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2021-06-10 14:26:22 Joe Biden is putting pressure on Boris Johnson at the G7 convention to end a bitter stand-off with the EU over a settlement in Northern Ireland, as post-Brexit talks ended in stalemate and threats. (free-to-read)

El Salvador has become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele hailed as a historic step towards financial inclusion and economic growth for the nation. Meanwhile global regulators are calling for cryptocurrencies to be under the strictest bank capital requirements.

Working conditions in China's tech companies are chronically bad. Yet that is changing thanks to a group of young and bold workers.

BioNTech is planning a push into Africa, aiming to establish mRNA vaccine production facilities on the continent as part of a long-term effort to tackle diseases beyond Covid-19.

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2021-06-09 15:50:54 More than 800 people have been arrested around the world in a sweeping police sting that lured alleged drug dealers, mafia members and other organised criminals to an encrypted communications platform secretly run by the FBI. (free-to-read)

US tax authorities have launched an investigation into a leak of private records of billionaires including Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg and Elon Musk that showed many of them have paid little tax even as their wealth has ballooned.

The price of goods leaving China’s factories has risen at its fastest pace since the financial crisis, piling pressure on policymakers as they grapple with the effects of a global commodity price rally.

How serious is the Delta Covid variant in the UK and do vaccines stop it? Here's our explainer.

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2021-06-08 19:35:35 Celebrities David Beckham, Liam Neeson and Olivia Colman have joined Unicef in calling for G7 economies to send a fifth of their coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries by the end of the summer.

The spread of Covid into Taiwan’s electronics factories is threatening to delay semiconductor shipments, according to companies and analysts, raising the prospect of renewed disruption to an industry gripped by a global shortage.

The greatest danger to the Tokyo Olympics is not athletes and officials coming from abroad but possible greater mobility and socialising among locals, experts warned. Take out a trial subscription to read more.

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2021-06-07 18:47:51 In an interview with the FT, Dr Anthony Fauci said that he never thought of quitting and that he ‘will have had enough when we nail down this outbreak and we crush it’. Read more from his interview.

Health officials in Norway have declared that the virus is ‘over’ in the country. Check out our Covid-19 cases tracker to know how your country is doing.

Maximum security laboratories used to carry out the most dangerous biological research have proliferated in the past decade, scientists say, warning that lax controls at some locations could lead to another pandemic. Take out a subscription trial to read more.

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2021-06-04 19:05:41 Japan has delivered 1.2m Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs to Taiwan, offering relief from a vaccine shortage that Taipei has partly blamed on Chinese obstruction.

UK medical regulators have given approval for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine to be administered to 12- to 15-year-olds, paving the way for the country to inoculate school-aged children.

FT exclusive: Dr Anthony Fauci has called on China to release medical records that might provide clues into whether Covid-19 emerged as the result of a lab leak. Take out a trial subscription to read more.

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2021-06-03 19:42:06 Global food prices have recorded their biggest annual rise in a decade in the latest sign of rising food inflation, which has already climbed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The unnecessary use of antibiotics during the first wave of coronavirus has triggered concerns over accelerated antimicrobial resistance.

The US will donate millions of excess doses of Covid-19 vaccines from its stockpile to countries around the world in an attempt to help battle fresh outbreaks of the pandemic. Take out a trial subscription to read more.

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2021-06-03 16:39:02 Breaking news: Portugal will be taken off England’s 'green list' of permitted foreign holiday destinations, throwing tens of thousands of people’s travel plans into chaos and prompting a fall in airline shares. Open / Comment