulations from the government and so much speculation that the lead singer had snorted cocaine during the show that he vowed to take a drug test.

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Cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14 in Italy

ROME (AP) - A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 14 people. A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said.Stresa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a pylon and then fell to the ground.

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Cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 12 in Italy

ROME (AP) - A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plunged to the ground Sunday, killing at least 12 people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said.Rescue crews were continuing to search the area given possible indications that a 15th person might have been in the cable car, said Walter Milan, spokesman for Italy's Alpine rescue service.

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Cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 9 in Italy

ROME (AP) - A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said.A photo of the wreckage taken by Italy's fire squad showed the crushed and crumpled remains of the cable car in a clearing of a thick patch of pine trees near the summit of the Mottarone peak overlooking Lake Maggiore.At that location, the cables of the ski lift were particularly high off the ground, said Walter Milan, spokesman for the Alpine rescue service. The cause has not been determined.Authorities in northern Italy say a mountaintop cable car has plunged to the ground, killing at least nine people.

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Cardinal Pell eyes a Vatican scandal he suspected long ago

ROME – Cardinal George Pell is enjoying his first Roman spring since being exonerated of sex abuse charges in his native Australia: He receives visitors to his Vatican flat, sips midday Aperol Spritz’s at the outdoor cafe downstairs and keeps up religiously with news of a Holy See financial scandal that he suspected years ago.

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Cricket gear donation brings joy to migrants stuck in Bosnia

SARAJEVO – SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Joyful cheers echoed through an asylum-seekers camp in Bosnia this week as dozens of teenagers and young men put their daily struggles aside for a game of cricket.

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G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum

World leaders today met at the Global Health Summit, co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy as part of its G20 presidency, to adopt an agenda to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop and endorse a Rome Declaration of principles, at a time when the virus is surging and spreading uncontrollably in many parts of the world.

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IMF proposes $50bn plan to end the pandemic

The IMF has proposed a $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, with a target of vaccinating at least 40% of the world's population by the end of 2021.

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Pharma firms, G20 leaders pledge vaccines for poorer nations

Coronavirus vaccine producers promised billions of doses for poor countries at a G20 health summit today, where leaders vowed to expand access to jabs as the only way to end the pandemic.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0